At Least 1045 Muslims Were Killed in July

War Zone

Another bloody month for the Ummah has witnessed the killing of at least 1045 Muslims. Of these figure, 610 (53.3%) were civilians and 403 (35.2%) were combatants from different armed groups and countries. 

At least 1109 Muslims were injured with most of them (883 or 79.6%) being civilians. In other words, only 217 (19.6%) were combatants. 

The identity of 9 of those injured had not been ascertained as at the time of the writing of this report. There was at least one attack recorded on everyday of the month.

A breakdown of the attacks and casualties is give in the chart below.

DATE	COUNTRY	TARGET SITE	CULPRIT	CAUSE	DESCRIPTION OF VICTIMS	NO. OF DEAD (INJURED)
July 1st	Saudi Arabia Yemen Yemen Afghanistan Niger	Militant base Residential Militant base Military complex Army base	Yemen Saudi Arabia Yemen Taliban ISIS	Offensive Artillery Offensive Bombing & gunfire Bombings & gunfire	Saudi loyalists Civilians Saudi loyalists Civilians Soldiers	10 (5) 0 (7) 10 1 (100) 18
July 2nd	Saudi Arabia Syria Syria Syria	Airport Suburb Militant office Suburb	Yemen Israel Russia Syria	Drone strike Airstrike Airstrike Airstrike	Unspecified Civilians Civilians Civilian	0 (9) 4 (21) 2 1
July 3rd	Syria Syria	Street Suburb	Unknown Syria	Bombings Airstrike	Civilians Woman	5 1
July 4th	Syria Syria	Suburb Suburb	Syria Russia	Airstrike Airstrike	Civilians Child	4 1
July 5th	Palestine Turkey Afghanistan Syria Syria Syria	Border Residential Market Suburbs Suburbs Suburbs	Israel Unknown Taliban Syria KDUP Syria	Gunfire Bombing Mortar attack Airstrike Shelling Missile attacks & bombing	Civilians Civilians Civilians Family of  five Civilian Civilians	0 (40) 3 (1) 14 (40) 5 1 16
July 6th	Yemen Yemen Afghanistan Syria Syria	Militant hideout Suburbs Market Suburb Suburbs	Yemen Saudi Arabia Taliban Russia Syria	Drone strike Airstrikes Bombing Airstrike Shelling & airstrikes	Saudi loyalists Civilians Civilians Civilians Civilians	5 1 (7) 14 (40) 3 2
July 7th	Afghanistan Syria Syria Syria	Security compound Suburb Market Suburb, farm & road	Taliban Unknown Unknown Syria	Bombing Gunfire Bombing Shelling & airstrike	Personnel & Civilians Civilian Children Civilians	8 personnel & 4 civilians (50) 1 2 11
July 8th	Syria	Suburbs	Unknown	Bombing	Civilian	1
July 9th	Nigeria Syria Syria	Government building Village IDP camp	Nigeria Unknown Syria	Gunfire Mine Airstrike	Civilians Civilians Civilians	2 (5) 4 3
July 10th	Turkey Syria Saudi Arabia Yemen Syria Syria Syria Syria	Militant hideout Village Militant posts Suburbs Road Suburb Suburb IDP camp	Turkey HTS Yemen Saudi Arabia Unknown Unknown Syria Russia	Airstrikes Fire exchange Missile attack Artillery attack Mine Gunfire Airstrike Airstrikes	PKK & MLKP militants Combatants Saudi loyalists Civilians Civilian Civilian Civilians Civilians	5 41 Soldiers & 30 HTS fighters 45 (20) 0 (3) 1 1 9 3
July 11th	Palestine Syria Syria Nigeria Syria Syria	Fence Checkpoint Church Protest site Suburb Suburb	Israel Unknown Unknown Nigeria Syria Russia	Gunfire Bombing Bombing Gunfire Missile attack & airstrikes Airstrike	Hamas personnel Civilians & FSA personnel Civilians Civilians Civilians Civilians	1 9 Civilians & 4 FSA personnel (30) 0 (11) 0 (4) 7 1 (1)
July 12th	Palestine Somalia Syria Syria	Border Hotel Suburb Suburbs	Israel Al Shabab SDF Syria	Gunfire Bombing & gunfire Gunfire Airstrikes	Civilians Combatants & non combatants Girl Civilians	0 (34) 20 civilians & diplomats & 4 Al Shabab fighters 1 9
July 13th	Afghanistan Syria Syria Syria	Hotel Suburbs Suburbs IDP camp	Taliban International coalition Syria Russia	Bombing Drone strike Artillery attack, airstrikes & missile attack Airstrike	Combatants Civilian Civilians Civilians	8 (10) Afghan personnel & 3 Taliban fighters 1 7 4
July 14th	Saudi Arabia Syria Sudan Syria	Militant posts Suburbs Protest site Village	Yemen Unknown Sudan Syria	Sniper Mortar attack Gunfire Rocket attack	Saudi loyalists Civilians Civilians Civilians	15 6 (9) 1 (5) 2
July 15th	Palestine Afghanistan	Road Road	Israel Taliban	Vehicular assault Roadside bomb	Boy Civilians	1 13 (34)
July 16th	Syria Syria Nigeria Syria	Residentials Militant hideout Road Village	America Daesh & SDF Nigeria Syria	Airstrikes Shootout Gunfire Artillery attack, gunfire & airstrikes	Civilians Combatants Civilians Civilians	15 1 Daesh fighter & 1 SDF fighter (2) 1 (2) 13
July 17th	Iraq Afghanistan	Restaurant Taliban base	Unknown Taliban	Gunfire Gunfire	Civilians Afghan soldiers	1 diplomat & 2 others 39
July 18th	Afghanistan Syria Syria	Police head quarters Suburbs Suburb	Taliban SDF Unknown	Bombings & shootout Gunfire Mine	Policemen Civilian Civilians	12 (89) 1 2
July 19th	Iraq Palestine Afghanistan Syria	Military base Border University IDP camp	Unknown Israel Unknown Syria	Drone strike Gunfire Bombing Airstrike	PMU personnel Civilians Civilians Civilian	1 (4) 0 (98) 8 (33) 1
July 20th	Syria	Suburbs	Syria	Airstrike	Civilian	1
July 21st	Syria Pakistan Syria	Road Security post & hospital Suburbs	Daesh TTP Syria	Rocket attack Shooting & bombing Airstrikes	Civilians Civilians & policemen Civilians	2 (3) 4 civilians & 4 policemen  (30) 14
July 22nd	Syria Syria Somalia Nigeria Syria Syria Syria	Suburbs Market Hotel Road Road Suburb Suburbs	Syria Russia Al Shabab Nigeria Syria HTS Unknown	Rocket attack, airstrikes & bombing Airstrike Bombing Gunfire Gunfire Rocket attacks Bombing	Civilians Civilians Civilians & personnel Civilians Civilian Civilians Civilians	14 (4) 32 (45) 15 civilians (28) & 2 personnel 25 1 6 2
July 23rd	Pakistan Syria	Store Suburbs	Unknown Syria	Bombing Airstrikes	Civilians Civilians	2 (16) 4
July 24th	Somalia Syria Syria Syria	Government building Town Military post Suburbs &  IDP camps	Unknown Israel Israel Syria	Bombing Airstrike Airstrikes Airstrikes	Civilians Civilians Iranian soldiers & pro Assad forces Civilians	0 (7) 6 9 5
July 25th	Afghanistan Syria Syria	Roads, security facilities & others Suburbs Suburbs	Taliban Russia Syria	Bombings Airstrikes Airstrikes	Civilians & security forces Civilians Civilians	15 civilians & 35 policemen 12 6
July 26th	Syria Syria Palestine Afghanistan Syria	Militant posts Militant posts Border Unspecified Suburbs	Syria Syria Israel Taliban Syria	Unspecified Unspecified Gunfire Bombing Airstrikes	Jabhat Fateh al-Sham fighters Militants Civilians Security forces Civilians	6 5 0 (56) 3 3 (20)
July 27th	Syria Afghanistan Syria Syria Syria	Checkpoint Police headquarters City center Suburbs Road	Unknown Taliban Unknown Syria Russia	Suicide bombing Bombing Bombing Airstrikes Airstrikes	Soldiers Policemen Civilians Civilians Medics	6 (5) 3 (12) 2 13 3
July 28th	Saudi Arabia Syria Syria Saudi Arabia Afghanistan Nigeria Syria Syria Syria	Command center Streets Farm Arms depot Office Funeral procession Suburbs Road Suburbs	Yemen Unknown Daesh Yemen Unknown Boko Haram Syria Unknown Russia	Missile attack Bombing Bombing Missile attack Bombing Gunfire Airstrikes & artillery Bombing Airstrikes	Soldiers Soldiers & civilians Soldiers Soldiers Civilians & militants Civilians Civilians Civilians Civilians	5 4 soldiers & 1 child (10) 4 (10) 24 20 Civilians & 4 attackers (50) 65 9 2 3
July 29th	Sudan Syria Syria Yemen Syria Syria Syria	Protest venue Suburbs Militant posts Market Market Suburb Road	Sudan America Syria Saudi Arabia Syria Russia Syria	Gunfire Airstrikes Offensive Airstrikes Airstrikes Airstrikes Bombings	Civilians Civilians Militants Civilians Civilians Civilians Civilians	6 (60) 6 (6) 10 14 (23) 4 5 2
July 30th	Saudi Arabia Yemen Pakistan Syria Syria	Militant posts Militant posts Police station Suburbs Suburbs	Yemen Yemen Unknown Unknown Syria	Bombing & artillery attacks Bombing & artillery attacks Bombing Gunfire Airstrikes	Saudi loyalists Saudi loyalists Personnel & civilians Civilian Civilian	12 6 32 1 1
July 31st	Afghanistan Syria Syria	Road Village Suburbs	Unknown Unknown Syria	Bombing Mine Airstrikes	Civilians Civilians Civilians	34 (10) 2 2

Kills By Country/Entity

Country/Entity	Kills (Injured)
Syria	221 (24)
Taliban	169 (375)
Unknown	159 (186)
Yemen	132 (34)
Russia	69 (46)
Boko Haram	65
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham	47
Al Shabab	37 (28)
Nigeria	28 (11)
Daesh	25 (15)
Israel	21 (249)
America	21 (6)
Saudi Arabia	15 (40)
Tariq-e-Taliban Pakistan	8 (30)
Sudan	7 (65)
Afghanistan	7
Turkey	5
Somalia	4
Syrian Democratic Forces	2
YPG	1
International Coalition	1

Deadliest Day

The deadliest day in the month o July was the 28th, at least 141 Muslims were killed on that day. The deadliest attack of that day took place in Nigeria when Boko Haram terrorists shot dead 65 people at a funeral procession. 100 of those killed on the 28th were civilians, 41 were combatants.

Civilian Casualties

Civilians made up 610 of those killed in the month of July, another 883 were left injured. The Syrian government killed the highest number of civilians with 170 (27.9% of all civilians) also leaving 24 injured.

Combatant Casualties

403 (38.6%) of the 1045 Muslims killed were combatants fighting for various armed groups and countries. Yemen and allied fighters killed the highest number of combatants, they killed at least 132 Saudi soldiers and their loyalists leaving 34 others injured.

Unspecified Casualties 

The identities of 9 people who were injured in a attack by Yemen on the 2nd on an airport in Saudi Arabia could not be ascertained as at the time of writing of this report. No one was killed in the attack.

Kills By Countries

Countries killed at least 530 (50.7%) Muslims in the month of July. The Syrian government killed the most number of Muslims with 221, that is 21.2% of all Muslim deaths for the month. Attacks by the Syrian government also left at least 24 Muslims injured. The deadliest attack by a country came on the 10th when Yemeni army and its allies fired missiles at Saudi loyalists in the kingdom's southern region killing 45 of them and left 20 others injured.

Kills By Armed Groups

A total of 355 Muslims were killed by known armed groups, this represents 34% of all Muslim deaths for the month. Attacks by armed groups also left at least 448 Muslims injured, that is 40.1% of all injuries. Among groups, the Taliban killed the highest number of Muslims with 169 kills and inflicting 375 injuries. Of all the Muslims killed by armed groups in the month of July, the Taliban killed 47.6% of them. The deadliest attack by an armed group came on the 28th in Nigeria when Boko Haram terrorists shot dead 65 people at a funeral procession. Boko Haram has remained the deadliest armed group in the world for two months running. In June, attacks by Boko Haram killed 48 Muslims and left 54 others injured. A total of 9 armed groups were involved in the killing of Muslims in the month of July, they were: Taliban, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Al Shabab, Daesh, Tariq-e-Taliban Pakistan, Syrian Democratic Forces, YPG and the International Coalition in Syria.

Unclaimed Attacks

There were a total of 27 unclaimed attacks in July. 159 Muslims were killed in attacks that were not claimed by any country or entity, this represents 15.2% of all Muslim deaths. Unclaimed attacks also left 186 Muslims with varying degrees of injuries. The deadliest unclaimed attack came on the 31st, a bombing on a road in Afghanistan left 34 civilians dead and 10 injured. 

Most Struck Country

Syria was the most struck country in the month of July, there were a total of 75 recorded attacks across the country.