Conflict

U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq & Syria

Incident Code

CI311

Location

بعشيقة‎, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq

Geolocation

36.4519415, 43.3503342
Accuracy: Town

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: I264)

An Iraq-based journalist told Airwars he had been informed by a peshmerga contact of four civilian deaths near Bashiqa.

According to the reporter, A peshmerga called me and said he saw three wounded and four were crushed to death when their house was hit by either a missile or a bomb.

Anadolu reported a military source as saying there were “civilian victims of Coalition raids on Mosul” on October 26th, though gave no further details.

Given reported British actions in the area that day, Airwars flagged the incident to the UK’s MoD which said we can confirm that there was no UK involvement in the event.

 

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Weak
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Bashiqa (بعشيقة‎), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.4519415, 43.3503342. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

U.S.-led Coalition Assessment
Suspected belligerent
U.S.-led Coalition
U.S.-led Coalition position on incident
Non credible / Unsubstantiated
Reason for non-credible assessment
Insufficient information on the time and location
Civilian deaths conceded
None
Civilian injuries conceded
None
Stated location
near Ba’shiqa, Iraq
Location accuracy
1 m
MGRS coordinate
38SLF5220234842
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
For October 26th-27th, the Coalition reported that “Near Mosul, seven strikes [4 British] engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed eight anti-air artillery systems, seven fighting positions, five tunnels, four mortar systems, three weapons caches, two VBIEDs, two vehicles, a VBIED facility, a command and control node, a tunnel entrance, a heavy machine gun and an artillery system; and damaged two ISIL tunnels.”
U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement
2017-09-29
Original Source
The report contains insufficient information of the time, location and details to assess its credibility.

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