CI312 – October 26, 2016

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: I265)

Five civilians were killed and seven others injured – Furthermore, 8 ISIL fighters killed – Followed an alleged Coalition on an ISIL web media office in the Cairo neighbourhood of eastern Mosul.

According to LBC, Maj. Younis Khalil al-Taie, a Special Forces (Gold Division of the Ministry of Defense), quoting medical sources, that the forensic medicine department in Mosul received early Wednesday the bodies of five civilians and eight gunmen who were killed an air raid carried out by coalition aircraft on the website of the organization in the Cairo neighbourhood. He added that Mosul General Hospital received seven civilians were extremely dangerous wounded in the same air strike.

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. Airwars has asked for additional details.

Key Information

Country

Iraq

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

Civilian Harm Reported

Yes

Civilian Harm Status

Fair

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Civilians reported injured

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

No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area

Civilian deaths conceded

None

Civilian injuries conceded

None

Stated location

near Mosul, Iraq

U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report

Original Source ↗

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

2017-10-27

Original Source ↗

After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.

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