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Incident Date

20–21 October, 2019

Incident Code

SOM170a

Location

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
Local media reported a pair of alleged international airstrikes targeting the al Shabaab held towns of Jilib and Jamaame. Unusually the culprit was alleged to be France according to vague ‘sources’. However reporting remains poor. According to Mareeg News, “A suspected French military fighter jet has carried out airstrikes against al Shabab, an al Qaeda …

Summary

Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
40 – 50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
U.S. Forces, EU Military
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Incident Date

20–21 October, 2019

Incident Code

SOM170b

Location

Jamaame, Middle Juba, Somalia
Local media reported a pair of alleged international airstrikes targeting the al Shabaab held towns of Jilib and Jamaame. Unusually the culprit was alleged to be France according to vague ‘sources’. However reporting remains poor. According to Mareeg News, “A suspected French military fighter jet has carried out airstrikes against al Shabab, an al Qaeda …

Summary

Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
40 – 50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
French Military, Unknown, EU Military
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Incident Date

17 April 2012

Incident Code

USSOM023-C

Location

Gumah, Bari, Somalia
“Unknown military jets fired several missiles” at a suspected Somali pirate base in the northern autonomous region of Puntland a coastguard official told AFP. The target was the village of Gumah, described as being between Hafun and Bargal towns and some 220 kilometres (140 miles) east of Bossaso, the main port of Somalia’s breakaway Puntland …

Summary

Published
17 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
U.S. Forces, EU Military
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Research and Investigations

Belgian parliament to vote on resolution to protect civilians from explosive weapon use in cities
12 Jan, 2021
Policy, Update
Iraq, Libya, Syria

Belgian parliament to vote on resolution to protect civilians from explosive weapon use in cities

The Belgian parliament is considering adopting a resolution to help protect civilians from the use of explosive weapons with wide-area effects in populated areas. The resolution calls for Belgium’s active participation in ongoing diplomatic negotiations among nations on an international political declaration to avoid the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, to help reduce …
Newly released documents reveal Dutch knew about possible high risk to civilians at Hawijah
23 Mar, 2020
Policy, Update
Iraq, Syria

Newly released documents reveal Dutch knew about possible high risk to civilians at Hawijah

Newly declassified documents released by the Dutch Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, and the Netherlands Public Prosecutor’s Office, have revealed a number of disturbing facts about Dutch airstrikes on Hawijah and Mosul in 2015 which killed dozens of civilians. The previously secret documents show, for example, that the Dutch military official with a potential …