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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
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
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
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
EU Military
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Incident Date
15 May 2012
Incident Code
SOM016-1
Location
Near Haradheere, Somalia
The European Union (EU) launched attack helicopter and "maritime aircraft" strikes on an alleged pirate base near Haradheere. Stating that there had been no EU "boots on the ground", reports indicated that helicopters from the EU’s Naval Force (NAVFOR) had destroyed nine speedboats, an arms dump and fuel supplies in a night-time raid. Bile Hussein,…
Summary
Published
15 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
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
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
EU Military
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Research and Investigations
12 Jan, 2021
Policy, Update
Syria, Libya, Iraq
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 […]
23 Mar, 2020
Update, Policy
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 […]
