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September 23, 2018
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خلة الفرجان, Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, LibyaOne elderly man from Syria was reportedly injured because of indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Tripoli Wounded Affairs Administration posted details and pictures on the incident on Facebook: “The field hospital of the Department of Wounded Affairs received on Sunday, September 23, 2018 an injured elderly man from
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September 22, 2018
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شرفة الملاحة, Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, LibyaOne civilian was reported injured due to indiscriminate artillery shelling near the Airport road in Tripoli. Libya Akhbar wrote: “The spokesman for the ambulance and emergency agency, Osama Ali, reported the injury of a civilian as a result of random shelling on the market Friday morning. Ali said in a statement on Saturday, that nearly
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September 20, 2018
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وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, LibyaThree civilians were reported killed in Tajoura because of indiscriminate artillery shelling. Wagak Original said on Twitter that three initially unidentified bodies were found in the Al Khala area and sent to the Tripoli Medical Hospital. They were then “identified as Khairi Bizik and his brother Karim Bizik and Hamza Goma.” The source added that
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September 20, 2018
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طرابلس, Tripoli: Marble Factory, Tarabulus, LibyaBetween one and three civilians were reported killed due to indiscriminate artillery shelling in the Al Sabaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. Libya Alaan wrote on Facebook that “a shell just has landed on a marble factory in the Al Sabaa area and killed one and injured three.” Libya 24 reported that the man was Sudanese and
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September 18, 2018
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عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, LibyaOne civilian was reported killed in renewed militia clashes in the Ain Zara neighbourhood of Tripoli. Alnabaa TV posted on Twitter: “Spokesman for Ambulance and Emergency Department Osama Ali to #Alnabaa: One civilian killed in renewed #Tripoli clashes.” Other sources, such as the Libya Observer, also reported deaths but did not elaborate if they were
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September 11, 2018
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أبو سليم, Abu Salim, Tarabulus, LibyaAround four civilians were reported injured because of indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Municipal Council of Abu Salim posted on Facebook about the events: “Shelling on one of the safe houses behind the health complex in the municipality of Abu Salim, causing panic among the residents and some damage
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September 2, 2018
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الفلاح, Al Falah, Tarabulus, LibyaBetween two and four people were reported killed because of artillery shelling on a refugee camp in Tripoli. Libya Alaan said that “two were killed and five wounded on Sunday after a shell fell on the Tawergha camp.” Alkhal Altawerghi named the victims as Abu Bakr Mohammed Masoud Al Zamirli and his brother Khaled. Libya’s
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September 1, 2018
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طرابلس, Tripoli, Tarabulus, LibyaBetween two and four civilians were reported killed as a result of possible indiscriminate artillery shelling in and around Tripoli. The Tripoli wounded affairs administration posted on Facebook: “Statistics of the victims of the clashes that took place south of Tripoli on Thursday, 20 September 2018 Casualties: 11 deaths (5 civilians, 3 foreign workers, 3
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August 31, 2018
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طرابلس: فندق الودان, Tripoli: Al Wadan hotel, Tarabulus, LibyaOn Friday, August 31, 2018, three civilians were reportedly injured from artillery shelling on the Al Wadan hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Sky News reported the hotel in the centre of Tripoli was bombed “indiscriminately”, injuring at least three people amid fighting between rival militias aspiring to take power in the Libyan capital. The rocket hit
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August 30, 2018
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طريق المشتل, Arboretum Way, Tarabulus, LibyaTwo children were reported killed by local sources as a result of indiscriminate artillery shelling in Tripoli. Our Libya Choice posted on Twitter that “two children were killed after a shell landed on the house of the ben Ashour family near of the Arboretum triangle in the area of Ain Zara in the vicinity of
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August 28, 2018
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وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, LibyaThree civilians, a woman and her two sons, were killed as the result of artillery shelling on Wadi al Rabie in Tajoura, according to Human Rights Watch. The NGO reported: “On August 28, a mortar shell landed on a house in Wadi Al-Rabie, killing a woman and her two sons, aged 6 and 10, according
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August 27, 2018
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صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, LibyaA single source, Amr Fathalla, reported on Twitter that one civilian was killed in artillery shelling in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. @AmrFatihalla listed Amer Faraj Ahmed, 60 years old, as dead as a result of indiscriminate shelling. In addition, Malik Amer Faraj, 18 years old, Saleh Ali al Fiel, 53 years old, and Juma
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January 2, 2017
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سبها, Gwirat al-Mal checkpoint, Sabha, LibyaAn unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged GNA/Misurata Air Force strike on the road leading to Sabha, local media reported. According to m.boshgma, “A military aircraft of the Third Force took off from the Tamanhint base and targeted the road leading to the city, injuring civilians”. AJEL.Ardalsharif.News and krama1951libya published carbon copies of this
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December 5, 2016
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الجيزة, Giza, Surt, LibyaCampaign overview: The United States began a major air campaign in support of and at the request of GNA ground forces, to oust ISIS from the city of Sirte. Complete official records of the US campaign at Sirte – which saw 497 airstrikes on the city to December 5th 2016 – can be found here.
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December 2, 2016
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سرت, Sirte, Surt, LibyaOn December 2nd, Mohamed Lajnef posted pictures of two injured children on Facebook, saying they had been liberated from ISIS. On December 5th Libya’s Channel reported Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous rescued over a hundred children and women from ISIS, some of the children severely injured. It showed pictures of two children: one is the same depicted in
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Incident date
October 28, 2016
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سرت, Sirte, Surt, LibyaLibya’s Channel and Libya Akhbar reported on October 28th that ISIS was using civilians as human shields and that the evacuation of civilians was causing delay to the GNA campaign. The outlets both referred to Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous spokesman Rida Issa: “A member of the media centre of the Chamber of Operation, Rida Issa, said that
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October 20, 2016
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الجيزة, Giza, Surt, LibyaOn October 21st Ahmed El Sharkawy claimed that the bodies of children and women were trapped under rubble in Giza but didn’t say what the reason for the destruction was. No additional details are presently known.
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September 20, 2016
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مشروع نينا الزّراعي, Ninah Agricultural Project, Al Jufrah, LibyaSeven civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike in the vicinity of Ninah Agricultural Project near Sokna. Multiple outlets including the Libyan Observer reported seven dead and at least four wounded. Alsdaa Alibya listed six women and one child among the victims, naming them in a Facebook post. The sources claim that the strike came
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May 19, 2016
LOCATION
الوشكة, Al-Wushka, Surt, LibyaAccording to various local sources a GNA/Misurata Air Force airstrike hit a car while targeting ISIS forces. Two members of the al-Mazoughi family, a man and his wife, were reportedly severely injured. The incident took place near the villages Al-Washka, Al-Qadihah and Zamzam. In addition, ten ISIS members were reported killed in the strike, including
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March 9, 2016
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الزعفران, Zaafran, Surt, LibyaTwo female children and their mother from Hamad Hamed Al-Sayah Hambali were among up to eight victims who died in airstrikes on the area of Zafaran and the power station in Sirte, local media reported. The daughters were named as Isra and Wafaa. According to Mahmoud Mohamed Salem on March 9th, “there were frequent reports of