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Incident Date
28 July 2015
Incident Code
CS107
Location
كفرهند, Kafr Hind, Idlib, Syria
A US targeted air strike (possibly by drone) aimed at four al-Nusra Front suspects traveling in a vehicle also killed up to 10 civilians including six children. The US has admitted three deaths in the event. Reporting at the time was somewhat confused. Some sources said a vehicle was wrongly targeted killing four civilians. The…
Summary
Published
28 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 July 2015
Incident Code
CI087
Location
الشرقاط, Shirqat, Nineveh, Iraq
A US airstrike on a convoy of Islamic State vehicles also injured at least one civilian, CENTCOM conceded some months later. According to a press statement issued on January 29th 2016, “On July 27, 2015, near Ash Sharqat, Iraq, during strikes against ISIL vehicles, it was assessed one civilian was injured.” Local media said that…
Summary
Published
27 July 2015
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 July 2015
Incident Code
CI084
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Waiter Muhannad Hisham Alnemah was killed in a US airstrike near the Al Afandi Restaurant in the main street of Hadbah neighborhood. An unspecified additional number of restaurant staff and customers were also reported killed and injured in the attack. In January 2016, CENTCOM admitted the civilian casualty incident, noting that “during strikes against ISIL…
Summary
Published
17 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 July 2015
Incident Code
CS097
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A young civilian male named as Issa Al Hmeidan was reportedly killed along with an Islamic State militant in a confirmed US airstrike near Ar Raqaa. According to a number of sources, aircraft targeted a sugar factory which was used as a base by the militants. In January 2016, CENTCOM admitted civilian casualties had been…
Summary
Published
11 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 July 2015
Incident Code
CS094
Location
كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria
A US night time airstrike on a vehicle carrying alleged al-Nusra Front personnel also killed two passing civilian motorcyclists. They were later identified by the Syrian Network for Human Rights as two cousins aged 25 and 30. Both worked in the local shoe industry. In January 2016 CENTCOM confirmed that its airstrike had targeted “a…
Summary
Published
8 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 July 2015
Incident Code
CS091
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a casualty incident later confirmed by the US, its aircraft targeted a vehicle in the vicinity of Al Shefa Hospital in Raqaa, wounding seven civilians in the process. No fatalities were initially reported, but the hospital was reportedly damaged. In a Facebook posting marking the event, locals insisted that all of those injured were…
Summary
Published
7 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2015
Incident Code
CS089
Location
الرقة, Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In some of the heaviest coalition bombing reported for Syria to that time, US aircraft struck multiple Daesh targets in the strategic city of Raqaa – the beginning of a lengthy air campaign in which numerous civilians are now confirmed to have died. Between 7 and 8 civilians were reported as being among the 23…
Summary
Published
4 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2015
Incident Code
CS088
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In the second confirmed civilian fatality incident of the day in Raqaa, the Coalition later declared that "during strikes against 16 ISIL bridges, it was assessed one civilian in a truck with a trailer was likely killed." US aircraft were responsible for the death, CENTCOM admitted some six months later. Reporting remains confused for the…
Summary
Published
4 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2015
Incident Code
CI079
Location
حديثة, Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq
In a previously unknown case, CENTCOM reported on January 15th 2015 that US aircraft injured or possbily killed two or more civilians after an attack on an ISIL tactical unit and vehicles: According to the statement: “On June 29, 2015, near Haditha, Iraq, during strikes against one ISIL tactical unit and two ISIL vehicles, it…
Summary
Published
29 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 June 2015
Incident Code
CS083
Location
خنيز, Road 6, near Khaneez village, north of Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Coalition aircraft allegedly struck a three-wheeled motorcycle or ‘tirterah’ which was carrying a vegetable farmer. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently later published a graphic image of the aftermath. The victim was identified as a resident of Hamam al-Turkman near Ar Raqqah. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: "Coalition aircraft conducted a…
Summary
Published
19 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 June 2015
Incident Code
CS084
Location
العدوانية, Al-'Adwaniyah, Al Hassakah, Syria
In a previously unreported incident, CENTCOM reported on January 2016 that the US had injured a non-combatant during an airstrike. The release stated: “On June 19, 2015, near Tall al Adwaniyah, Syria, during a strike against two ISIL vehicles, it is assessed that one civilian was injured when appearing in the target area after the…
Summary
Published
19 June 2015
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 June 2015
Incident Code
CS076
Location
سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
Up to nine civilians were killed by US aircraft at Slouk in Raqaa’s suburbs. Al Hal quoted Abu Ibrahim Al Raquaou of the group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently as saying that as part of an operation to clear Slouk of Daesh militants, Coalition planes had “targeted IS machinery near the Slouk Front and its…
Summary
Published
11 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 June 2015
Incident Code
CS074
Location
دالي حسن, Dali Hasan, Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights posted a video which it said showed “the destruction caused by an international Coalition air strike on a house in Dali Hasan killing seven civilians from one family, including 5 children and a woman.” In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: "Coalition aircraft engaged ISIS fighters…
Summary
Published
7 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 June 2015
Incident Code
CI070
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, industrial district, Kirkuk, Iraq
A Coalition airstrike on an Islamic State depot levelled a significant number of buildings, killing an estimated 85 civilians and a large number of militants. A large supply of TNT explosive detonated after the IED-making facility was struck. Bas News described the attack as one of the worst mass casualty incidents in Iraq since the…
Summary
Published
3 June 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
70–85
Civilians reported injured
80–100
Military actors reported killed
80–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2015
Incident Code
CS071
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
During a series of Coalition airstrikes against Islamic State in the vicinity of Ar Raqqah, a checkpoint was bombed at around 2pm. According to reports, a minibus carrying female agricultural workers was caught in the blast, killing between 6 and 10 women and reportedly injuring at least four. All of the female victims were reported…
Summary
Published
26 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–12
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 May 2015
Incident Code
CI067
Location
بيجي, Masahag, Salah Al Din, Iraq
Six members of one family were reported killed when a Coalition drone allegedly struck a vehicle distributing oil products to local people. Responding to questions from Airwars, an MoD spokesman said that no British Reaper drone strike took place in the vicinity of al Masahag on that date. Bayji’s Mayor, Mohamed Mahmoud said in an…
Summary
Published
13 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 April 2015
Incident Code
CI064
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Bareed, Nineveh, Iraq
At least four civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on the Bareed quarter of Mosul. A home was completely destroyed in the event, killing four members of one family. One report also named a fifth family member, a young disabled girl named Sadra (cousin to Abdullah) as being killed. However as the Fiscal Times noted,…
Summary
Published
22 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2015
Incident Code
CI060
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Aden, Nineveh, Iraq
A reported Coalition airstrike on an electricity generating facility reportedly killed up tp 35 civilians and injured 22 more when nearby apartments were caught in the blast, according to reports. The US led Coalition later conceded 18 deaths in this event. At the time of the incident, NINA cited a medical source at the hospital…
Summary
Published
20 April 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
18–35
Civilians reported injured
22–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2015
Incident Code
CI059
Location
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
In a likely US or British drone strike, a truck was inadvertently hit during an airstrike at Ar Rutbah, according to a declassified CENTCOM report. “2 seconds prior to weapon impact, a large truck inadvertently arrived at the checkpoint. The back section of the truck was possibly damaged during the strike.” The driver was observed…
Summary
Published
19 April 2015
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 April 2015
Incident Code
CI058
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Internal monitoring by the Coalition initially identified two possible civilian casualties from an airstrike at Hawijah. The attack, on a High Value target code-named ANDERS MESA, was carried out by an A-10 Warthog. According to a CENTCOM report declassified in September 2015, “2 civilians unseen in the collateral calls may have been killed or injured…
Summary
Published
12 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2015
Incident Code
CI051
Location
الحضر, Hatra, Nineveh, Iraq
A US airstrike ‘likely’ killed four civilians when a pair of vehicles was hit during an attack on a reported ISIL checkpoint, a CENTCOM investigation later concluded. After a later investigation by the Washington Post found that eleven civilians actually died – including five children, four women and two civilian drivers – the Coalition raised…
Summary
Published
13 March 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2014
Incident Code
CS019
Location
حارم, Harim, Idlib, Syria
Six months after US air raids had targeted the Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front) and the militant group Ahrar al-Sham, the Coalition conceded that two children had “likely” died in the attack – the first public concession of any civilian deaths after 4,000 airstrikes against ISIS over nine months. The November 5th US-only…
Summary
Published
6 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 June 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-111
Location
بيت علي مخر الغراري, House of Ali Mukhar Al Gharari, Tarabulus, Libya
Between five and nine civilians were reported killed in a NATO airstrike on Tripoli. NATO later acknowledged likely causing civilian harm in the event. Amnesty gave a detailed account of the incident in its Libya investigation: "On 19 June 2011 at about 1.30 am the home of Mukhtar al-Gharari, located in a densely built-up area…
Summary
Published
19 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
18
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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