Civilian Casualties

حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq

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One civilian was injured following an airstrike that destroyed his family home, according to the eyewitness. Amnesty International shared the following field report with Airwars, citing an eyewitness: “I’m a simple ‘free worker’ from the same area in Hai Tenak. My friends and I make a living buying and selling car parts. I left on

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حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria

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Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of one civilians “as a result of a raid by international coalition aircraft on the town of Hamra Ghanem”. Local news source Sharaf News also reported a few days later that “Activists from Raqqa said that international coalition aircraft targeted the house of Bashir Yusuf al-Sultan in

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(1 woman)

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مشيرفة, Mushirfa, Raqqa, Syria

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Five civilians died and eight more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Mushirfa, according to local media. All sources blamed the Coalition.

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رأس الجادة, Mosul, Ras Al Jadda, Nineveh, Iraq

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Two local sources reported that seven civilians from one family died when an airstrike or bombardment hit their house in Ras Al Jadda neighbourhood in the old part of Mosul. The victims were named by MNN and Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook group) as: Wa’ed Ali Saleh al-Sharifi, his wife, sons Ali and Nashwan, his daughter

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(3 women3–4 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

تل خيمة, Tel Kheimeh near Badoosh, Nineveh, Iraq

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In a major alleged incident, two interviewees reported that up to 55 civilians died in an Iraqi or Coalition airstrike and ground-based machine gun fire as they attempted to flee ISIS control. The following unpublished field report was shared by Amnesty International with Airwars: “Interviewee 1: ‘I’m from Tel Kheimeh, a small village, around one

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Local media reported that two civilians died and a third was wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. According to @Newsjorf, the Coalition carried out raids on the grain silos area of Hunaida. Rasd-Sy also mentioned ‘mutual artillery exchanges’ between ISIL and SADF ground forces – though it was unclear whether this specifically refered

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الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

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Multiple local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes as well as raids carried out by Iraqi government forces led to the deaths of dozens of civilians, and left up to 181 people injured. The airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in West Mosul on April 13th and 14th. Entably Mumen (Facebook page) reported that Abu Yusuf was among

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22 – 37

(0–1 men)

79–181

الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria

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Local sources reported the death of three civilians following an alleged Coalition drone or air strike on a fire engine which was passing along the road between Al Jazara and Khatouniya. The local news agency reported: “A local source told the Smart correspondent on Thursday that three civilian workers were killed in an air strike

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الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

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Two men were killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their motorcycle in Tabaqa, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser reported that the incident occurred “on the main street south of the church roundabout”. The combatant status of the victims was not made clear in any of the reports.

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0 – 2

(2 men)

حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

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The state news agency Sana reported the death of ‘hundreds of people’ in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hatla. The Coalition said they were not responsible. However in its own published reports for that day the Coalition did later confirm three strikes in the province. According to Sana: “The General Command of the Army and

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عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq

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In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later denied a social media claim that it had caused civilian casualties at Anah. According to its June report “April 12, 2017, near Annah, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

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الهزيمة, Al Hazima, Raqqa, Syria

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Two families died in an incident at Al Hazimah, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether they died in Coalition airstrikes or artillery strikes by other forces. SY reporter said that a family and a doctor were killed and blamed the Coalition. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “a doctor

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5 – 6

(4 children2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

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Two civilians died and five were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ma’adan, according to local media. According to Micro Syria, “seven civilians were killed and wounded by a bombardment of warplanes likely belonging to the international coalition”. Al Araby, which also pointed towards the Coalition said that “two civilians were killed and five

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According to Smart News Agency and Microsyriua four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. There is no further information presently available.

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Mosul, Al Nouri mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

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Akbar Elyam News, quoting Lt. Col. Ahmed Abdul-Aziz Al-Nu’mani of Iraqi forces, reported that violent Coalition airstrikes hit the old part of Mosul, particularly the neighbourhoods of the Grand Mosque, Farouk, Clock and the center of Mosul, in the evening into the night of April 12th. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook group) reported moreover that five

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(2 women1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

سحاب, Mosul, al-Sahab, Nineveh, Iraq

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A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 11 April, an airstrike reportedly killed a civilian man and wounded seven other civilians, including a woman, in the ISIL-controlled al-Siha neighbourhood of western Mosul. At the time of the incident, the

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اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq

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Local sources reported that 13 civilians from two families were killed and 17 others injured in Coalition airstrikes on houses in Yarmouk neighbourhood, which had been liberated by Iraqi forces the previous day. Today Egypt News quoted Captain Yazen Abdul-Ilah al-Dubardani of the Iraqi Air Force, saying that “Coalition aircraft launched an air strike on

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حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq

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Local sources said that nine people from the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their house in Al-Farouk Street, in Farouk neighbourhood in West Mosul, at midnight. Local Facebook page Sawlf Ateka reported that Tarek al-Sanjari, his five sons and two daughters died. Reportedly, a large explosion blew off the roof of

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(0–2 children2–4 women1–5 men)

7 – 9

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

7 named, 1 familiy identified

مفرق مدينة الطبقة, Tabaqah Junction, Raqqa, Syria

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One civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqa Junction, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser and other sources reported that he was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a Coalition warplane. But according to Al Raqqa Truth and @Q_Alenezy, a Coalition raid hit the car he was in while he was driving another

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(1 man)

1 named, 1 familiy identified

عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq

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Local sources reported that six civilians were killed and several others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Anah, in the west of Anbar province. In a suggestion that the deaths were caused by the Iraq Air Force, Saad Awad – the mayor of Anah district – reportedly called on the government’s air force

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سحاب, Mosul, al-Saha and al-Sham gate, Nineveh, Iraq

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A single local source reported that over thirty civilians, including women and children, were killed in Coalition airstrikes on al-Saha and al-Sham neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Other sources reported that in total 73 civilians were killed and 200 wounded after three days of bombing by the international Coalition and Iraqi forces.

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الرسالة, Mosul, Resala, Nineveh, Iraq

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A single source reported that two people were killed and nine others were injured due to unidentified shelling on Al-Resala neighborhood in West Mosul. Presently no further details are known.

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One man was killed when an alleged Coalition strike hit the motorcycle he was on in Hunayda, according to multiple local sources. However, it is unclear whether the victim was a civilian or militant. Raqqa Post reported that an unmanned drone targeted the victim, while Mohab Nasser, a media activist from Tabaqa, said reported he

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(1 man)

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According to a single source, Smart News Agency, four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. No further details are currently available.

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Mosul, Sekak, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “April 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via Human Rights Watch organization: After a review of available information and

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شعيب الذكر, دبسي فرج, Sho'aib Al Zakir and Dibsi Faraj , Raqqa, Syria

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Between six and ten civilians including two children and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Shoeib Al Zakar and Dibsi Faraj, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported that the Coalition carried out five raids, killing six non-combatants including two children and a woman as well as

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6 – 10

(2 children1 woman)

الرقة‎, Al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria

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One civilian died and seven others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Idkhar at Raqqa according to Alaraby, Sadasham and the Smart News Agency. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Coalition carried out strikes in Raqqa on “the former Political Security building” used as a headquarters by ISIL. It

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المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria

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“An air strike targeted the neighborhood of al-Mashlad in the city of Al-Raqqa, injuring civilians,” according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Other sources also said that the Coalition carried out a strike on Al Mashlab resulting in casualties, though numbers were not given. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city

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