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Incident Date
3 April 2016
Incident Code
CI214
Location
حي الجري, Hit, Jerri and Amina, Al Anbar, Iraq
Locals reported that eight civilians died after the Coalition or Iraq government aircraft struck the Jerri and Amina neighbourhoods of Hit. The Coalition has denied responsibility. Among those killed was a family of six: a Facebook tribute page noted: “This is a picture of the martyr Riad Ahmed Rzeyk, who was forced out of his…
Summary
Published
3 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI211
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The Al Najmawi family’s flour mill in Granary Street, eastern Mosul was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, leading to casualties among the civilian workers inside. Qoraish reported that the attack took place at the 10.30am local time, with two strikes approximately five minutes apart. It claimed there were no Daesh forces present. NRN News…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI212
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed Coalition aircraft struck the Haswa and Jumeila neighbourhoods in Fallujah at around 9.30pm, hitting civilian homes and causing the deaths of five civilians including two children, and the wounding of seven more civilians. Al Sharqiya published the most detailed report, saying that Coalition aircraft strikes “resulted in the deaths of five people,…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI213
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft targeted a civilian car in Hit and killed the driver, who was said to have no links to so-called Islamic State. According to News of Iraq, the aircraft had been targeting a Daesh VBIED “driven by a suicide bomber” but that the attack also led to the destruction of…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2016
Incident Code
CI210
Location
يت, Hit, Qalqa neighbourhood, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike on the Qalqa neighbourhood of Hit resulted in 20 civilians reportedly injured, and one child was killed. According to Hit News, the home of gas seller Lutfi Abu was also hit. News of Iraq quoted what it said was a local source: “Warplanes of the international coalition bombed residential areas behind…
Summary
Published
30 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 March 2016
Incident Code
CI208
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Eight civilians were reported killed after missiles of unknown origin struck the Al Noor quarter and Aisha mosque in western Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our Nineveh correspondent reports that four men, two women and two children were killed after the fall of a number of missiles on the neighbourhood of Al Noor…
Summary
Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2016
Incident Code
CI207
Location
Mosul, Tanak neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents told Airwars researchers that two entire families – 21 people in total – died as a result of alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Tanak neighbourhood in East Mosul, on March 25th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, Jassim Khalaf and Mohammed Sabri, on June 11th 2017.…
Summary
Published
25 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 March 2016
Incident Code
CS193
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was reported killed in the Al Dar’iya area of central Raqaa, in an alleged Coalition strike. According to Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered, “International coalition planes yesterday targeted a weapons depot belonging to Daesh near Hod al Furat garage in Al Dar’iya area in the city centre of Raqqa which led to its total…
Summary
Published
24 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 March 2016
Incident Code
CI205
Location
Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced on April 30th 2017 that it had concluded an assessment on an NGO’s claims of civilian harm “near Hajj Ali, Iraq”. It is unknown to Airwars which NGO it is referred to. According to the Coalition report, “1. March 23, 2016, near Hajj Ali, Iraq, via NGO report: No Coalition strikes were…
Summary
Published
23 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 March 2016
Incident Code
CI204
Location
Mosul, University of Mosul residencies, Nineveh, Iraq
In a fresh day of reported Coalition airstrikes on Mosul University, local sources said three university professors and some of their families were killed and many other civilians wounded, after jets hit academic residences. Up to 15 Daesh fighters also reportedly died. Heavy Coalition activity above the city was reported from dawn onwards. Yagen was…
Summary
Published
22 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS192 RS0743
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
39–43
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS191 RS0741
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between 15 and 20 civilians including up to eight children and five women died in airstrikes on Ar Raqqah, according to multiple local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one source suggesting the warplanes responsible may have belonged to the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
15–20
Civilians reported injured
25–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Code
CI202
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Up to 41 civilians were allegedly killed and 53 injured in an airstrike on Hawijah which was said to have struck the city’s main market and hospital. The Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Agency initially reported the “Killing of four [civilians] and the wounding of 10 – most of them women and children – in an air…
Summary
Published
18 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
41
Civilians reported injured
53
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2016
Incident Code
CI201
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said at least four and as many as 13 civilians were killed and 25 injured including children and women after alliance jets struck residential apartments used by displaced people in the Alaymen district of eastern Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency reported: “residents said that international coalition aircraft bombed a residential compound belonging…
Summary
Published
15 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–18
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS190 RS0738
Location
أبو قلقل, Abu Qalqal, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed in an airstrike on the town of Abu Kalkal. Opinion was split as to whether the attack was Russian, Coalition or Syrian regime in origin. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Media, the Syrian Observatory, the Syrian Network, the Syrian Human Rights Committee, Shaam News and al Hall Media all said the attack…
Summary
Published
13 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 March 2016
Incident Code
CS189
Location
Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
According to Al A’amaq Media – linked to Daesh – “A child and his father were killed in a raid by an unmanned American plane on the outskirts of Raqqa city.” No other sources in the city reported civilian casualties. However Raqqa is Being Slaughtered did note that “An unmanned plane targets a Daesh pickup…
Summary
Published
12 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS188 RS0723
Location
خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least two civilians including a girl and a woman died in airstrikes on the town of Khusham. While the majority of the sources allege that this was a Coalition incident, other reports say Russia was responsible. According to Free Deir Ezzor, Russian raids targeting oil fields in Khusham killed two civilians displaced from Qaryatain,…
Summary
Published
10 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 March 2016
Incident Code
CI200
Location
العصرية, Asriya, Al Anbar, Iraq
In a major mass casualty incident, 69 civilians were reported killed and 100 injured after alleged Coalition or possibly Iraq government aircraft allegedly struck the village of Asriyah. All of the victims were said to be from the Al Bojaber tribe. According to al Rafidain and other sources, fifteen of those killed were said to…
Summary
Published
9 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
69
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI198
Location
الموصل, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
According to a local source, six civilians from the same family were killed after two missiles by allegedly Coalition jets struck their home in the Shura district south of Mosul. According to Yaqen News, the local Mosul source who reported the deaths also added that “indiscriminate bombardment by Coalition aircraft operations has increased dramatically recently,…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI199
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
CS187
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Airstrikes in the Al Hosh and al Fouroussiya areas of Raqqah killed at least three civilians including a child according to reports – although it was unclear whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Coalition. Ten Daesh fighters were also said to have been killed. The Syrian Observatory reported in English that…
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
CS185
Location
عين العروس, `Ayn al `Arus, Raqqa, Syria
According to reports up to 16 civilians including 10 members of a family died in Ain al A’rouss “following Coalition raids.” One adult male civilian victim – the head of the family – was named by VDC as Faeour al Abo. According to Shaam News, Daesh targets had been struck in the town: “International coalition…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
CS184
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two adult civilian males named as Adnan Abd al-Wahab al-Bonaia al-Jasem and Ahmad Dalf al-Saleh were reported killed in al Mayadeen in an alleged Coalition airstrike. No additional details are presently known. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
CI195
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources claimed that at least 13 and as many as 46 civilians from ‘ISIS families’ – including children and women – were killed when their bus was bombed between Qayarrah and Shura south of Mosul as it was trying to cross the Iraqi-Syrian border. The bodies were reportedly transferred to the Forensic Medicine institution…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–46
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Codes
CS183 RS0669
Location
البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between one and four civilians died in an airstrike on al Bukamal according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the US-led Coalition were to blame. SyrianPC said four non-combatants died in a Russian shelling of “oil separators in the Al-Hajjana area”. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently also…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2016
Incident Code
CS182
Location
Bahssa, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilian males named as Ahmad Salem Al A’tiya and Issa Turky Al Sulayman died in an alleged Coalition strike on a car in the village of Al Bahsa, west of al Shadadi. Al Jazeera also noted the event: “In Hassakah northeast Syria, activists reported the fall of two dead and several wounded in air…
Summary
Published
23 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CS180
Location
جرير, Jareer, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to reports up to nine civilians died in the village of Al Jareer 4km east of Al Shadadi, after a Coalition aircraft allegedly struck a vehicle. According to the Union of Hassakah Youth Movement, most of those who died were women. Ara news cited a local man it named as Hamid Al Abdullah: “The…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CS181
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Multiple civilian sites in the city were allegedly targeted by Coalition F-16s and F-15Es according to reports, reportedly leading to the deaths of 12 civilians. According to the Damascus Center, “According to field information, the raids were carried out by white and blue/gray fighter planes on civilian areas inhabited by displaced persons from Dayr ez…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
32
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CS178
Location
مرقدا, Marqadah, Al Hassakah, Syria
The Hassakah Youth Movement was among a number of sources reporting civilians killed by the Coalition at Al Markada, saying Coalition aircraft had struck a medical facility: “News in regarding people martyred following international Coalition bombing of the hospital in Markada.” In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CS179
Location
الدشيشة, Dashisha, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilian brothers named as Farhan and Adnan Ali Khodar were reported killed after their motorbike was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike. According to the Damascus Center, the two brothers were buried together. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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