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Incident Date

18 February 2016

Incident Code

CI193

Location

الفتحة, Fatha, Nineveh, Iraq
Four civilians were reported killed and two injured during an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Fatha north of Mosul according to Al Araby, which said the bodies were transfered to a local morgue. No additional information is presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…

Summary

Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 February 2016

Incident Codes

CS176a RS0634

Location

تل الجاير, Al Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
An airstrike targeted a local taxi bus killing between ten and 15 civilians including up to seven children according to sources – although there was disagreement over whether the Coalition or Russia was responsible. According to the Hassakah Youth Movement, “the Hyundai belongs to Hussein Morei Al Atiya [who died in the attack]. Mr Atiya…

Summary

Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 February 2016

Incident Code

CS176

Location

الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to the Hassakah Youth Movement, “International Coalition planes have carried out several raids along the front lines south west of Al Hawl and targets in the village of Al Hazim. There are reports of the martyrdom of several civilians.“ Shaam News also reported that Coalition airstrikes in support of Kurdish forces “led to the…

Summary

Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 February 2016

Incident Code

CI191

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to multiple local sources, a Coalition or Iraqi government aircraft struck the Sina’i, Bakir and Jame’iya neighbourhoods in Hit district, western Anbar, resulting in the deaths of 2 or 3 civilians and the injuring of 5 more. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq said the strikes were the work of the Coalition. The Iraqi Spring Media Center…

Summary

Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 February 2016

Incident Codes

CS174 RS0621

Location

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
The Russian government accused the Coalition of killing nine civilians and injuring 26 in an airstrike on an MSF hospital at Maarat al Numan. This was later denied, with a Coalition report insisting “No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.” According to a document and…

Summary

Published
15 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Education
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Civilians reported injured
26
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 February 2016

Incident Code

CS173

Location

حماة, Hama, Idlib, Syria
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, on December 1st 2016 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on a possible incident “near Hama, Iraq”. Officials later informed Airwars that the alleged incident in fact took place near Hama, Syria. The incident was reported in the December 2016 Coalition report as: “Feb. 15, 2016,…

Summary

Published
15 February 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 February 2016

Incident Code

CI188

Location

المحلبية, Mahalabiya, Nineveh, Iraq
Three children reportedly died in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Mahalabiya, to the west of Mosul. An anonymous source cited by Face Iraq complained that there was “constant indiscriminate shelling on the villages and areas of the city of Mosul, under the pretext of the presence of criminal elements from Daesh.” In…

Summary

Published
13 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 February 2016

Incident Code

CI187

Location

حي المزارع, Mosul, Mazari / Farms, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition targeted strike on a secret ISIL medical facility reportedly killed 16 doctors, seven Daesh fighters and an unspecified number of patients according to a single source. According to NINA, “the international Coalition carried out airstrikes in eastern Mosul which targeted a secret hospital for Daesh elements. The attack killed 16 Daesh doctors…

Summary

Published
10 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 February 2016

Incident Code

CI185

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi (Al Bosaleh), Al Anbar, Iraq
There were reports of two or three civilian homes in Al Bosaleh village east of Ramadi were struck by the Coalition in the morning, killing at least 17 civilians – including up to 13 from the Alibohvd clan. Yaqen included a reported image (right) of one of the destroyed homes. However, the site also suggested…

Summary

Published
6 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
17–21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 February 2016

Incident Code

CI184

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Several sources reported that an alleged Coalition air strike had hit the Qalqah area of Hit City, resulting in the deaths of up to six civilians and the wounding of 11 others, most of them women and children. Photographs obtained by the Iraqi Spring Media Center appeared to show significant damage, with a number of…

Summary

Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
8–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 January 2016

Incident Code

CS170

Location

دادات, Dadat, Aleppo, Syria
A young child was killed in either a Coalition or a Russian airstrike near Al Dadat, on the road to Jarablus. Ara News blamed the attack on Russia, while Shaam News and Halab Today among others said the US-led Coalition was responsible. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that…

Summary

Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 January 2016

Incident Codes

CS169 RS0492

Location

عجاجا, Ajajah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to 15 civilians were killed including two children, following an airstrike on the village of Ajajah. The attack was initially attributed to the Coalition. However later reports blamed the deaths on Russia. According to the Syrian Observatory “Two children and a man were killed and others injured in bombing by warplanes believed to be…

Summary

Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–15
Civilians reported injured
9–15
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 January 2016

Incident Code

CS168

Location

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four civilian men – three from the same family – were named as killed by ‘Coalition air force shelling’ near Shadadi, after earlier reports of aircraft from the western alliance circling over the town. The death toll was later raised to 10 by some sources. According to Qasioun the deaths occured after Coalition aircraft struck…

Summary

Published
27 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 January 2016

Incident Code

CI181

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources claimed 10 civilians were killed and 20 injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul. According to anti-government site Yaqen, “the international airline alliance this morning carried out several air strikes” in central Mosul which in turn killed 10 civilians and ‘substantially damaged’ a number of homes. Meanwhile, the pro-government site Al Rassid…

Summary

Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 January 2016

Incident Code

CI182

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes had struck residential homes in Abu Teban village in Hit, west of Ramadi, resulting in the deaths of eight civilians and the injuring of a further 18 – described as mostly women and children. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes between Ramadi and…

Summary

Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 January 2016

Incident Code

CI180

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
The Iraqi Spring Media Centre claimed that “Coalition fighters” had struck civilians in north-west Ramadi, killing 13 civilians and injuring a further 18. Particular news described the alleged Coalition strike as ‘retaliatory’ though gave no further details while noting that there was also significant material damage to civilian houses in the area. Responding to a…

Summary

Published
20 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 January 2016

Incident Code

CI179

Location

المعارض المنفيس, Mosul, Exhibitions area, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources claimed that 11 civilians were killed and 6 others wounded after Coalition aircraft allegedly targeted cars in the Exhibitions area east of Mosul. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, residents in the city’s Exhibitions area said the casualties occurred when aircraft fired on vehicles: “The bodies of civilians were handed over to…

Summary

Published
18 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
6–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 January 2016

Incident Code

CS166

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Union of Hassakah Youth, an adult male non-combatant named as Ammar Al Khayran was killed in a Coalition strke on Raqqah. According to the group, the victim “came from Mabrouka in the western countryside of Rass Al Ain.” Other sites also reported his death, which was additionally claimed for both January 17th…

Summary

Published
18 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 January 2016

Incident Code

CI178

Location

تليارة, Tell Yara, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq
A spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) stated that 12 civilians were injured in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Tell Yara in Bashiqa, north of Mosul. Ghiyath Alsurja, a media official with the KDP, told reporters that the Coalition had targeted Daesh facilities in the village 17 km north of Mosul, killing…

Summary

Published
16 January 2016
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2016

Incident Code

CI177

Location

الثقافية, Mosul, Cultural group (Daash court headquarters), Nineveh, Iraq
There were effectively single-source claims that an alleged Coalition strike on a Mosul court killed 33 civilians who had been detained on petty charges by so-called Islamic State. Three judges also reportedly died. According to Al Mustaqbal, the Coalition targeted “a former Social Welfare Department building” which now functions as a court. The three ISIL…

Summary

Published
14 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
33
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2016

Incident Code

CI176

Location

القائم, Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq
On October 27th 2017 the Coalition published an assessment of a civilian casualty event dated January 12th 2016, naming Airwars as the source of reporting. The Coalition’s report stated: “1. Jan. 12, 2016, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via Airwars report. After a review of available information, it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted…

Summary

Published
12 January 2016
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 January 2016

Incident Code

CS165

Location

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian man named as Hmaid al Agha was reported by VDC as having been killed at Slouk in a Coalition airstrike. The website Al Sharq al Arabi also listed Mr al Agha as killed, though did not attribute responsibility. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were…

Summary

Published
11 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Codes

CS164 RS0352

Location

عين عيسى, `Ayn `Isa, Raqqa, Syria
A strike by aircraft reportedly killed five civilians. Syria News attributed the attack to Russia, while Ara News said it was a Coalition action. VDC – which attributed the attack to the regime – named five victims. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian…

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 January 2016

Incident Code

CI174

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Sofiya, Al Anbar, Iraq
Some local media reported that two families consisting of 14 civilians were killed in an unattributed airstrike on Sofiya in Ramadi. While Yaqen also reported that 14 civilians had died, it blamed the deaths on Iraq Army artillery. In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for the event, saying that it…

Summary

Published
8 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2016

Incident Code

CI173

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local media service Hit News claimed that Coalition airstrikes had struck a residential building in Hit. No further details are presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible", stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the…

Summary

Published
7 January 2016
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

1 January 2016

Incident Code

CI172

Location

الرمادي, Hit and Thaiyala, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said that airstrikes – possibly by the Coalition – had struck civilians in Hit and Thaiyala in Anbar province, resulting in deaths and injuries of multiple civilians including women and children. Face Iraq reported that 12 bodies of civilians were later evacuated from Thaiyala, “killed in bombings which had resulted in the deaths…

Summary

Published
1 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 December 2015

Incident Code

CI170

Location

حي سومر, Mosul, Sumer, Nineveh, Iraq
Ten civilian prisoners were reportedly killed in an alleged 5 am Coalition strike on Mosul which targeted the Nineveh provincial council building. According to A3Maq, “international coalition aircraft launched at dawn on Wednesday several raids in which some 20 rockets were fired, The aircraft targeted the marriage contracts office, the Office of the Ombudsman and…

Summary

Published
30 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
31
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 December 2015

Incident Code

CI171

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged Coalition strike at Hit in Anbar resulted in the deaths of four named civilians. Hit News reported that Coalition strikes hit the area around the Khaled Saadoun mosque and a nearby industrial district “resulting in the deaths of a number of innocent citizens.” In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports,…

Summary

Published
30 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 December 2015

Incident Code

CI169

Location

العربي, Mosul, Arabi and Cairo petrol station, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition strike on two Daesh positions in western Mosul also reportedly led to an unspecified number of civilian casualties. According to NRN News, vehicles used by Daesh to transport oil were destroyed in a 1pm strike, killing about 15 militants. But the attack also destroyed the ‘Cairo’ gas station, which in turn damaged…

Summary

Published
29 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 December 2015

Incident Code

CS161

Location

أعزاز‎, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
According to reports a car which was carrying a family reportedly fleeing the violence in Syria was itself struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, killing a young infant girl. Aisha Saleh Hassan al Hameedi was reported killed and her family injured when their car was struck near A'zaz, northern Aleppo. The family had been displaced…

Summary

Published
29 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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