Civilian Casualty Archive

Order results by:
Incident DatePublication Date
2332 incidents

Incident Date

14 August 2015

Incident Code

CS114

Location

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies named Bassam Abd Al Kareem Al Sai’id as a civilian victim of alleged Coalition bombing on Talbissa, Homs. A second source naming him also as Abu Khaled, says he was from Talbissa, Homs but killed in Raqqa as a result of coalition bombing. In its monthly civilian casualty assessment for…

Summary

Published
14 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

13–14 August, 2015

Incident Code

CS113

Location

مروح, Marwah, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians, all members of the same family, were killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the Daesh-occupied town of Al Mourouj (or Al Mourwah) according to multiple reports. Saudi newspaper Asharq al Awsat reported that “six civilians were killed on Friday evening [August 14th] after an international Coalition plane bombed the village of Al…

Summary

Published
14 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

11 August 2015

Incident Code

CS111

Location

اطمه, Atimah, Idlib, Syria
A US airstrike on a Jaish al-Sunna ammunition depot in the night also killed at least eight non-combatants in the village of Atmeh, it was widely reported. According to accounts, a number of civilian homes were damaged or destroyed in secondary explosions. Graphic images showed significant damage at the scene. Five young girls were among…

Summary

Published
11 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
4–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

8 August 2015

Incident Code

CI091

Location

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Coalition aircraft were alleged to have struck civilians some 15 km from Ar Rutbah, at the Haj Saleh Mraid Kubaisi glassworks factory. According to a number of sources, some families had fled the town for fear of airstrikes, only for members to be killed in an alleged Coalition attack on a civilian vehicle. It was…

Summary

Published
8 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

6 August 2015

Incident Code

CI090

Location

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
There were claims that a Coalition strike at ar Rutbah destroyed a family home in the Askari neighbourhood owned by Yaseen Al-Hiti and Jamal Raheem Uda Al-Kubeisi – who were both reported killed along with Mr al-Hiti’s wife Zia and one or two of their children – one a daughter also named Zia. A further…

Summary

Published
6 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

3 August 2015

Incident Code

CS110

Location

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
A number of sources named a 17-year old civilian, Ibrahim Al Hamdo Al Shabo Al Khateib, as having been killed in a Coalition strike. There were no further details.  

Summary

Published
3 August 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

1 August 2015

Incident Code

CS109

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A 13-year old boy described as a child soldier with ISIL’s Cubs of the Caliphate – later named as Mohammad al A’afr Al Harmoush – was reported killed in a Coalition strike at Al Mayadeen. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the even as non credible on grounds of having conducted no…

Summary

Published
1 August 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

30 July 2015

Incident Code

CS108

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five members of one family including three children were killed in a reported 1.30am Coalition strike on the Syria-Iraq border, according to two sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted the following: “Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on places around Aysha hospital and other places around the city of…

Summary

Published
30 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

29 July 2015

Incident Code

CI088

Location

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources reported that four non-combatants were killed and six injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ar Rutbah. According to Iraqi Revolution, "the alliance bombed Rutba in the morning, leading to the martyrdom and wounding of 10 civilians." Iraq Body Count, citing Xinhua [source now lost], said that four civilian fatalities had been reported…

Summary

Published
29 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

25 July 2015

Incident Code

CS105

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported injured in fresh coalition airstrikes on the outskirts of Raqaa. Images distributed by Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently featured an injured boy, among other victims, receiving treatment after the event. These photographs were subsequently removed, though are archived by Airwars. In July 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event…

Summary

Published
25 July 2015
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

25 July 2015

Incident Code

CS106

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that Ahmad al Awad had died in what was described as a Coalition strike at Bukamal. While single source, a Coalition attack was confirmed in the vicinity in daily reports at the time. In its civilian casualty report for October 2019 – published on…

Summary

Published
25 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

23 July 2015

Incident Code

CS104

Location

ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A reported Coalition airstrike at 3.45pm killed up to seven civilians including two children, at Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo. One young victim, Mohammad Jassen Al Abou Rakan, was decapitated in the incident, with graphic images of his body widely distributed on social media. Islamic State later published a propaganda video of the event, including interviews…

Summary

Published
23 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

21 July 2015

Incident Code

CI086

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq
A vehicle was reportedly bombed by the Coalition in Al Muthanna neighbourhood in Mosul, leading to claims that one civilian was killed and a further four were injured. Local residents’ site Hunaal Hadbaa said that a KIA Rio car was targeted in the attack, with shrapnel then killing and injuring civilians in the vicinity. One…

Summary

Published
21 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

18 July 2015

Incident Code

CI085

Location

مجارين, Majareen, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local MP Abdulrahman al Louzi, a dozen male agricultural workers died when the Coalition struck the village of Majareen. Among the dead were said to be five brothers from one family. The men were reported to have been converting hay to animal feed at the time of the attack. According to al-Louzi, “I…

Summary

Published
18 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

18–24 July, 2015

Incident Code

CS103

Location

الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
An alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds…

Summary

Published
18 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

16 July 2015

Incident Code

CS102

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Coalition aircraft allegedly destroyed an “ISIS-owned digger,” killing a man local monitoring group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently described as a civilian driver: “Coalition planes targeted a drilling vehicle belonging to Daesh which is used for digging berms in the area of Tal Al Bayi’a. This led to the burning of the vehicle, and to…

Summary

Published
16 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

13 July 2015

Incident Code

CS101

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies website named Ala’a Abou Abdallah from Deir Ba’alba, Homs as having been killed by Coalition bombing in Raqqa on July 13th. The Syrian Human Rights Committee also named Ala’a as having been killed. No additional public details could be found relating to this event. In its civilian casualty…

Summary

Published
13 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

12 July 2015

Incident Code

CS100

Location

مزرعة الأسدية, Al Assadiyah near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A boy named as Amjad Mohammed was reportedly killed along with eleven alleged Daesh militants, in a fresh coalition airstrike on the outskirts of Ar Raqaa. According to SOHR, the child may have belonged to ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ – an Islamic State indoctrination unit for young children in the city. One report claimed he…

Summary

Published
12 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

11 July 2015

Incident Code

CI083

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
There were fresh claims of Coalition-inflicted civilian casualties at Mosul, with 37 non-combatants alleged killed and injured in airstrikes reportedly aimed at disrupting power supplies to the city. According to NINA, the dawn raid “caused a complete interruption of electricity – and some water pumps stopped in the city.” Some hospitals reportedly lost access to…

Summary

Published
11 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

11 July 2015

Incident Code

CS098

Location

الرقة‎, Warakat Samra near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In the second of three Raqaa incidents for July 11th in which Coalition aircraft allegedly caused non-combatant deaths, a woman and two or three of her children died in an airstrike at the village of Warakat Samra according to reports. Her husband was severely injured in the attack, losing his leg. Local activist Abu Ibrahim…

Summary

Published
11 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

11 July 2015

Incident Code

CS099

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In the last of three reported Raqaa incidents for July 11th, a civilian firefighting team in the city reportedly died in a coalition airstrike. According to Al Araby, the Coalition “launched eight raids targeting Daesh sites on the outskirts of Raqqa city. These hit the areas of Al Hamrat, Al Sina’a [Industry] and the Faculty…

Summary

Published
11 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

9 July 2015

Incident Code

CS096

Location

تدمر‎, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
A badly wounded Syrian refugee told Buzzfeed that he believed his injuries had been caused by a Coalition airstrike at Palmyra, although no strikes at that location had been reported at the time (the first publicly reported Coalition strikes on Palmyra were on September 9th 2015.) Mohamed Raja, aged 23, lost his right arm and…

Summary

Published
9 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

9 July 2015

Incident Code

CI082

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Up to 15 civilians including women and children were allegedly killed in a reported coalition airstrike at Mosul, which was also said to have injured seven people. The National Iraq News Agency (NINA), citing what it described as a local source, reported that “the international coalition aircraft bombed houses belonging to unarmed civilians believed to…

Summary

Published
9 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

7 July 2015

Incident Code

CS092

Location

حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
There were contradictory claims as to the status of Bassel Jassem Al Jirroh - reportedly killed in a Coalition or Assad regime strike at Hatla. While the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and al-Natiq described him as a young male non-combatant killed at Al Aziziah Street, the pro-government Tishreen claimed that al-Jirroh was a…

Summary

Published
7 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

5 July 2015

Incident Code

CS090

Location

تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed in a Coalition strike at Hassakah which allegedly hit the Tal Al Jayer Medical Centre. It was also reported that “a number of women and children” were injured in the attack. However in July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian…

Summary

Published
5 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

1 July 2015

Incident Code

CI080

Location

تل الرمان, Mosul, Tel Ruman, Nineveh, Iraq
There were claims that up to 22 civilians were killed and 16 injured in Coalition airstrikes to the west of Mosul. Women and children were reported to be among the casualties. In a January 2016 report, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq noted: “According to a source, on 1 July, 17 civilians, including four…

Summary

Published
1 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
17–22
Civilians reported injured
11–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

1 July 2015

Incident Code

CI081

Location

الحويجة, Safra, Kirkuk, Iraq
An alleged strike by Coalition aircraft reportedly killed 18 civilians and injured a further 10, according to a single source. Al Gharbiya claimed that a number of villages south west of Hawija were hit. "About 30 civilians were killed and wounded on Wednesday in a bombardment by an international warplane in several areas of the…

Summary

Published
1 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
18
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

30 June 2015

Incident Code

CS086

Location

سلوك, 20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian car was reported hit in a coalition airstrike 20km to the south of Suluk, killing those inside. The attack was described as occurring near Umm al Brameel, to the south east of Tal Abyad. Among the dead was a child named as Mohmmad Ali Ahmad Al Assaf.  

Summary

Published
30 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

28 June 2015

Incident Code

CI078

Location

يت, Hit, al Bakir, Al Anbar, Iraq
A reported coalition airstrike on a Daesh/ ISIL checkpoint also allegedly killed seven non-combatants, according to a single source. According to al Sharqiyah the civilians were caught up in the attack after being held at the checkpoint for an inspection.  

Summary

Published
28 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident

Incident Date

26 June 2015

Incident Code

CS085

Location

ميادين, Road between Shadadi and Deir Ezzor (Road 7), Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian non-combatant was reported killed in a Coalition bombing on the road linking Shadadi with Deir az Zawr. The victim came from the town of Mayadeen.  

Summary

Published
26 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident