Civilian Casualties

(1 child3 women)

الموصل‎, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported two alleged Coalition airstrikes, killing five and injuring two civilians called Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed and Ebtehalf Mohammed Yosef. The first attack took place at 7.40 AM local time on the highway close to the town of Umm al-Dheban at that time. The second airstrike was at 8.40 AM local time

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LOCATION

ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Syria

The Syrian Martyrs website identified a single non-combatant victim of a reported Coalition strike in Aleppo. He was also named by the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Research which said he was originally from Idlib, though didn’t specify if he was a civilian or a militant. However, all other sources described al Jolani as a

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The previously-secret CENTCOM file also noted reports by redacted “prominent anti-ISIL Twitter users” that “civilians are being killed in the bombardment.” With so few details to go on, CENTCOM concluded that there was “insufficient evidence to determine date and time of any specific allegation.”

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Unknown

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet on January 23rd as claiming that 6 members of one family had been killed in a Coalition strike in Anbar province. The identity of the tweeter was redacted in a publicly-released version of the file, though they were described as “Pro-ISIL… reported coalition airstrikes killed 6 family members

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خزيمة, Aski Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

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An internal CENTCOM report identified concerns of civilian fatalities raised by local Nineveh MP Abd al Rahman al-Luwayzi. According to the MP, “Arab families, fleeing the area of Aski Musil were targeted by coalition aircraft, killing or wounding ‘scores of civilians.” The town is situated on the banks of the Tigris River to the north

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الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

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An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet by an Iraqi “self proclaimed freelance journalist” (identified as Mr Zyad al-Senjary) who had posted a photograph of “a partially-destroyed house and claimed 2 children were killed and several Iraqis injured in a UAV [drone] strike.” An initial CENTCOM inquiry identified 32 total Coalition engagements in Nineveh for

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(2 children)

الكسك, Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A Canadian airstrike at Kisik Junction was alleged to have killed between 6 and 27 civilians, according to an internal CENTCOM report. The source was an English-speaking peshmerga fighter, who had passed on his concerns to Coalition Special Forces based in Iraq. The Canadian attack had targeted “an ISIL sniper/ HMG [havy machine gun] position

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6 – 27

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM review cited reports from the ‘pro-opposition’ Step News Agency that three civilians had died when Coalition missiles struck homes in al-Shaddadi. According to the news site, “two civilian houses were targeted leading to the martyrdom of three from one family and several wounded including women and children.” The Coalition concluded that its

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الطيانة, Tayyani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An adult civilian male, was reported by a number of sources as killed in a coalition airstrike on his neighbourhood.

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

Suspected belligerents

Named victims

1 named

الحسكة, Al Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The website Syrian Martyrs identifies one man it says was killed in a Coalition airstrike near Dayr Ezzawr. He was reported as a resident of Tayana, the village where he was killed. However Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies – which named him – said that although he was from Tayana, he was killed in Al

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(1 man)

حماة, Um al Nayr, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A female civilian, a civil engineer, was reported by Syrian Martyrs to have been killed in a Coalition airstrike. Confused reporting placed her death either at Umm Al Nayr near Hama, or at nearby Kaferzita. However, VDC – which named the victim – stated that a 25 year old instead died in an attack by

Summary

(1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

Named victims

1 named

near al-Bo Omar, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In the January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near al-Bo Omar had been assessed as non credible: “#1 Jan. 12, 2015, near al-Bo Omar, Syria via regional human rights group report. After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in

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Unknown

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Extensive coalition air raids on Islamic State-controlled oil fields reportedly killed four civilian oil workers, according to a number of sources. Local website Step Agency listed what it said were the targets struck: “The alliance planes at dawn today launched more than five raids targeting Islamic State near the town of Abu Kamal in the

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4 – 5

(4–5 men)

القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source claimed that a coalition strike on the town of Qayyarah near Mosul killed and injured “dozens.”

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معرحطاط, Ma`arr Hitat, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Martyrs website, lists one civilian male as a victim of a coalition strike. It is unclear whether he was killed in his home town of Ma’ar Hatat in Idlib or in Raqqa. However, the original listing in Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies lists him as a militant from Idlib – and reports

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(1 man)

الفرحانية, Villages of Al-Farhaniya and al-Subaihat, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

An airstrike by an unspecified belligerent reportedly killed 12 civilians including women and children, and wounded an additional 23. The deaths occurred during an Iraqi government offensive against Islamic State.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Suspected belligerents

جرابلس, Jarabulus, Cultural center, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An 8.30pm coalition bombing raid on Jarablos – a major Islamic State hub – destroyed a cultural centre being used as an ISIL headquarters in the town. According to Aleppo News, “According to activists, the strikes caused great devastation in the building in addition to the destruction of two civilian houses in the vicinity. Witnesses

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(2 women1 man)

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In one of the the worst known incidents of mass civilian casualties reportedly caused by coalition bombings, at least 51 non-combatants were killed when aircraft struck an Islamic State local headquarters, which was also being used as a temporary prison. Somewhere between 150 and 400 people were being held by ISIL on petty charges at

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51 – 65

(2–4 women30 men)

LOCATION

الباب, Aleppo, Syria

An internal CENTCOM review reported unnamed open sources as claiming civilian casualties had occurred as a result of Coalition airstrikes. A provisional review found that there had been no international airstrikes in the vicinity of the city on that date. Airwars researchers later identified coverage from the time of Assad regime attacks on Aleppo on

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4 – 45

الموصل‎, Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.

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(5 women)

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

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In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, two civilians were reported as having been possibly killed by a Dutch airstrike on December 26th, after motorbikes strayed into the kill zone during an attack on Fallujah. According to an internal CENTCOM document, it was self-reported the following day that “while conducting dynamic coalition airstrikes on

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دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor: Ziban street, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Syrian Martyrs and other monitoring sites listed three civilian males as being the victims of a coalition strike. They were named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. All three men were listed as residents of Dayr az Zawr, and as having been killed in Ziban Street (شارع زيبان) in the city

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(3 men)

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

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A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and

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0 – 13

(2–8 children)

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian men were reported killed in an event near the town of Al Bab, after a US aircraft dropped a 500lb bomb on a fleeing ISIL suspect. They were later named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. Social media also reported civilian deaths, with one tweet noting: “At least two civilians martyred in the

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(2 children3 men)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not

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(4 children)

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded

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(1 child)

كشيش, Kashish, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two unnamed civilian males were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Kashish,

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(2 men)

مسكنة, Jirah Military Airbase, al Maskana, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A shepherd boy aged 10, 14 or 15, and named as Muhammad Qasim (or sometimes Mohammed Abd al Kareem), was reportedly killed in a coalition airstrike on a nearby Islamic State military base. An investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later concluded: “Around 2:45 in the afternoon an international alliance warplane raided over

Summary

(1 child)