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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1146
Location
الزيانات, Al Zaynat, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to ten civilians belonging to two families, which included six children, were killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Ziyanat in the southern Hasaka countryside, local sources reported. Zaman al Wasl reported that the alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted ISIL vehicles near the shop and homes of the two families…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2312
Location
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to four civilians were killed and as many as 11 were wounded following alleged Russian airstrikes in Hatla, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. Deir Ezzor24 reported that the "warplanes launched several raids" leading to "many" civilian casualties, while most sources reported between two and three fatalities. Two male victims are identified by name. However,…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–11
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2313
Location
مخيم الحقاف, Hakaf Camp, Al Suwayda, Syria
In this incident, described as a "massacre", between ten and 20 civilians, including children and women, were killed and several were wounded as Russian or Assad-waged warplanes carried out several airstrikes on Hekaf Camp, Sweida, local media reported. Several airstrikes reportedly hit on the afternoon of July 2nd Haqaf camp in Sweida, which is home to displaced…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2314
Location
الضاحك, al-Dahek, Homs, Syria
Four civilians from the same family, including children and women, were killed and several were wounded as airstrikes, allegedly carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime, struck the village of al-Dahek, on the countryside of al-Sukhna, Homs, local media reported. The Violations Documentations Center identified four victims; one child, two women and one adult…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
LQ051
Location
بنغازي, Municipal hotel, Benghazi, Libya
Various sources reported 17 LNA airstrikes in central Benghazi near the municipal hotel.
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
USSOM074
Location
حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
A US airstrike in the Lower Shabelle region targeting al Shabaab insurgents killed one member of the terror group, according to AFRICOM. The victim may have been the leader of the group's intelligence wing, Andullahi Haji Daud. There are currently no known associated reports of civilian harm. The strike hit in the south of the…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1142
Location
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least two civilians and as many as three were killed following airstrikes on Hatla in Deir Ezzor. However it was not clear who was responsible. Three sources alleged that Russian warplanes were responsible. Meanwhile five sources reported the airstrike without apportioning blame, and so the Coalition could not be definitively ruled out. Free Deir…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CI796
Location
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
Two local sources reported the death of a young man, called Hakam Marwan Ghazi, after air strikes were said to have hit him the day before. His body was still under the rubble – and his family were not yet able to bury him. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) later reported that Mohammed Sharif (Abu…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CI797
Location
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local medical sources reported that civil defense teams had pulled as many as 74 bodies from the rubble in Zanjili neighbourhood (West/Old Mosul). The civilians had died as a result of different kinds of shelling on their houses. Airwars researchers contacted local medical sources, who said a total number of 74 civilians were killed. This…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
74
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CI799
Location
سوق الشعارين, Mosul, Sha'areen, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named civilians were killed – with others injured and still trapped in rubble – after their home was struck in the Sha’areen market area of Old Mosul. The Nineveh Librate Facebook page initially noted “The martyr and nurse Nabil Younis Said (Abu Saif) who died with his son’s wife. And…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2311
Location
رسم العوابد, Rasim Al-Awabid, Hama, Syria
An alleged Russian airstrike killed up to four civilians, including two children and wounded several as the village of Rasim Al-Awad in Hama was struck from the air, local media reported. Most sources reported the death of two male children. @AlkhaleejOnline's correspondent reported that "two children were killed and a number of wounded in an air…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 July 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr088
Location
وادي الملح أو بيرالشطحة ,الوضيع, Bir Al Shahata or Wadi Al Malh, Al Wade'a, Abyan, Yemen
In an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, US Central Command stated that a strike took place against an AQAP "target" on July 1st 2017 in Abyan governorate. This confirmed earlier reports that at least one US drone strike targeted at least two alleged AQAP militants in the Wadea district of Abyan governorate, on…
Summary
Published
1 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1144a
Location
Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", one civilian was reportedly to be killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as "weak", researchers have assessed this incident "fair" due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that…
Summary
Published
1 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 July 2017
Incident Code
LQ050
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
According to local sources, "intensive" air raids were launched on Sabri. 218 TV claimed they were conducted by LNA planes. Emhona said on Twitter they were conducted by Emirati or Egyptian warplanes. No civilians harm from the event is presently known.
Summary
Published
1 July 2017
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
1 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1137 RS2310
Location
المجاوده, Majawdeh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and a number of others were injured following airstrikes on Majawdeh, roughly 85km southeast of Deir Ezzor. However responsibility was contested. The victim was identified by a number of sources, which also reported that his wife and daughter were injured. The Syrian Human Rights Committee reported that the wife…
Summary
Published
1 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 July–31 December, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr089
Location
مريب, Ma'rib, Yemen
A 2017 US counterterrorism operation in Yemen killed Ibrahim al Asiri, a "senior al-Qa'ida bomb maker and terrorist coordinator", US President Donald Trump announced on October 10th 2019. This statement confirmed several 2018 reports that al Asiri had likely been killed in a US drone strike in Marib governorate during the second half of 2017.…
Summary
Published
1 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
30 June 2017
Incident Code
CI794
Location
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Local press and resident sources said that dozens to hundreds of civilians, including the bodies of ‘hundreds of children and women’, were under the rubble in various areas in Old Mosul. Heavy shelling and air strikes had allegedly hit their homes. Local media provided striking accounts of streets filled with dead bodies, and called for…
Summary
Published
30 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–100
Civilians reported injured
24–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1122
Location
الطوب, Al Toob, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian male was reportedly killed and a number of others were injured in airstrikes on Al Toob in Deir Ezzor, however responsibility for the strike was contested. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the Coalition was responsible, whereas Baladi News alleged that Syrian government planes were to blame. The remaining six sources…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1123
Location
محكان, Mahkan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A girl was killed and up to 20 others were injured in airstrikes on Mahkan, however claims concerning who was responsible were contested. News Jorf claimed that the Coalition was responsible, meanwhile, Baladi News alleged that the Syrian government was responsible. The remaining eight sources reporting the incident did not make any claims as with…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1124
Location
مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian male was killed in airstrikes on the village of Mrat, in eastern Deir Ezzor, however it was not clear who was responsible. One source, JP News, alleged that the Coalition was responsible. Meanwhile, three sources alleged that Russian warplanes were behind the airstrikes. Seven sources did not make any claims about responsibility or…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2308
Location
جديدة بكارة, Jadida Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One adult male died, and " a number of others" were wounded, in an airstrike on Jadida Bakara desert, according to local media. Almost all sources blamed Russian shelling for the civilian casualties, however, two sources did not apportion blame. Euphrates Post reported that "Hammadi Aboud al-A’tish (civilian) was killed in a military air strike…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2309
Location
دير الزور, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One man was seriously injured and his father was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground. It was reported that "a young man from Deir al-Azur was hit by Russian-made cluster munitions and is now desperately in need of treatment. Name: Daoud Makhlaf Yassin. Daoud was severely…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Codes
CS1112 RS2304
Location
Al Lattoum village, Homs, Syria
One child died and several members of his family were injured in an airstrike on Al Lattoum village, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US-led Coalition (against which there was just one allegation), Russia or the Syrian regime. Alsoukhnaalhadath reported the death of…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1113
Location
كسرة عفنان, Kasrat Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, including a man and a woman, were reportedly killed by mortar fire in the village of Kasrat Afnan, south of Raqqa, however it was not clear who was responsible. Jisr TV, Shahba Press and the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that ISIL were responsible for the deaths whereas Al Hasaka Arabea stated…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Codes
CS1118 RS2305
Location
دبلان, Dablan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 60 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Dablan, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the event, with allegations against the Coalition, Russia and the Syrian regime. The pro-regime source, Damas Press, put the death toll at 40 and blamed the…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–60
Civilians reported injured
12–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2306
Location
السخنة, Al-Sokhna , Homs, Syria
An unspecific number of civilians were killed and wounded in an airstrike on Al-Sokhna - according to local media. Only one source blamed Russia, and the others blamed unidentified warplanes for the raids. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "the warplanes bombarded areas in the northern outskirts of the city of Sokhna in the…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2307
Location
المربعات, Al-Marba'at, Nabi’ al Sakher, Quneitra, Syria
Between four and eight civilians were killed - reportedly from one family - and others were wounded, when airstrikes struck Al-Marba'at town, local media said. According to sources, up to three children, a woman, and a man were killed in the raids. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the strikes. Some…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2303
Location
السخنة, Al-Sokhna , Homs, Syria
An unspecific number of civilian casualties were reported in airstrikes on Al-Sokhna, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Syrian News reported that "Russian aircraft launched air raids Tuesday [Tuesday 27th] on the city of Al-Sokhna and the outskirts of Homs in eastern Homs". But the Syrian Observatory for Human…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
LQ049
Location
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, Libya
According to Reuters and local sources, Egyptian airstrikes destroyed 12 vehicles allegedly carrying weapons and explosives near the border between Libya and Egypt. The sources were conflicted as to whether the incident took place inside Libya or Egypt, with most of them stating it was in Libya. However, Libya Herald noted the following: “The Egyptian…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Military Actor
Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CI787
Location
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that at least 90 civilians were killed and injured as a result of ongoing fighting and shelling in Old Mosul, especially in the vicinity of the Al-Nouri Mosque and the destroyed Hadba Minaret. It is presently unclear which parties were responsible. Yaqein agency reported that 71 civilians died, and others were wounded.…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
71
Civilians reported injured
19
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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