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Incident Date
28 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1859
Location
الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted a building which appeared to be in use as a Daesh prison at dawn on Wedneday November 28th. Reports on the number of civilian casualties varied widely between six and 100 civilians. RT reported that six civilians died in the attack, whereas other sources such as Baladi News and Horrya…
Summary
Published
28 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
6–100
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM163
Location
Debatscile, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Quy Cad near Debatscile, Somalia on November 27, 2018". It added: "We currently assess this airstrike did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike had "killed three (3) militants". It added "This follows…
Summary
Published
27 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24–25 November, 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr183
Location
ذي كالب, Dhi Kalb, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least five alleged AQAP militants, including at least one leadership figure, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Dhi Kalb, in the Quraishiah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from November 24th-25th 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Most sources reported that six militants had been killed, though differed…
Summary
Published
24 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM162
Location
هرجيسا, Hargeysa Yarey, Middle Juba, Somalia
A strike was said to have killed 15 members of al Shabaab and injured another 30, according to the official Somali National News Agency (SONNA). It was not clear whether US forces carried out the strike from the reporting, but US Africa Command said US forces had not carried out a strike on that day.…
Summary
Published
24 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1845
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to sources on the ground, "a number of civilians were killed and wounded" as a result of Coalition airstrikes on Hajin. All sources blamed the Coalition, with no specific quantitative information provided. Almost all sources highlighted the alleged use of White Phosphorous munitions. Russia Today for example reported that "Our correspondent in Syria said…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM160
Location
Jimo Luqunyar or Adaley, near Debatscile, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Haradere, Somalia on November 21, 2018." It added: "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that "the first airstrike killed six (6) al-Shabaab militants and the second airstrike destroyed a weapons cache."…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM161
Location
Either Jimo-Luqunyar or Adaley, near Debatscile, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Haradere, Somalia on November 21, 2018." It added: "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." This assessment details the strike on the arms cache. Associated Press offered more detail on the attacks: "Somali intelligence…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1844
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Coalition was said to have fired white phosphorus munitions on Hajin, according to sources on the ground. Free Deir Ezzor Radio claimed that it was the sixth time Coalition forces used white phosphorus during the month. Amongst others, Sound and Picture and Sana News claimed that civilians were killed and injured, but exact numbers…
Summary
Published
20 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Incendiary
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM159
Location
Caad, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported the following day that it had "conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Quy Cad, Somalia on November 20, 2018." It added: "We currently assess this airstrike did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike "killed seven (7) militants". In a subsequent FOIA response obtained by…
Summary
Published
20 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM157
Location
Vicinity of Quy Cad near Debatscile/ Dabad Shil, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Debatscile, Somalia targeting al-Shabaab militants on November 19, 2018". This entry records the first of of these events. AFRICOM asserted that "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." It also claimed that "the first…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
27
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM158
Location
Debatcile, Mudug, Somalia
On November 20th 2019, AFRICOM reported that it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Debatscile, Somalia targeting al-Shabaab militants on November 19, 2018". These are recorded as separate events, with the other that day near Quy Cad. AFRICOM asserted: "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." It…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM156-C
Location
Radio Andalus, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
Airstrikes by an unknown party destroyed part of an al-Andalus radio station in Jilib - a propaganda service run by the terror group al Shabaab. At least one person described as a journalist was reported injured or killed. According to Middle East Monitor, "An air strike; believed to be American, has destroyed the Al-Andalus radio…
Summary
Published
18 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1839
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A girl was killed in an alleged airstrike on Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, according to local reports. Smart News reported that dozens were wounded including the relatives of the victim, specifying that "her uncle was seriously injured". Three sources including Euphrates Post and Deir Ezzor 24, reported that the Coalition was responsible. Further to this,…
Summary
Published
17 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 November 2018
Incident Code
TI019
Location
عمادية, Amadiyah, Duhok, Iraq
At least three civilian men were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes targeting the Kurdish district of Amadiyah, Dohuk. No sources mentioned the number of wounded. Several sources identified three victims by name. Ramadan Rikani, a local official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) added that the victims were "sons of one village, two of them…
Summary
Published
14 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 November 2018
Incident Code
LC098
Location
طريق يربط السواني بقصر بن جشير, Road connecting Al Swani and Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reported injured as a result of indiscriminate artillery shelling in Qasr bin Ghashir south of Tripoli. A single source, United Libyan, posted on Facebook that "citizen Abdul Basit Bouziane was injured by shrapnel as a result of indiscriminate missiles near Jiha road between the Suwani and the palace." Azzawiyah News 24 published…
Summary
Published
14 November 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
11–12 November, 2018
Incident Code
CS1833
Location
الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 10 and as many as 60 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Kashma, according to local media. Airstrikes were carried out in Al Shaafa and Al Kashma around the same time, and most sources reported on a combined number of civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes in both places. The airstrikes…
Summary
Published
11 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
10–60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1828
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 20 civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Shaafa, according to sources on the ground. Deir Ezzor 24 reported that "many" civilians had died in the strike - and blamed the Coalition. Al Shaafa Official put the death toll at 20, again pointing to the US-led alliance - and adding that…
Summary
Published
9 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
11–20
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1825
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the town of Hajin, which according to local reports resulted in the deaths of between 12 and as many as 40 civilian casualties. Halab Today TV reported that “Coalition aircraft carried out more than 50 air raids on the city of the Hajin, east of the Euphrates, on Thursday evening [Nov…
Summary
Published
8 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
12–41
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1826
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike on an “ISIS headquarters” was reported to have resulted in civilian casualties. Smart News Agency reported that one of four high precision missiles fell on an ISIS HQ and that 12 members of the terror group died. Smart did not report any civilian casualties. However, according to Deir Ezzor 24, “many…
Summary
Published
8 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2018
Incident Code
RS3551
Location
دير العدس, Deir Al A'adas, Daraa, Syria
Four children were reportedly injured in the explosion of a cluster bomb from an earlier alleged Russian or Syrian regime air raid on the town of Deir Al A'adas, November 6th, 2018, according to local sources. It is unclear when the raid took place. @Step_Agency reported: "Four civilians, including children, were injured as a result…
Summary
Published
6 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1822
Location
مسجد خالد بن الوليدهجين, Hajin: House near Khalid bin Walid mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 14 and 21 civilians – over half of them children, according to some sources – were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a house near the Khalid bin Walid mosque in Hajin. Several sources mentioned al Soussa, al Kushma and al Sha'afa as other locations targeted by airstrikes that…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
14–21
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
TI018
Location
دهوك, Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
Several sources reported that an alleged Turkish airstrike killed a civilian near the province of Duhok. A "security source" quoted in reports from Almaalhomah, Iraqhbar and Alahdnews, mentions that "the bombing killed a farmer near the place of the fall of a missile." He reportedly added that "the body was transferred to the Department of…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM155
Location
Somalia
Responding to allegations that it had conducted a November 18th airstrike on a radio station in Jilib, AFRICOM informed local media via Twitter that "it has not conducted an airstrike in Somalia since Nov. 3." There were no publicly reported strikes on this date, and Airwars has reached out to AFRICOM for clarification. https://twitter.com/USAfricaCommand/status/1064460036766863360?s=20
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3–4 November, 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr182
Location
شبام, Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen
At least one drone strike, which one local-language Twitter source @A_GHALEB63, alleged to be American, reportedly targeted suspected AQAP militants in the Shibam district of Hadramout governorate, from November 3rd to November 4th 2018. No information was available on alleged casualties of the reported strikes. Local residents told Aden News that they heard an explosion…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 November 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr181
Location
شبام, Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen
A single source, Aden News, suggested that US airstrikes had targeted AQAP sites in the Shibam district of Hadramout governorate, on the evening of November 2nd 2018. Aden News reported the following: "Urgent: Explosion on the express line of the Shibam Hadramout Directorate and citizens talk about a drone strike. Local residents in the Shibam district…
Summary
Published
2 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 November 2018
Incident Code
TS285
Location
تل أبيض, Tel Fender, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that a girl was killed due to Turkish shelling on Tal Fander, one of the Tal Abyad villages in northern Raqqa. Although most sources reported that the girl was killed in an airstrike, Smart claimed that the Turkish army targeted the village with heavy machine guns and sniper fire, which allegedly killed the girl after…
Summary
Published
1 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1820
Location
و الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported on “two new massacres” resulting from alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting the towns of Al Sha’fa and al-Kashma in Deir al-Zour. Several sources including Free Deir Ezzor Radio and Baladi News reported the killing of a total of 17 non-combatant civilians including four women and three children. Baladi added that the victims were…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1821
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported on “two new massacres” resulting from alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting the towns of Al Sha’afa and al-Kushma in Deir al-Zour. Media reported said that four civilians died in this particular event in Sha’fa, when a civilian’s home was allegedly struck by the Coalition. According to The Al Sha’afa Facebook page on October…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27–28 October, 2018
Incident Code
CS1816a
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 5 and 20 civilians were reportedly injured or killed in Hajin as a result of alleged Coalition air and /or artillery strikes between October 27th and 28th, according to local media. On October 28th, Syria Unified Observatory reported “the martyrdom of about 20 people of the city of # Hajin and village # Al-Shaafa…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 October 2018
Incident Code
USSOM154
Location
حرمك, Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Lower Juba, Somalia
AFRICOM publicly reported that it had "conducted conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia, on October 25, 2018". It added: "We also currently assess this airstrike did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike "killed two (2) militants and destroyed one (1) vehicle." Voice…
Summary
Published
25 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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