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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS269
Location
التوخار كبير, Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
Up to sixteen civilians including two or more children were reported killed in an alleged noon Coalition airstrike on Al Tokhar, a village near Manbij in northern Aleppo governorate. In its own report on the event the Syrian Network noted: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a missile that targeted a residential house that is…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–16
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS270
Location
حيمر لابدة, Haymar Labda, Aleppo, Syria
Four or more civilians were reported killed and others injured in what were described as heavy Coalition airstrikes on the village of Haymar Labda, as the battle to capture nearby Manbij intensified. ISIL’s media wing also issued a statement claiming “dead and injured and great destruction as a result of Coalition raids on the village…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
14–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
CS266
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
An 80-year old man was reported by a number of sources as having been killed in one of multiple Coalition strikes on Manbij between dawn and noon. The strikes reportedly targeted both the Aleppo road and the al Hazwana neighbourhood in the city. According to Manbij Mother of the World, “planes carried out several raids…
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 July 2016
Incident Code
CS254
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Heavy reported Coalition strikes on the al Hunaithal neighbourhood of western Manbij led to the additional deaths of five named civilians, according to reports. Al Hall described the location as al Rabita Street. On March 10, 2022 in the CJTF-OIR Civilian Casualty Report, the Coalition reported this incident to be "non-credible", stating that "After review…
Summary
Published
9 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 July 2016
Incident Code
CS251
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
In what may be the same or a separate incident to the one above, a family of seven was reported killed after their house was destroyed in an alleged Coalition strike on Manbij on ‘the third day of Eid.’ Details of the deaths emerged in a letter received by Manbij Direct: “A humanitarian call regarding…
Summary
Published
7 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2016
Incident Code
CI259
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed that families of ISIS members and other civilians were killed or wounded after Iraqi government and Coalition aircraft targeted Daesh convoys fleeing Fallujah to Ramadi Island. According to the US military blog War Is Boring, Between 9:00 and 10:00 at night on June 28, Iraqi military intelligence detected the movement of numerous…
Summary
Published
29 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 September 2015
Incident Code
CS123
Location
الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
Up to 20 adult civilians were reported killed and injured alongside 15 children after Coalition aircraft reportedly bombed forcibly-engaged civilians who were being forced to dig ditches by Islamic State. The children reportedly belonged to ISIL’s Cubs of Al Khilafa youth organisation. The casualties occurred in the morning at the village of Krin, west of…
Summary
Published
9 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
30–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 June 2015
Incident Code
CS081
Location
Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of…
Summary
Published
18 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2015
Incident Code
CI056
Location
فايده, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
Five Kurdish non-combatants, all from the same family, died in a reported Coalition strike on the village of Fadhiliyah, near Mosul. A major field investigation by the Guardian later identified the dead. Three family members survived the attack though were injured. Rahim, an eyewitness and relative, told the Guardian: “We wrapped the dead in blankets…
Summary
Published
4 April 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 July 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-114
Location
صرمان, Surman, Al Zawiyah, Libya
Between 13 and 19 civilians were reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Surman. The New York Times published a detailed report of the event: "The Qaddafi government used the strike for propaganda purposes. It claimed as many as 19 civilians were killed and put up portraits of the victims across Tripoli. Khaled offered a…
Summary
Published
20 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
13–19
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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