Civilian Casualties

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرهند, Kafr Hind, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A US targeted air strike (possibly by drone) aimed at four al-Nusra Front suspects traveling in a vehicle also killed up to 10 civilians including six children. The US has admitted three deaths in the event. Reporting at the time was somewhat confused. Some sources said a vehicle was wrongly targeted killing four civilians. The

Summary

8 – 10

(6 children2 men)

ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

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

2 – 7

(2 children)

الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

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

(1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

مزرعة الأسدية, Al Assadiyah near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

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

(1 child1 man)

الرقة‎, Warakat Samra near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

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

3 – 4

(2–3 children1 woman)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

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

(3 children7 women)

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The death of a 12 year old boy, Fares al-Khodour in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hassakah on July 9th led to an international outpouring of grief and condemnation of the ongoing civil war in Syria – and of the Coalition’s own involvement. Fares had fled as a refugee with his family to Beirut,

Summary

1 – 7

(1–5 children)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The day of July 4th saw multiple allegations of civilian casualties reported in Raqqa. In one of them, an internally displaced family of seven living under a bridge was said to have been crushed to death following a Coalition airstrike. Buzzfeed cited a surviving close relative in Turkey, who declined to be named publicly but

Summary

(2 children2 women3 men)

الرقة‎, Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In some of the heaviest coalition bombing reported for Syria to that time, US aircraft struck multiple Daesh targets in the strategic city of Raqaa – the beginning of a lengthy air campaign in which numerous civilians are now confirmed to have died. Between 7 and 8 civilians were reported as being among the 23

Summary

7 – 8

(3 children4–5 men)

النوفلية, Nofaliya, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians from one family were reported killed in Nofaliya, Sirte in an LNA or NATO nation airstrike. Jalferjani posted on Twitter that “The Al Diab family house was shelled by a NATO aircraft and two children and their parent were killed in the city of Sirte.” Presslibya said that the LNA had bombed in

Summary

(2 children)

Unknown, Libyan National Army

2 named

تل الرمان, Mosul, Tel Ruman, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

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

17 – 22

(4 children6 women)

11–16

US-led Coalition, Unknown

Suspected target

ISIS

سلوك, 20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

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

(1 child)

‎القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to 17 civilians were allegedly killed during a coalition air raid at Qayyarah near Mosul, two sources claimed. NINA reported that six women and four children were among the dead. And German news agency DPA gave identical casualty figures, citing a source as saying that “the bodies of the civilians have now reached the

Summary

(4 children6 women)

LOCATION

Mahmoudiya, Kirkuk, Iraq

Although reporting was confused, there were claims of a fresh coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Hawija which killed a number of civilians. A Facebook page calling itself Hawija Now said that five women and 2 children died in the nearby village of Mahmoudiya. One extremely graphic image appears to show a woman survivor of

Summary

5 – 7

(2 children5 women)

6–13

الموصل‎, Mosul, Rifai and Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Iraqi news agency NINA claimed that multiple Coalition airstrikes on the city of Mosul killed 23 people and injured a further 21. Citing an ‘anonymous security source’ the news agency reported that “Around 23 civilians were killed, including ten women and eight children, and 21 injured in the coalition bombing” which included the neighbourhoods of

Summary

(8 children10 women)

المسحك, Mishak, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

In a report published in January 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq cited an incident in Bayji which an alleged airstrike killed six civilians including four children. The Coalition has confirmed carrying out an airstrike in the vicinity. According to UNAMI, “On 23 June, a house was allegedly targeted by an airstrike in

Summary

6 – 8

(4 children)

8–27

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three children were reported by a single source as having been killed during an overnight coalition airstrike on a Daesh checkpoint at the town of Kheshan. However local sources said the attack was the work of the Syrian regime. A man named as Abu Mohammed, said to be one of the relatives of the dead,

Summary

(3 children)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

سلوك, Slouk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three alleged Coalition incidents were clustered together in most news reports: the killing of a family of five at Slouk; the death of a child near Ma’adan; and up to 15 further civilian deaths in other airstrikes in the vicinity. According to SOHR, “international coalition aircraft last night carried out several strikes in

Summary

6 – 20

(1 child2 women)

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians were killed by US aircraft at Slouk in Raqaa’s suburbs. Al Hal quoted Abu Ibrahim Al Raquaou of the group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently as saying that as part of an operation to clear Slouk of Daesh militants, Coalition planes had “targeted IS machinery near the Slouk Front and its

Summary

(3–5 children2 women2 men)

5 – 9

Known belligerent

9 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, Zuhour and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In January 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq reported that it had learned of a major civilian casualty incident in Mosul on June 8th 2015, though had been unable either to verify the claim or attribute responsibility to any party: “On 8 June, local sources reported that an airstrike in Mosul, Ninewa, caused

Summary

20 – 23

(7–8 children9–10 women)

13–21

US-led Coalition, Unknown

دالي حسن, Dali Hasan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Network for Human Rights posted a video which it said showed “the destruction caused by an international Coalition air strike on a house in Dali Hasan killing seven civilians from one family, including 5 children and a woman.” In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: “Coalition aircraft engaged ISIS fighters

Summary

(6 children1 woman1 man)

Known belligerent

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الحويجة, Hawijah, industrial district, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

A Coalition airstrike on an Islamic State depot levelled a significant number of buildings, killing an estimated 85 civilians and a large number of militants. A large supply of TNT explosive detonated after the IED-making facility was struck. Bas News described the attack as one of the worst mass casualty incidents in Iraq since the

Summary

(26 children22 women2 men)

70 – 85

80–100

Belligerents reported killed

80–100

رأس العين, Road between Al I'dwania and Raja’an, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources reported that a “civilian car” was struck “on the road between Al I’dwania and Raja’an,” near Al Hassakah, killing a family of four. Those killed were described as a man, his wife, mother and daughter – all from the village of Raja A’an in Ras al-Ain.

Summary

(1 child2 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

أبو شاخات, Abu Sheikhat, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A Kurdish ground offensive backed by Coalition strikes reportedly killed six civilians in Abu Sheikhat and Tal Nass villages, to the west of Ras al-Ain. Among those reported killed at Abu Sheikhat were a young female child and three non combatant men. At nearby Tal Nass village, Adalah also alleged that two children were killed

Summary

(3 children3 men)

زعفران, Zaafran, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

A father and one or two of his daughters were reported killed as a result of an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike on Sirte. Most sources claim that a father with his two daughters were killed in an airstrike on their family home. However, some sources reported that only one of his daughters died and they were in

Summary

2 – 3

(1–2 children1 man)

0–1

General National Congress (GNC)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, near Bahauddin mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Summary: A devastating airstrike on the Mosul neighbourhood of Rifai reportedly killed numerous non-combatants and injured up to 150 people. Among those killed in the event was Ayman al Hayali (who ran a clothing shop) and his family, including his wife and young son. Other sources claimed that 5 women and at least 3 children

Summary

(2–3 children1–5 women1 man)

12 – 50

30–150

التوامة, Tawama, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to Al Jazeera and others, a Coalition strike on the al Nusra Front at al Tawama destroyed a number of civilian buildings, killing as many as seven inhabitants. Fifteen alleged militants – most described as ‘Turks’ – also died in the attack which reportedly struck two separate locations in the village. According to Sana

Summary

1 – 11

(1 child)

السلام, Al Salam, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Between seven and eight people, most of them children were reported killed in an LNA airstrike on the Al Salam neighbourhood of Benghazi. Alwasat News wrote: “Eight people were killed, including seven children, when a rocket hit a residential area in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday (May 14, 2015), a Reuters reporter

Summary

7 – 8

(6–7 children1 man)

Libyan National Army