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Incident Date
4 July 2015
Incident Code
CS087
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
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
Published
4 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2015
Incident Code
CS089
Location
الرقة, Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
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
Published
4 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2015
Incident Code
LC018c
Location
النوفلية, Nofaliya, Surt, Libya
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
Published
2 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
Unknown
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Incident Date
1 July 2015
Incident Code
CI080
Location
تل الرمان, Mosul, Tel Ruman, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
1 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
17–22
Civilians reported injured
11–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 June 2015
Incident Code
CS086
Location
سلوك, 20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
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
Published
30 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2015
Incident Code
CI077
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
25 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2015
Incident Code
CI076
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
Published
25 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 June 2015
Incident Code
CI075
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Rifai and Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
24 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 June 2015
Incident Code
CI074
Location
المسحك, Mishak, Salah Al Din, Iraq
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
Published
23 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
8–27
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2015
Incident Code
CS079
Location
خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
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
Published
13 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 June 2015
Incident Code
CS078
Location
سلوك, Slouk, Raqqa, Syria
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
Published
11 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 June 2015
Incident Code
CS076
Location
سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
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
Published
11 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 June 2015
Incident Code
CI072
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Zuhour and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
8 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
20–23
Civilians reported injured
13–21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 June 2015
Incident Code
CS074
Location
دالي حسن, Dali Hasan, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
7 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 June 2015
Incident Code
CI070
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, industrial district, Kirkuk, Iraq
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
Published
3 June 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
70–85
Civilians reported injured
80–100
Military actors reported killed
80–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2015
Incident Code
CS072
Location
رأس العين, Road between Al I'dwania and Raja’an, Al Hassakah, Syria
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
Published
26 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 May 2015
Incident Code
CS070
Location
أبو شاخات, Abu Sheikhat, Al Hassakah, Syria
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
Published
24 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 May 2015
Incident Code
LC017b
Location
زعفران, Zaafran, Surt, Libya
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
Published
23 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date
21 May 2015
Incident Code
CI068
Location
الموصل, Mosul, near Bahauddin mosque, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
21 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–50
Civilians reported injured
30–150
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 May 2015
Incident Code
CS069
Location
التوامة, Tawama, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
20 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 May 2015
Incident Code
LC017a
Location
السلام, Al Salam, Benghazi, Libya
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
Published
14 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 May 2015
Incident Code
CS067
Location
تل مجدل, Tal Majdal, Al Hassakah, Syria
A 10 year old boy from the village of Tal Majdal, was reported killed at around noon in a Coalition airstrike according to a number of sources, after being hit by shrapnel. In February 2019, the Coalition assessed this event as non-credible. Their report noted: "After review of all available strike records it was determined…
Summary
Published
8 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 April 2015
Incident Code
CS065
Location
بئر محلي, Jubb Mahli (Ber Mahli), Aleppo, Syria
In one of the worst reported incidents in nine months of bombings by the US-led Coalition, 64 civilians were said to have died in an attack on the village of Ber Mahli near Sareen – the majority of them women (19) and children (32). It remains disputed as to whether the village was partly or…
Summary
Published
30 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
64
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 April 2015
Incident Code
CI065
Location
حي الجغيفي, Fallujah, Jughaifi, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to local reports, coalition airstrikes killed nine civilian non-combatants and injured three more in Al Sharika Street, Aljughaifi neighborhood. The dead were named by the Iraqi Revolution website as “belonging to the family of Khamis Sufook al-Jumaili, killing him and his wife and her sister, their sons and daughters, as well as his brother…
Summary
Published
29 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 April 2015
Incident Code
CS064
Location
متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, Syria
Reported Coalition airstrikes at 11 am on the village of Mitras killed three civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. These were identified as an adult male, a teenager and a child. This event bears a resemblance to an April 19th incident at the same location (CS063) in that the victims are from…
Summary
Published
26 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 April 2015
Incident Code
CI064
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Bareed, Nineveh, Iraq
At least four civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on the Bareed quarter of Mosul. A home was completely destroyed in the event, killing four members of one family. One report also named a fifth family member, a young disabled girl named Sadra (cousin to Abdullah) as being killed. However as the Fiscal Times noted,…
Summary
Published
22 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 April 2015
Incident Code
CI063
Location
الموصل, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
A claimed coalition airstrike on the centre of Mosul killed up to 23 militants and five or more non-combatants according to reports, after four homes were destroyed. NINA cited a medical source as saying that 23 civilians died when aircraft struck the Mdaana neighbourhood – though this appears to be a mis-cite of other casualties…
Summary
Published
21 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2015
Incident Code
CI060
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Aden, Nineveh, Iraq
A reported Coalition airstrike on an electricity generating facility reportedly killed up tp 35 civilians and injured 22 more when nearby apartments were caught in the blast, according to reports. The US led Coalition later conceded 18 deaths in this event. At the time of the incident, NINA cited a medical source at the hospital…
Summary
Published
20 April 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
18–35
Civilians reported injured
22–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
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
13 March 2015
Incident Code
CI051
Location
الحضر, Hatra, Nineveh, Iraq
A US airstrike ‘likely’ killed four civilians when a pair of vehicles was hit during an attack on a reported ISIL checkpoint, a CENTCOM investigation later concluded. After a later investigation by the Washington Post found that eleven civilians actually died – including five children, four women and two civilian drivers – the Coalition raised…
Summary
Published
13 March 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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