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April 4, 2015
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فايده, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, IraqFive 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
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March 14, 2015
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العسة, Al Assah, An Nuqat al Khams, LibyaOn Saturday, March 14, 2015, one man named Alaa Belkhair was reported killed and six people were injured in an alleged Libyan National Army airstrike on Al Assah near Zuwara, northwestern Libya. Zuwara News wrote on Facebook that “an aeroplane just hit the Al-Assah area and resulted in the death of one man from Misurata
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March 13, 2015
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الحضر, Hatra, Nineveh, IraqA 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
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March 6, 2015
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مشفى عائشة الخيري, البوكمال, Abu Kamal, al Aisha Hospital, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to five non-combatants including a woman and two infants were reported killed in an alleged 1pm Coalition airstrike on the Aisha hospital in the town of Bukamal. The Violations Documentation Center named one woman as a victim of the strike (described as pregnant by SOHR in an email to Airwars.) Also reported slain were two
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February 24, 2015
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الكرمة, Garma, near Fallujah, Al Anbar, IraqSeven civilians from one family – including young children – were killed and 8 injured when a house was allegedly struck by a coalition aircraft. However other sources attributed the attack to an artillery assault by the Iraq Army. The dead were later named by the Iraqi Spring Centre. Seven additional people were named as
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February 22, 2015
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سليمة, Salima, Al Hassakah, SyriaA number of sources report that up to 10 civilians, including possibly children, were killed after the coalition mistakenly bombed the wrong village. According to the Stepagency site: “Today six children and a few other civilians were killed in the village of Salima after the coalition planes bombed the village by mistake as it was
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February 18, 2015
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حديثة, Haditha, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources in Haditha reported that up to 15 civilians were killed and an unknown number were injured after an alleged coalition airstrike hit Albu Haiyat mosque at midday prayers. Al Iraq News stated that among those killed were captured “members of the Iraqi security forces who are were being guarded at the mosque.” However
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February 18, 2015
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الشدادي, Al Maryajib crossroads, in area 47, Al Hassakah, SyriaIt was reported that one civilian male was killed in a coalition airstrike at al Shadadi. According to Thiqah he was in the area by chance when coalition aircraft struck: “One civilian was killed and others wounded yesterday (Thursday), when coalition aircraft bombed several areas of the rural southern city of Al-Hasakah.” Activists in the
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February 11, 2015
LOCATION
كبيبة, Kbeibah, Al Hassakah, SyriaTwo oil workers were killed and two others injured in a reported Coalition airstrike on a house used by workers at Kbeibah, according to a number of sources The two dead men were buried at Hadida Cemetery in Hassakah. The Syrian Network for Human Rights published a detailed report on the event: “On Wednesday February
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February 8, 2015
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الموصل, 100km South of Mosul on ‘Road 1’, Nineveh, IraqAn alleged coalition airstrike struck a vehicle on the road between Mosul and Baghdad, which was carrying Jordanian mosque janitor Ahmed Abdul Aqi [sometimes Baqi], his wife and daughter. All three died in the incident. The driver of the car Ahmed al Azzawi (pictured below) also died according to his family. In a detailed report
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February 6, 2015
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الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, SyriaA coalition airstrike allegedly killed four unnamed civilian males in the vicinity of Al Shadadi, according to VDC. The Step news agency reported multiple coalition strikes in the vicinity: “The Alliance today carried out a number of raids on ISIL targets south of Al Hassakah. Five missiles fell on the city of Shadadi followed by
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February 2, 2015
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الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, SyriaMajor coalition air raids on the oil fields around Shadadi reportedly led to the deaths of up to four non-combatants. Residents described a significant attack, with one site reporting: “Among the most prominent oil fields targeted were Al Rawees and Al Howyaziah east of Shadadi. The fires are also still burning in Kabiba close to
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January 29, 2015
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الطيانة, Eastern Al Buwaida or Kobane, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA non-combatant civilian male, Abd Al Rahman Ahmad Bkar, from the town of Al Kussair near Homs was reported killed in an airstrike. While Syrian Martyrs attributed the strike to the Coalition, VDC blamed the Assad regime. Other reports were unclear. The location of the man’s death was also confused, given variously as Kobane in
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January 25, 2015
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ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website identified a single non-combatant victim of a reported Coalition strike in Aleppo. He was also named by the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Research which said he was originally from Idlib, though didn’t specify if he was a civilian or a militant. However, all other sources described al Jolani as a
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January 18, 2015
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الطيانة, Tayyani, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAn adult civilian male, was reported by a number of sources as killed in a coalition airstrike on his neighbourhood.
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January 14, 2015
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الحسكة, Al Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThe website Syrian Martyrs identifies one man it says was killed in a Coalition airstrike near Dayr Ezzawr. He was reported as a resident of Tayana, the village where he was killed. However Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies – which named him – said that although he was from Tayana, he was killed in Al
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January 11, 2015
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaExtensive coalition air raids on Islamic State-controlled oil fields reportedly killed four civilian oil workers, according to a number of sources. Local website Step Agency listed what it said were the targets struck: “The alliance planes at dawn today launched more than five raids targeting Islamic State near the town of Abu Kamal in the
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January 5, 2015
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معرحطاط, Ma`arr Hitat, Idlib, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website, lists one civilian male as a victim of a coalition strike. It is unclear whether he was killed in his home town of Ma’ar Hatat in Idlib or in Raqqa. However, the original listing in Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies lists him as a militant from Idlib – and reports
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December 28, 2014
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جرابلس, Jarabulus, Cultural center, Aleppo, SyriaAn 8.30pm coalition bombing raid on Jarablos – a major Islamic State hub – destroyed a cultural centre being used as an ISIL headquarters in the town. According to Aleppo News, “According to activists, the strikes caused great devastation in the building in addition to the destruction of two civilian houses in the vicinity. Witnesses
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Incident date
December 28, 2014
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الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaIn one of the the worst known incidents of mass civilian casualties reportedly caused by coalition bombings, at least 51 non-combatants were killed when aircraft struck an Islamic State local headquarters, which was also being used as a temporary prison. Somewhere between 150 and 400 people were being held by ISIL on petty charges at
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December 23, 2014
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor: Ziban street, Deir Ezzor, SyriaSyrian Martyrs and other monitoring sites listed three civilian males as being the victims of a coalition strike. They were named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. All three men were listed as residents of Dayr az Zawr, and as having been killed in Ziban Street (شارع زيبان) in the city
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December 21, 2014
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الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilian men were reported killed in an event near the town of Al Bab, after a US aircraft dropped a 500lb bomb on a fleeing ISIL suspect. They were later named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. Social media also reported civilian deaths, with one tweet noting: “At least two civilians martyred in the
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December 12, 2014
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كشيش, Kashish, Al Hassakah, SyriaTwo unnamed civilian males were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Kashish,
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December 2, 2014
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المريعية, Marbaʼīyah, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo civilian males, both residents of the village of Al-Mrey’iya, were reported by SOHR to have been killed in a coalition airstrike. They were named as Hassan Al Ali Al Zahiya and Moyyed Mohammad Al Assaf. The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, Freedoms and Human Rights also named the two men as civilians –
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November 25, 2014
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بنش, Binnish, Idlib, SyriaThere were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later
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November 13, 2014
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الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, SyriaThree civilian males were reportedly killed in an alleged coalition airstrike on the city of Al Hassakah, according to a single source.
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November 11, 2014
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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaA number of sources cited SN4HR (in a report now lost) as claiming that two unnamed civilian males and one ISIL militant were killed in a coalition airstrike at Manbij, near Aleppo.
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Incident date
November 11, 2014
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الشنان, Shanan, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from
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Incident date
November 11, 2014
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to some sources, a civilian man was killed alongside two militants in an alleged coalition airstrike on Islamic State’s headquarters town of Ar Raqqah. The slain civilian was identified as a resident of Ma’ar Shoureen in Idlib. Two ‘Daesh militants’ were reportedly killed with him, one named as Mohammad Said Al Kaddour Nasser. In contrast,
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Incident date
November 8, 2014
LOCATION
الخريطة, Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.