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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

19 May 2015

Incident Code

CS068

Location

تل مجدل, Tal Majdal, Al Hassakah, Syria
An alleged 10am Coalition targeted strike on a vehicle carrying ISIL militants (including prominent Egyptian Abu Abdul Rahman) also killed three nearby civilians, according to SN4HR. However another source described the attack as being carried out by a booby-trapped motorbike. One victim was identified as the owner of a generator repair shop in the marketplace where…

Summary

Published
19 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
15
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

11 May 2015

Incident Code

LC017

Location

طبرق, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya
According to international and local sources, a Turkish ship was hit by both airstrikes and artillery shelling from the LNA. A deputy captain was reportedly killed in the attack, and another crew member injured. The incident took place 16km off the coast from Tobruk on the way to Derna. Al Jazeera quoted the second captain…

Summary

Published
11 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

6 May 2015

Incident Code

CS066

Location

الغرة, Al-Gharah, Al Hassakah, Syria
A 65-year old man was killed in an alleged Coalition strike according to two separate investigations by international news organisations. According to his son Ahmed, Mr Hassan was walking to work in his village when shrapnel from a Coalition strike punctured his heart and leg and killed him: “He didn’t support any group,” Hassan told…

Summary

Published
6 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

19 April 2015

Incident Code

CS063

Location

متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, Syria
A shepherd was reported by the Syrian Network as having been killed in a Coalition airstrike near Mitras. Five other people were injured by shrapnel. The victim's son later described retrieving his father’s body: “The rocket caused a great hole in the ground, almost two metres deep. I buried my father’s body in the town.“…

Summary

Published
19 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
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

14 March 2015

Incident Code

LC014a

Location

العسة, Al Assah, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
On 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…

Summary

Published
14 March 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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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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Incident Date

6 March 2015

Incident Code

CS060

Location

مشفى عائشة الخيري, البوكمال, Abu Kamal, al Aisha Hospital, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up 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…

Summary

Published
6 March 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 February 2015

Incident Code

CI043

Location

الكرمة, Garma, near Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Seven 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…

Summary

Published
24 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–20
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 February 2015

Incident Code

CS056

Location

سليمة, Salima, Al Hassakah, Syria
A 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…

Summary

Published
22 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 February 2015

Incident Code

CI041

Location

حديثة, Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local 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…

Summary

Published
18 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 February 2015

Incident Code

CS055

Location

الشدادي, Al Maryajib crossroads, in area 47, Al Hassakah, Syria
It 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…

Summary

Published
18 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 February 2015

Incident Code

CS054

Location

كبيبة, Kbeibah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two 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…

Summary

Published
11 February 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 February 2015

Incident Code

CI038

Location

الموصل‎, 100km South of Mosul on ‘Road 1’, Nineveh, Iraq
An 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…

Summary

Published
8 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 February 2015

Incident Code

CS053

Location

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
A 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…

Summary

Published
6 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

2 February 2015

Incident Code

CS049

Location

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Major 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…

Summary

Published
2 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 January 2015

Incident Code

CS048

Location

الطيانة, Eastern Al Buwaida or Kobane, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A 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…

Summary

Published
29 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 January 2015

Incident Code

USYEM207

Location

حريب، شبوة‎, Harib district, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one civilian, a child, was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a vehicle traveling in the Harib district of Shabwa governorate of Yemen on January 26, 2015. Sources said the victims died when a drone struck the vehicle they were travelling in central-southern Yemen. The combatant status of one of the victims…

Summary

Published
26 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

25 January 2015

Incident Code

CS047

Location

ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
The 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…

Summary

Published
25 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 January 2015

Incident Code

CS045

Location

الطيانة, Tayyani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An adult civilian male, was reported by a number of sources as killed in a coalition airstrike on his neighbourhood.  

Summary

Published
18 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2015

Incident Code

CS044

Location

الحسكة, Al Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The 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…

Summary

Published
15 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 January 2015

Incident Code

CS041

Location

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Extensive 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…

Summary

Published
11 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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