Civilian Casualties

(6–7 children1–2 women)

4–12

11 named, 1 familiy identified

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Coalition aircraft were alleged to have struck civilians some 15 km from Ar Rutbah, at the Haj Saleh Mraid Kubaisi glassworks factory. According to a number of sources, some families had fled the town for fear of airstrikes, only for members to be killed in an alleged Coalition attack on a civilian vehicle. It was

Summary

6 – 7

(2–3 children4 women)

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims that a Coalition strike at ar Rutbah destroyed a family home in the Askari neighbourhood owned by Yaseen Al-Hiti and Jamal Raheem Uda Al-Kubeisi – who were both reported killed along with Mr al-Hiti’s wife Zia and one or two of their children – one a daughter also named Zia. A further

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman1–2 men)

4 – 5

8–10

زرجيلي, Zergele, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple Turkish airstrikes reportedly killed eight or more residents and injured at least eight others – including a child – in an attack on the village of Zergele in the Kandil Mountains. Alusmaria reported: “Turkish planes today bombed the village of Zergele north of the border, killing eight civilians, wounding ten others and destroying seven

Summary

8 – 10

(1 child2 women5–7 men)

8–11

Unknown

14 named, 2 families identified

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a major incident, up to 46 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike (according to the Iraqi Revolution site) on the town of Ar Rutbah. The UN Mission to Iraq expressed “serious concern” about the event. The attack, which occurred shortly after dawn, reportedly killed a significant number of children, with graphic photographs widely

Summary

(3–11 children5–18 women1 man)

27 – 46

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five members of one family including three children were killed in a reported 1.30am Coalition strike on the Syria-Iraq border, according to two sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted the following: “Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on places around Aysha hospital and other places around the city of

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

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)

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)

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 belligerents

Suspected target

ISIS

‎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)

عربيد, Arbeed, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported 1am airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Arbeed was said to have killed two women at the home of Adel al Kharfan. Mr al Kharfan’s wife (a mother of six children) died along with her relative, the wife of Ismael al Kharfan and a mother of four. Mr al-Kharfan’s son later told SN4HR:

Summary

(2 women)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

تل أبيض, Tall Abyad, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two women were reported by a single source, the Syrian Observatory, as having been killed in a “Coalition airstrike” in the countryside around Tal Abiyad. In July 2017 the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian harm: “Jun. 18, 2015, near Tal Abyad, Syria, via Airwars report: After

Summary

(2 women)

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

9 named, 1 familiy identified

عربيد, A'rbeed, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Coalition strike near the ISIL-occupied village of A’rbeed was said by the Syrian Network for Human Rights to have killed three civilians in a farmhouse – a 43 year old man and his two wives. Two other sites described Coalition strikes in the vicinity, though did not refer to civilian deaths. In February

Summary

(2 women1 man)

3 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

Suspected belligerents

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)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A young man, Mustafa Tarif Habib al-Ani (pictured below) was reportedly killed along with three or four of his relatives in an alleged coalition airstrike. According to the Iraqi Spring site, the family home was struck “near Rabe’e Sooq in the Rasil Gharbi area of Anah district, in western Anbar.”

Summary

4 – 5

(3 women1 man)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

Suspected belligerents

1 named

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

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

During a series of Coalition airstrikes against Islamic State in the vicinity of Ar Raqqah, a checkpoint was bombed at around 2pm. According to reports, a minibus carrying female agricultural workers was caught in the blast, killing between 6 and 10 women and reportedly injuring at least four. All of the female victims were reported

Summary

6 – 12

(6–10 women)

4–10

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

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

بئر محلي, Jubb Mahli (Ber Mahli), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

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

(32 children19 women13 men)

64 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الجغيفي, Fallujah, Jughaifi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

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

(5 children3 women1 man)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, Bareed, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

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

(1 child2 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

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

5 – 9

(1 child4 women)