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January 16, 2017
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تلبيسة , Talbisah, Homs, SyriaSeven named civilians were killed and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and/or artillery strikes on Talbisah, according to sources on the ground. Sources were conflicted as to which party caused the civilian harm. There was also some confused reporting. For example, LCCSY initially blamed Russia but then
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January 15, 2017
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الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, SyriaEight civilians including women, a child and a member of the civil defense died in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling of Al Bab, according to local sources. Al Bab 24 reported that “Hassan Ghazi al Haj, a member of the civil defense in Al Bab died from wounds sustained in Turkish raids on the city.”
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January 15, 2017
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اللابد موحسن, Al-Labed, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween four and 24 people were killed in an airstrike on Al-Labed, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to the Syrian regime, and others pointing to Russian warplanes. Most sources reported that seven civilians were killed, however some later reports vaguely suggested that as many as
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January 15, 2017
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الحميدية, Al Hamidiya neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAs many as five civilians were killed – including a family of three – and others were injured in alleged shelling on Alhamediya. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed the Syrian regime, while others blamed Russia. Multiple sources even attributed blame to both belligerents. It must be noted that multiple sources
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January 15, 2017
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دكيلة, Dakila, Hama, SyriaA woman and a girl were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Dakila. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid. There are no reports of wounded civilians. There are no other details at this time.
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January 14, 2017
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الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, al-Jadid, Nineveh, IraqA UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the afternoon of 14 January, airstrikes reportedly targeted the house of an ISIL local leader in the Mosul al Jadida neighbourhood of western Mosul. The attack resulted in the collapse of the targeted house
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January 14, 2017
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Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria, Nineveh, IraqMedical sources in Erbil confirmed that the child Marwa Duraid Younis Khalil was severely injured and her mother (Eman Jamal Kamber Ali) was killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Jaza’ir neighborhood, east of Mosul. News of Iraq posted two videos of the girl (who was found alone in the hospital after her
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January 14, 2017
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معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misrin, Idlib, SyriaBetween seven and 11 civilians including two children and a woman were killed, and as many as 25 more were wounded, in an airstrike which targeted a market in Ma’arat Misrin early morning on Saturday 14th January, according to sources on the ground. Two children and a woman were also included in the death toll according
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January 14, 2017
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بزاعة , Beza’a city, Aleppo, SyriaOne woman died and one man was injured in shelling on Beza’a city, Syria, according to local media. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “a woman was killed and her husband was wounded in Turkish artillery and rocket shelling on areas in Bzaah town near al-Bab city”. Al Bab24 reported the death of
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January 13, 2017
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الفيصلية, Mosul, Al-Faisiliyah, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said Coalition airstrikes bombed a school inhabited by displaced people in Faisaliyah neighborhood in East Mosul, leaving up to 12 civilians dead or wounded. The Coalition subsequently confirmed responsibility. News of Iraq reported that the raids on Friday evening had killed and wounded “12 people, mostly women and children.” All sources said the
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January 13, 2017
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جبل الاربعين, Jabal Al-Arba'een, Idlib, SyriaA leader of the Islamic Party of Turkmenistan (jihadist group) was killed following an alleged Russian raid on a residential building he was occupying. Four of his children and three women were also reportedly killed in the raid. Additionally, in what became a double raid, 20 members of the civil defence were injured in a second raid whilst
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January 13, 2017
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اورم الجوز, Orm Al Joz, Idlib, SyriaSix civilians were killed – mostly from the same family – and some were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Orm Al Joz, local media said. All sources reported that Russian missiles and rockets were to blame for the raid. As many as two female children and two women were reportedly killed in the raid.
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January 13, 2017
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تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaBetween two and 12 civilians were killed, and as many as 22 were wounded, in an air and artillery strike which hit the Daesh controlled area of Tadef, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with two sources blaming the International US led Coalition, two blaming Syrian regime helicopters, and many more
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January 12, 2017
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جبل الاربعين, Al Arbaeen Mountains, Idlib, SyriaAs many as 20 civilians were killed, and others were wounded, according to reports, following an alleged Russian and or Coalition airstrike on a militant-occupied building in the Al-Arba’een Mountains. Shaam News reported that seven civilians died including “four children and three women in addition in addition to others wounded.” Step News blamed the US-led
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January 12, 2017
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الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that the international Coalition and/or US aircraft had carried out airstrikes in New Mosul neighborhood, West Mosul, leaving up to 30 civilians dead and 14 others wounded. The Coalition later confirmed killing eight civilians in Mosul that day. Iraq News Center said that bombing by “international Coalition aircraft” had led to the
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January 12, 2017
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اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, SyriaBetween seven and 12 civilians died – including four children and three women – following an airstrike which struck a five story building in Ariha, Idlib. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the raid, with some blaming Russia and others blaming the Syrian regime. No specific numbers of civilians were reported
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January 12, 2017
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بابكة, Babka, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaUp to 10 civilians were killed, including eight from one family, and as many as 24 or more were wounded, following an alleged airstrike on Babka, Aleppo. Five children and three women were reportedly killed in the strike. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Many attributed blame to Russian warplanes, while others blamed
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January 11, 2017
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المالية, Mosul, Maliyah, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that Coalition airstrikes bombed a house in Maliyah neighborhood, at the left side of Mosul during an operation to retake it. Up to 17 civilians were killed and five others injured, mostly women and children from the same family who were inside the house at the time of the strike. Iraqyoon spoke
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January 9, 2017
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رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians including a mother and daughter were reported killed in an alleged Coalition morning strike on Raqqa al Samra, east of Raqqa city. Euphrates Post cited local civilian sources as saying that “Coalition aircraft targeted with highly explosive rockets residential homes in Raqqa al Samra which caused the deaths of four civilians, including a
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January 9, 2017
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هتاش, Hattash, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Hattash. According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition aircraft caused the deaths of four other [civilians] last night, a result of four air raids targeting the village of Hattash which is under the control of Islamic state in eastern Raqqa, which also
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January 9, 2017
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حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that three named civilians were killed after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted near a medical centre in the Officers neighbourhood near the Fourth Bridge. Mosul Ateka named Dr. Mohammed Tayyip ِِAl Leyla, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and his wife, Dr. Fatima Alhyial and their young daughter as victims of the
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January 9, 2017
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حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and
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January 9, 2017
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بزاعة , Baza’a town, Aleppo, SyriaBetween two and three civilians including a child and a woman died and 12 others were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Baza’a town in the eastern Aleppo countryside, Syria, sources on the ground reported. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “two civilians (a child and a woman) died in a Der’ Al
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January 7, 2017
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الموصل, Mosul, Dargizliya, Nineveh, IraqA UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 7 January, 15 civilians, including two women and three children, were alleged to have been killed in an airstrike targeting ISIL vehicles at the Hamameel roundabout in the Dargizliya neighbourhood of eastern
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January 7, 2017
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كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, SyriaUp to five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition drone strike on Kasret al Sheikh Kom’a. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, the attack “targeted a car belonging to a leader in Daesh whose name is Hussein Abu Zeid. He was on crutches.” Shaam News said five civilians died in the attack. According
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January 7, 2017
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الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West, Nineveh, IraqFive civilians were reported killed, including three children and two women in raids in West Mosul. Shafaaq reported that strikes of unknown origin had that “wrongly” targeted displaced people west of Mosul.
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January 6, 2017
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سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, SyriaAt least eight civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sowaydiya, as the US-led Coalition and its SDF ground proxies continued to battle ISIL in Raqqa governorate. According to Raqqah is Being Slaughtered, there were “nine martyrs and three injured in a massacre at the village of al Sowaydiya Kabira following targeting
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January 6, 2017
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القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqUp to eighteen people were killed and 24 injured – mostly women and children – in government and Coalition airstrikes, in Al Qaim, Anbar province. Yaqein reported the incident and added – quoting local sources – that “the raids focused on the areas of Karabila and Saada east of the city, and resulted in the
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January 6, 2017
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حي الزراعي, Mosul: Agricultural District, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources initially said that a family of three children and their grandmother were killed after their house was hit by a missile during Coalition raids on the Agricultural residential neighbourhood in central Mosul area, which at the time was under ISIS control. The New York Times later put the overall death toll at 16.
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January 6, 2017
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حي الزراعي, Mosul, Agricultural, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources and relatives of victims said that more than 20 civilians from three families were killed, including children and women, after Coalition airstrikes targeted their houses in front of Saddam mosque at the entrance of Farms district, north of Mosul. Mosul Ateka reported that “18 people were killed in the Farms district after three