Incident date
March 10, 2017
LOCATION
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents and press sources said dozens of civilians were killed or injured in Al Farouk neighbourhood in the west of Mosul. This reportedly included 19 members from the same family, including women and children. They died when their house was bombed. Sources reported that many of the victims were still under the rubble after
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Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
منطقة الهاني الحدودية مع البوكمال, Al Hari border area Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaSummary
Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
السنجك, Sanjak, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources said that an airstrike targeted ISIL members on the Iraq-Syria border, which also resulted in the death of a civilian woman. Unusually, the incident was attributed to both sides of the border. Geolocation by Airwars volunteer Christiaan Triebert (see map below) has concluded that they are almost certainly the same incident. On the
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Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
الميادين, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween seven and 30 civilians were killed, and as many as 100 were estimated to be injured, following an alleged airstrike on an educational complex. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Almost all sources attributed blame to the Russian warplanes, whilst the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the Syrian regime. Enabbaladi only
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Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, SyriaAs many as three civilians were killed – and others were wounded – in an airstrike on the residential neighbourhood in Anadan, Aleppo, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Almost all sources blamed Russian warplanes, however the White Helmets was one of a few who attributed blame to the Syrian
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Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
حماده عمر, Hamada Omar, Hama, SyriaSeven civilians were killed, including a child and three women, and 13 were injured, following an alleged Russian airstrike which struck a camp for displaced peoples in the vicinity of Hamada Omar village, local media reported. Both sources blamed Russian warplanes for the alleged raid. According to Smart, the vicinity was under the control of ISIS
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Incident date
March 8, 2017
LOCATION
17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, IraqA single source, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, reported that 11 civilians from one family died in a Coalition airstrike on Tammuz 17. Iraqi military intelligence issued a statement saying the Coalition had targeted senior ISIL leaders in the area: “The US-led coalition led by the United States killed three senior leaders of the
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Incident date
March 8, 2017
LOCATION
البوراشد, Albu Rashed, Raqqa, SyriaIn a major incident, up to 24 civilians reportedly died when an aircraft allegedly struck a vehicle just outside Al bu Rashed. Most of those killed were said to be children. All source blamed the Coalition, except one, which said that this was the work of Russia. Step News initially reported that the vehicle was
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Incident date
March 7, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Dur al Resala, Nineveh, IraqNine members of a family were reported killed in an airstrike in ‘early to mid March’ including four children and three women. Amnesty International has published the following account: “Witnesses told Amnesty International that in early-mid March (they could not be certain of the exact date), a warplane hit two houses in al-Risala neighbourhood, near
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Incident date
March 7, 2017
LOCATION
المنصور, Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, IraqThere were reports that children and women were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling and airstrikes on Mansour neighborhood in West Mosul. @shvm_90 said in a Tweet: “Heavy shelling and brutal air and artillery aimed at reviving #right side [of Mosul] and the strongest was on #Mansour neighborhood and the fall of
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Incident date
March 7, 2017
LOCATION
العطشانة, Al'Atshana, Maskanah, Hama, SyriaLocal media reported that airstrikes, carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime, killed two children and two women and wounded several others as the village of al-Atashana near Hama was struck. Raqqa Post reported that the four victims were from the Eid al-Ramdan family. Sources were, however, unclear as to whether Russia or the
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Incident date
March 6, 2017
LOCATION
الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, SyriaA single source blamed the Coalition for the death of a woman and the injuring of four more civilians in the al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya areas. According to Smart News, “A local source said three raids affected the villages of al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya in the western countryside, killing a woman and wounding
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Incident date
March 6, 2017
LOCATION
النبي شيث, Mosul, Nabi Sheet, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that 16 civilians were killed and dozens of others injured in violent clashes and airstrikes on Nabi Sheet neighbourhood. Mosul Ateka posted a photo (see below) of the aftermath, stating “This is the area of Nabi Sheet, the centre of Mosul city, and the main market for handicraft and construction…” A UN
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Incident date
March 6, 2017
LOCATION
الدواسة, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents sources said that between 41 and 52 civilians were killed, including 23 children and one woman, and more than 70 injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces struck civilian homes at dawn, at the right side of Mosul. Witnesses told Iraq News that there were “dozens of women and children
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Incident date
March 5, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Souq al-Sha’areen neighborhood, Nineveh, IraqA UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 5 March, an airstrike targeted an ISIL post in the ISIL—controlled residential area of the Souq al-Sha’areen neighbourhood, in central Mosul. Sources reported that a civilian home was hit, killing seven civilians,
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Incident date
March 5, 2017
LOCATION
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaUp to four civilians, possibly two children and two women, and up to nine more in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Maskanah, local media reported. Two of the victims were reportedly female children. One source added that two women also died when their home was struck. The number of wounded varied among the sources,
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Incident date
March 5, 2017
LOCATION
قبتان الجبل, Qubtan Al-Jabal, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaUp to three civilians, including one male child and one woman, were killed along with up to ten wounded, local media reported following alleged Russain shelling of Qubtan Al-Jabal, Aleppo. At least one child was killed by the airstrikes. Additionally, many sources also reported the death of one man and woman. @kobtan_aljabal added that the child
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Incident date
March 4, 2017
LOCATION
المنصور, Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that a number of civilians were killed or injured, mostly children and women, when airstrikes struck the Shula kindergarten in Mansour neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul. According to press sources, the warplanes had targeted an ISIL headquarters. None of the sources identified the warplanes. Wadi Hajar (Facebook) posted a photo
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Incident date
March 4, 2017
LOCATION
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, SyriaReferring to this incident as a “massacre”, multiple sources reported that Russian or Assad-waged warplanes struck the city of Kafr Nabil, Idlib, killing up to seven civilians largely from one family – wounding “dozens” more. According to Orient News’s sources on the ground, “the Russian air force targeted the city of Kafr Nabil west of
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Incident date
March 4, 2017
LOCATION
الدانا, al-Dana, Idlib, SyriaUp to seven civilians, including children and women, were killed and “dozens” more were wounded as al-Dana, Idlib, in three airstrikes, carried out by Russia or the Syrian regime, local media reported. Three men from the same family were reportedly among the victims. Multiple sources added that one or two children and several women were
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Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 12 civilians were reported killed and four injured in an air raid which most sources blamed on the Coalition. According to MicroSyria “Warplanes carried out two raids in Tabaqa which is under the control of ISIL and killed 5 civilians, and wounded others including women and children who were taken to hospitals.” Smart
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Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Al Mahatta, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents said a number of civilians were killed after an alleged airstrike struck the Abu Huraira School in the station area. The school was reportedly being used by displaced families fleeing the violence in other neighbourhoods. Mosul Ateka (Facebook) reported Fawad Ali Abu Abdullah as having been killed in the raids on March 3rd,
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Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, SyriaIn this single-source incident, the Smart News Agency “that five dead and 14 wounded, including women and children, arrived at the al Tabaqa hospital”. It said they had died in a bombing by “military aircraft” on Palmyra’s eastern desert – and went on to say that the culprit was likely to be Russia. It is
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Smart News, five civilians died and two were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Rasafa. Smart reported that the warplanes – “likely” belonging to the Coalition – “bombed a bus as it passed through on the road from al Rasafa to al Mansoura (30 km west of Raqqa City), after civilians
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
وادي يشبم, Yashbum Valley, Shabwa, YemenSeveral sources reported that US airstrikes and ground forces targeted AQAP militants, including alleged leader Saad Atef, in the Yashbum Valley of al-Saeed district in Shabwa province, overnight from March 2nd-3rd 2017, following airstrikes in the same area early on March 2nd. There were multiple allegations of civilian harm as a result of heavy munitions
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, YemenMultiple sources suggested that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in al-Ghail village and in the broader Yakla area of Qaifa, Bayda governorate, overnight from March 2nd to March 3rd, killing at least three alleged militants. Some sources reported that there was an unspecified number of civilian casualties. Local sources reported that the overnight strikes
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
النبي شيث, Mosul, Nabi Sheet, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents said 14 civilians from three families were killed in a Coalition airstrike reportedly targeting a car bomb parked near their houses in Nabi Sheet neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul. The sources reported that “the victims’ bodies [are] still under the rubble and could not be pulled out because of the intensification
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Incident date
February 28, 2017
LOCATION
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween 11 and 13 civilians were killed at a river crossing point in Hatla by alleged Russian aircraft, local sources reported. Other civilians were wounded but no specific numbers were reported. All sources blamed Russia for the raid. Sources reported that women and children were included in the death toll. There was not only destruction
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Incident date
February 28, 2017
LOCATION
ترملا, Tramla, Idlib, SyriaThree members of one family were killed – including a father, daughter and granddaughter – and others were wounded, following an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Tramla, local media reported. All sources except Idlib Media Centre – who said the regime was responsible – attributed blame to Russia. According to sources, a vacuum
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Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, SyriaAs many as 20 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, in an airstrike on Ariha. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Around half the sources blamed Russian warplanes, while the rest pointed to the Syrian regime. Some sources such as Idlib Media Centre blamed both parties for the raids. SMO