Incident date
April 22, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Al-Malyia, Nineveh, IraqFour families comprising 36 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the Al-Maliya district east of Mosul in a strike by the international coalition, according to a senior medical source in Nineveh quoted by NINA. In a rarely named citation, Director of the Emergency General Hospital in Mosul Dr Mahdi al-Rubaie told the National
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Incident date
April 22, 2016
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سرحة, Sarha, Hama, SyriaNine civilians including two women and two to three children died in airstrikes on Sarha and surrounding villages according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to Shaam News Network,”aircraft believed to be a Russian carried out raids on the
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April 21, 2016
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البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAt least four and up to ten members of one family were reported killed in alleged Coalition (or possibly Russian) night time strikes on Abu Kamal. According to the Deir Ezor Observatory there were three Coalition strikes on the city, all after midnight. And News of the Revolution reported that “International coalition planes last night
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April 20, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqAn alleged Coalition airstrike on a neighbourhood in eastern Mosul also reportedly killed an entire family. According to NRN News, “Our correspondent said that the bombing was aimed at the home district council of Mosul by Zuhair al-Jubouri in a neighbourhood used by Daesh. But the rocket landed on the house next door, killing five
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Incident date
April 19, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqAccording to local sources, up to eight civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition jets struck the Al Hadbah apartment complex in western Mosul. “Many” Daesh fighters were also reported killed. NRN said it was a nighttime attack: “Our correspondent says the bombing killed and wounded a number of civilians, noting that foreign elements
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April 17, 2016
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حلبسة, Halabisa, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck homes in an afternoon attack on Halabsa village west of Fallujah, killing six civilians and injuring another 12 or more, “most of them children and women.” News Fallujah pictured a young survivor of the event, noting: “Yousif Mushtak Talib Al Halbusi : His mother was killed and his
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Incident date
April 16, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqSeveral local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing
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Incident date
April 16, 2016
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الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaMultiple sources reported that up to 16 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo city. While some blamed Russia, others said the regime or armed rebel groups were responsible. LCCSY said one man was killed and five injured after Russian planes targeted the neighborhood with two dawn raids. Q0wyy also blamed Russia and reported that “Russian
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Incident date
April 16, 2016
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween nine and 17 civilians including one woman and two children died in airstrikes on neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. While some reports allege that this was the work of Russia, one other blames the Assad regime with yet others not attributing responsibility. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian
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April 14, 2016
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaFourteen civilians including three children died and at least 24 people were injured in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently posted images showing destruction of the city following airstrikes. It did not initially say
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April 11, 2016
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1.2 km east of Yontoy, Lower Juba, SomaliaThree civilians were reportedly killed in a US drone strike in Lower Juba. The attack began late on April 11 and continued into the small hour of April 12, Lt Col Michelle Baldanza of AFRICOM later said in a statement. The camp “posed an imminent threat to US personnel,” she said. Somali officials allege the
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Incident date
April 10, 2016
LOCATION
يت, Hit, Al-Bab Al-Gharbi and Ummal, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources claimed Coalition planes struck a home in the Al-Bab Al-Gharbi neighbourhood of Hit in western Anbar, which resulted in the injuring of a family. A later report said two women died in the attack on Ummal neighbourhood. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition classed the event as non-credible on grounds of
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Incident date
April 10, 2016
LOCATION
تل حسين, Tall Hussein, Aleppo, SyriaMultiple sources named five civilian victims of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tal Hussain. Almost all sources blamed the Coalition for the civilian deaths, although Halab News and the Syrian Human Rights Committee said Russia was responsible. The village was the scene of a major battle for control between rebels and Daesh fighters.
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Incident date
April 10, 2016
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAt least five and as many as 20 civilians were reported killed and 53 injured after heavy alleged Coalition, Russian and/or Syrian regime night time strikes on Raqqa. Most sources allege that these were Coalition and regime raids – with the Coalition responsible for those after midnight and the regime for early morning strikes. Coalition
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April 7, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqAccording to the Iraq Oil Report, a fresh attack by Coalition aircraft on the Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul killed 15 civilian workers. According to the site – which uses a network of informants in the city, “On April 7 [ ] air strikes destroyed a small garment
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April 6, 2016
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حاج علي, Haj Ali, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources claimed “dozens of civilians” including children and women were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraq government jets targeted Haj Ali village in Qayyarah south of Mosul. While most social media reports blamed the Iraqi military for the event, others blamed the Coalition or both. Yaqen, for example, said it was a joint
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April 6, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocals claimed five civilians including three children were killed and four or more people injured, after Coalition jets allegedly targeted Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our correspondent said that the bombing killed five people consisting of a family (three children with a
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April 5, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA likely targeted operation in Mosul killed ISIL’s media chief in the city when his car was struck – but also reportedly slew his wife and five children. The nighttime attack reportedly killed Daesh ‘Media Minister’ Abdel Qader in his car in the vicinity of the city’s Saddam Hospital. However, according to NRN News, “his
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Incident date
April 5, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn what may be the same incident as CI216 or CI218 – or a separate targeted killing operation – the US revealed three weeks after the event that a strike on an ‘ISIL finance emir’ had also killed a woman civilian. Three months later CENTCOM revealed two additional civilian deaths in the event. General Peter
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Incident date
April 3, 2016
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حي الجري, Hit, Jerri and Amina, Al Anbar, IraqLocals reported that eight civilians died after the Coalition or Iraq government aircraft struck the Jerri and Amina neighbourhoods of Hit. The Coalition has denied responsibility. Among those killed was a family of six: a Facebook tribute page noted: “This is a picture of the martyr Riad Ahmed Rzeyk, who was forced out of his
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March 31, 2016
LOCATION
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources claimed Coalition aircraft struck the Haswa and Jumeila neighbourhoods in Fallujah at around 9.30pm, hitting civilian homes and causing the deaths of five civilians including two children, and the wounding of seven more civilians. Al Sharqiya published the most detailed report, saying that Coalition aircraft strikes “resulted in the deaths of five people,
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March 26, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqEight civilians were reported killed after missiles of unknown origin struck the Al Noor quarter and Aisha mosque in western Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our Nineveh correspondent reports that four men, two women and two children were killed after the fall of a number of missiles on the neighbourhood of Al Noor
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March 26, 2016
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThe Violations Documentation Center named two civilians, Zahra Fihan, and her son Mohammad Abdullah al-Rashed, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Raqqa. The victims were also named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, which blamed Russia.
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March 22, 2016
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Mosul, University of Mosul residencies, Nineveh, IraqIn a fresh day of reported Coalition airstrikes on Mosul University, local sources said three university professors and some of their families were killed and many other civilians wounded, after jets hit academic residences. Up to 15 Daesh fighters also reportedly died. Heavy Coalition activity above the city was reported from dawn onwards. Yagen was
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Incident date
March 19, 2016
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine
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Incident date
March 19, 2016
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine
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March 18, 2016
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaBetween 15 and 20 civilians including up to eight children and five women died in airstrikes on Ar Raqqah, according to multiple local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one source suggesting the warplanes responsible may have belonged to the
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Incident date
March 15, 2016
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باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said at least four and as many as 13 civilians were killed and 25 injured including children and women after alliance jets struck residential apartments used by displaced people in the Alaymen district of eastern Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency reported: “residents said that international coalition aircraft bombed a residential compound belonging
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Incident date
March 13, 2016
LOCATION
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, SyriaBetween seven and eight civilians including three children and one or two women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sukhna, according to local sources. Shaam News reported that eight civilians including were killed and more than 10 others injured on alleged Russian raids on Sukhna. SNN added: “The co-ordinating city of Palmyra said that in
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Incident date
March 12, 2016
LOCATION
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, SyriaThe Violations Documentation Center listed one unidentified woman as a victim of an alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra. No further details are currently available.