CI484 – February 25, 2017

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: I396)

Local sources said that 27 civilians were killed, including women and children, and 63 were injured by Coalition airstrikes and artillery bombing on several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul.

Sawif Ateka published a photograph of an unnamed little girl who it said died in shelling on the Al-Zinjili neighbourhood.

In its June casualty report, the Coalition confirmed that “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that five civilians were unintentionally killed.” However the coordinates provided to Airwars – 36.324100, 43.127258 placed this event at Wadi Hajar (Arabic: وادي حجر) neighbourhood in Mosul. Given that this location is 4.6km from Rifai, and 3.3 from Zinjili, it may refer to a separate incident.

Key Information

Country

Iraq

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

Civilian Harm Reported

Yes

Civilian Harm Status

Contested

Civilians reported killed

1 Child

Civilians reported injured

Military Statements

U.S.-led Coalition Assessment

Suspected belligerent

U.S.-led Coalition

U.S.-led Coalition position on incident

Non credible / Unsubstantiated

Reason for non-credible assessment

Insufficient evidence of civilian harm

Civilian deaths conceded

None

Civilian injuries conceded

None

Stated location

near Mosul, Iraq

Location accuracy

100 m

MGRS coordinate

38SLF306246

U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report

Original Source ↗

For February 24th-25th the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper unit; destroyed nine fighting positions, eight mortar systems, five ISIS-held buildings, four command and control nodes, three VBIED facilities, three tactical vehicles, two vehicles, two artillery systems, two anti-air artillery systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a UAV storage facility, a front-end loader, a VBIED staging area and a supply cache; damaged 12 supply routes and four ISIS-held buildings; and suppressed 22 mortars and an artillery system.”

U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement

2018-07-26

Original Source ↗

After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find civilians were harmed in this strike.

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