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(Previous Incident Code: I515)
Local sources reported that twelve civilians were killed and dozens wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Ba’aj in western Nineveh.
A press source told Yaqein that “aircraft of the International Coalition launched intensive raids on the district of the western area of Nineveh province” and that it “resulted in the deaths of 12 civilians and wounding dozens, who have not been counted so far.”
Al Jazeera quoted the ISIL press agency, blaming US aircraft for the raids.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Mosul, Ba’aj (بعاج), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.0425755, 41.7168045. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.