Incident Code
CI699
Incident Code
CI699
Incident Date
9 May 2017
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Geolocation
36.3502851,
43.1098795
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Geolocation
36.3502851,
43.1098795
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
(Previous Incident Code: I533)
Local press sources reported that ‘dozens of civilians were killed and injured’ in raids by the Iraqi government and/or the Coalition on Zanjili neighboordhood, in West Mosul.
Yaqein Agency spoke of “heavy and indiscriminate shelling”.
No further details are presently available.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
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
No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area
Civilian deaths conceded
None
Civilian injuries conceded
None
Stated location
near Mosul, Iraq
Location accuracy
100 m
MGRS coordinate
38SLF308246
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
For May 8th-9th: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and a sniper; destroyed 12 fighting positions, seven rocket-propelled grenade systems, four medium machine guns, three mortar systems, two VBIED facilitation areas, two front-end loaders, a sniper position, a weapons cache, an IED facility, a roadblock, a VBIED; damaged 13 ISIS supply routes, three fighting positions; and suppressed a mortar position.
U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement
2018-01-25
Original Source ↗
After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.
Iraq Government Forces Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Iraq Government Forces
Iraq Government Forces position on incident
Not yet assessed