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Incident Date
7 March 2017
Incident Code
CI518
Location
Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
المنصور
There 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…
Summary
Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2017
Incident Code
CI519
Location
Mosul, Dur al Resala, Nineveh, Iraq
Nine 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…
Summary
Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2017
Incident Code
CI520
Location
Mosul, al Amil, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 8, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no…
Summary
Published
7 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2017
Incident Code
CI517
Location
Mosul, Old Prison, Nineveh, Iraq
السجن القديم
Local sources said entire families were trapped under rubble, mostly children and women, after their houses were bombed near the Old Prison area and Muthanna school. It was reported that that the screaming of the victims could still be heard. It was unclear who carried out the raids – Iraqi Spring mentions both the Coalition…
Summary
Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CI513
Location
Mosul, Central railway station, Nineveh, Iraq
محطة القطارٌ
Local residents and security sources reported that up to 33 civilians (mostly former Iraqi and police officers) died after Coalition airstrikes targeted the railway station at the right side of Mosul. The sources reported that the Coalition had ‘mistakenly’ targeted the train station, which killed up to 33 people (25 -33 civilians and eight ISIL…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
18–33
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CI514
Location
Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq
الدواسة
Local 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…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
41–52
Civilians reported injured
70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CI515
Location
Mosul, Nabi Sheet, Nineveh, Iraq
النبي شيث
Local 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…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–16
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CI516
Location
Mosul, Sumud, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الصمود
Local residents and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed and more than 40 people were still under the rubble after a Coalition airstrike targeted the Sumud Quarter near the main generator. The Telegraph interviewed several witnesses, who reported: “The planes waited until one of the Daesh walked out into the street and then…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–55
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2017
Incident Code
CI510
Location
Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq
الدواسة
Local and press sources said between 64 and 130 civilians were killed in total and many others injured by different kind of bombing during the Iraqi offensive to control the governmental compound in Dawassa at the right side of Mosul. Mosul Eye reported that “the number of civilian casualties today has risen to more than…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
64–130
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2017
Incident Code
CI511
Location
Mosul, Hal al Abar, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unreported incident, Amnesty field researchers spoke with survivors of a March 5th incident which left five non-combatants dead and five more injured – all from one family. The following unpublished report was shared with Airwars: “I survived an attack on 5 March. Our house was encircled by IS and ISF fighters, and…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2017
Incident Code
CI512
Location
Mosul, Souq al-Sha’areen neighborhood, Nineveh, Iraq
A 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,…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 March 2017
Incident Code
CI508
Location
Mosul, Al-Matahin / Mills, Nineveh, Iraq
حي المطاحن
Local sources said that up to 40 civilians were killed and more than 76 injured, mostly children and women, in Coalition airstrikes on the Station, Mills and Fatah neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. While Iraqi Spring Media Center blamed the US for carrying out the raids (and posted several graphic images of children…
Summary
Published
4 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
36–40
Civilians reported injured
76–84
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 March 2017
Incident Code
CI509
Location
Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
المنصور
Local 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…
Summary
Published
4 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 March 2017
Incident Code
CI505
Location
Mosul, Al Mahatta, Nineveh, Iraq
Local 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,…
Summary
Published
3 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–21
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 March 2017
Incident Code
CI506
Location
Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
المنصور
Surviving family members told Buzzfeed investigators that five members of a family died in a suspected Coalition strike. The alliance later accepted responsibility. Buzzfeed casenotes for the incident were later shared with Airwars: “GPS Coordinates: 36°19’02.5″N, 43°06’35.1″E Date and approximate time: March 3, at around 11am Casualties: The nephew and four nieces of Zayd Younes…
Summary
Published
3 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 March 2017
Incident Code
CI507
Location
Mosul, Mashahda, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on June 2nd 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “13. March 3, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed…
Summary
Published
3 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CI502
Location
Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
الشفاء
Local sources said that 20 civilians were killed and 18 injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted a residential building in Al-Shafaa (Shifa) neighborhood in western Mosul. Some sources quoted ISIL media reporting this incident. Others said local press sources provided the information. Most reports blamed the US specifically for the raids.
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CI503
Location
Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
المنصور
Four civilians were reported killed at al Mansour during heavy fighting, according to a single source. Their bodies were buried at Amel school. According to Shafaaq, “Four civilians were killed in the Mansour district, southwest of Mosul during the battles between Iraqi forces and organize Daesh in the neighborhood, which is still under the control…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CI504
Location
New Mosul neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
An eyewitness, Ghania Hassan – resident of the al-Jadida (New Mosul) neighborhood – told Foreign Policy that more than 56 civilians were killed after a Coalition missile hit a house where they were gathered, reportedly forced to by ISIL combattants. The eyewitness account as written down by Sam Kimball, Foreign Policy: “If they stopped the…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
56
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI497
Location
Mosul, Sha'aren market, Nineveh, Iraq
سوق الشعارين
Local sources said that 18 persons were either killed or injured, including children and women, after airstrikes reportedly struck the Sha’aren market and mills area in western Mosul. Iraq News reported “the deaths of four people and the injuring of 14 others including women and children, following an aerial bombardment on the Sha’aren market and…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI498
Location
Mosul, Omar al-Aswad mosque, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
لجامع عمر الاسود في حي الفاروق
Local sources said that up to 80 civilians were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraqi airstrikes targeted the Omar mosque area in al-Faruq neighborhood in western Mosul. The mosque was used as a shelter by displaced families, according to the Niniva Media Center. Reuters cited three local witnesses, noting that “The Omar al-Aswad mosque,…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
50–80
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI499
Location
Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل الجديدة
At least two children were killed and other family members injured in New Mosul neighborhood in western Mosul. One source said ISIL targeted an unidentified warplane, which responded by launching a missile. The missile hit a house nearby, close to Yakatha mosque. However, Urgent Mosul News (Facebook) said that an ISIL car was targeted, which…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI500
Location
Mosul, Nabi Sheet, Nineveh, Iraq
النبي شيث
Local 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…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI501
Location
Mosul, Mosque of Imam Al-Baher, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on June 2nd 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “12. March 1, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
CI494
Location
Mosul, Mamoon, Nineveh, Iraq
المأمون
Local sources said that 15 people were killed and 38 wounded, including children and women, due to artillery shelling targeting Tayaran, Dawasa, Rajim Hadid, Ma’moun and Ma’ash Sooq neighborhoods in western Mosul. While most sources did not say who was responsible for the artillery shelling, Yaqein and Niniva media center blamed the Iraqi government forces.…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
38
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
CI495
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another in an event at Al Qaim. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted "During a strike on an ISIS dump truck filled with VBIED material, after firing warning shots, it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
CI496
Location
Mosul, Nablous, Nineveh, Iraq
نابلس
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed.” The Coalition provided Airwars with…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CI490
Location
Mosul, Al-Jawsaq, Nineveh, Iraq
الجوسق
Local sources said that 38 civilians were killed and injured in Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling on Jawsaq neighborhood in Western Mosul. Press sources had told Yaqein that “the army shelling on Jawasaq neighborhood of western Mosul resulted in the deaths and injuries [which] have not been counted yet” and that “Jawasaq neighborhood is witnessing…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
28
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CI491
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Local sources said that three civilians were killed when Coalition airstrikes targeted Al Qa’im district, in the west of Anbar province. A senior official unofficially told Airwars the strike was conducted by Belgium. On April 30th 2017 the Coalition accepted responsibility: “Feb. 27, 2017, near Al Qaim, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CI492
Location
Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنه
Local sources said that four civilians were killed when Coalition airstrikes hit the Ana district, in the west of Anbar province.
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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