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An internally displaced Kurdish family in northern Iraq, 2016 (Maranie R. Staab)

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Incident Code

TS177

Incident date

February 9, 2018

Location

شيخ حديد, Sheikh Hadid, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.496944, 36.598333 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the occurrence of civilian casualties as a result of the Turkish artillery shelling targeting areas in the Sheikh Hadid area in the western countryside of Afrin. The Observatory later put the number killed in Sheikh Hadid at three.

No further details are currently available.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Sheikh Hadid, Afrin (شيخ حديد), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.496944, 36.598333. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS273

Incident date

March 14, 2018

Location

نبل, Nubl town, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.379722, 36.989167 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to local media, three civilians were killed followed an alleged Turkish airstrike on Nubl town.

According to Enabbaladi, the Syrian regime’s media published a statement saying that Turkish planes’ targeted allied positions in Nabal and Zahra, which resulted in a number of civilian martyrs.

An image published shows the casualties to be young men.

Only one other source reported that civilians had been killed. Endi Zentarmi said: “After bombing a checkpoint in the Ziyarah area and killing eight pro-regime fighters, Turk jets have now also bombed the regime-controlled town of Nubl (south-east of Afrin city), killing at least three civilians. The airstrikes are deemed deliberate.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (0–3 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • A picture shows the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike, which targeted a checkpoint in the Ziyarah area which led the killing of three civilians (source: Qawem online)
  • A picture shows the checkpoint site destruction followed an alleged Turkish airstrike. Local sources claimed the death of three civilians and 8 combatants (source: Qawem online)
  • A picture shows the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike, which targeted a checkpoint in the Ziyarah area which led the killing of three civilians (source: Qawem online)
  • Three of the victims of the alleged Turkish airstrike on Nubla, 14th March 2018. (via Sy7Syria)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Nubl town, Afrin (نبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.379722, 36.989167. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (0–3 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

CS417 TS025

Incident date

December 17, 2016

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.371972, 37.51631 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three unnamed civilian males were reported killed in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) action at al Bab. The Coalition later denied responsibility.

According to Step News, “Turkish planes targeted al Bab, east of Aleppo, with three raids and there are news about casualties.” VDC later reported three unidentfied male civilian deaths – though said these were a result of actions by “International Coalition forces.”

In an emailed response to a report submitted by Airwars on this and other incidents in December 2016, Coalition officials said the event was presently assessed as ‘Not credible’ with “no Coalition strikes conducted in the geographical area of the reported civilian casualties.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Tweet reporting more than 50 alleged Turkish raids targeting al Bab over the last 12 hours. 17th December 2016. (via Muhammad Smiry)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Al-Bab (الباب), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.371972, 37.51631. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

CJTF–OIR Declassified Assessment and Press Release

Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.

The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.

Declassified Assessment Press Release

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Non credible / Unsubstantiated
    Insufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
  • 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 Al Bab, Syria
    Nearest population center

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Aug 4, 2017

  • After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area of the reported civilian casualties.

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition
Official source

For December 16th-18th 2016 the Coalition has publicly reported no strikes in the vicinity.

French Military
  • English
    /
    Original
Official source

For December 14th to 20th, France reports 10 strikes: 8 in Iraq – 7 of which were in Mosul – and 2 in Syria. They reported that 16 targets were destroyed.

#Chammal : 10 frappes contre Daech en Irak et en Syrie cette semaine, 16 objectifs détruits.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

CS459 TS062

Incident date

January 25, 2017

Location

تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.34857, 37.531501 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two named children died in either Turkish or Coalition airstrikes on Tadef.
According to the Syrian Network “The children So’ad and Jonaid Fares Al Ali died after International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Tadef town in Aleppo governorate eastern suburbs.”

However according to al Bab News, “Turkish planes launched three raids at dawn today killing two from the family of Faress al Ali who is from the rescue teams in al Bab. His daughter Souad al Ali, 15 years old and his son Juneid Al Ali, 9 years old and he [the father] was injured. Several buildings were totally destroyed.”

Al Bab 24 noted on the same day “a violent air and artillery bombardment from the Russian and Nusairi [sectarian term refering to Alawites] and Turkish [armies] in coordination targeting al Bab, Tadef, Baza’a and several village nearby al Bab hit with no casualties recorded thank God.”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also blamed Turkey, but put the death count at three, reporting that “three from the same family including a woman with her grand daughter and son died in the town of Tadif near al-Bab city”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

So’ad Fares Al Ali
Child female killed
Jonaid Fares Al Ali
Child male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Aftermath of the air strike (via Al Bab 24)
  • Aftermath of the air strike (via Al Bab 24)
  • The names of the victims of the strike.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Tadif (تادف), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.34857, 37.531501. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

CJTF–OIR Declassified Assessment and Press Release

Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.

The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.

Declassified Assessment Press Release

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Non credible / Unsubstantiated
    Insufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
  • 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 Taadif (Aleppo), Syria
    Nearest population center
  • Location accuracy
    1 m
  • MGRS coordinate
    37SCA6822823612
    Military Grid Reference System

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Sep 29, 2017

  • 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.

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition
Official source

For January 24th-25th 2017, the Coalition reported: “Near Manbij, one strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed three fighting positions, and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.”

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS234

Incident date

February 28, 2018

Location

ميركان, Mirkan village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.537500, 36.713889 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Local media reported that between one and three civilians died and three more were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Mirkan village, Syria.

Multiple sources named Juan Mohammed Omar as killed.

Sources added that three other civilians were wounded. Rumaf named one of these as Fahima Ahmed, 39, who sustained an injury “with shrapnel in the left foot”.

Villages told Afrin, heart of the news, that “six shells fell on the village and its surroundings”.

According to Abdinx1x, one of two civilians wounded was a woman with special needs.

One source, Karam Youssef , said that three civilians died.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Juan Mohammed Omar
Adult male killed
Fahima Ahmed
39 years old female who sustained an injury “with shrapnel in the left foot injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 3
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Translation: A state of fear dominates the village of Mirkan in Afrin after the village was targeted by Turkish artillery and a civilian was killed and 2 others were wounded, one of them a woman with special needs.
  • Translation: The martyrdom of the civilian "Joan Mohammed Omar" as a result of the Turkish bombing today on the village of Merkan (Condi Hasa) belonging to the area of Maabtli in Afrin. Three civilians were wounded.

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    Civilian injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018. (via Afrin Now)
  • Civilian injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018. (via Afrin Now)
  • The exact moment an alleged Turkish airstrike targeted Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018. (via Hawar)
  • Civilian injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018. (via Hawar)

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    Civilian injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018. (via Rumaf)

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    Civilian injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018. (via Rumaf)
  • Showing the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Mirkan village, Afrin, 28th February 2018.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Mirkan village, Afrin (ميركان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.537500, 36.713889. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 3
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS245

Incident date

March 5, 2018

Location

بربان, Civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.633611, 36.713611 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three civilians including an elderly woman died and 24 others including children and women were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of a bus in the village of Barbaneh, Syria.

Sources said that victims were wounded by artillery shrapnel and transferred to Afrin hospital.

Reports said that three victims later died. They were named as Amina Mohammed Mustafa (an 80-year-old woman), Abdel Rahman Khalil, 43-years-old, and Nouri Juma.

According to The War Media of the SDF, “On the morning of 5 March 2018, Turkish aircraft targeted an internal transport vehicle on the road leading to the Rajo area (the village of Barbaneh), injuring 22 civilians, including four children and more than 15 women.”

Afrin Media Center reported that “Three sisters Alia 12, Nerouz 35, and Nazifa Mustafa 19 years old were injured on March 2 after a bus carrying their family was bombed by #Olive_Branch forces, killing their elderly grandmother and another girl and injuring 18 others”.

Rumaf added some more details on the injuries of the sisters. It said: “As a result of the injury, the three sisters lost the ability to see relatively well, especially 12-year-old Alia Mustafa, who lost her right eye and Nerouz, who has a broken lens in the eye. Nazifa has deformity in retinas”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Neroz Hassan Mustafa
35 years old female injured
Nazifa Mustafa
19 years old female injured
Alia Mustafa
12 years old female injured

The victims were named as:

Amina Mohammed Mustafa
80 years old female killed
Abdel Rahman Khalil
43 years old male killed
Nouri Juma
Adult male killed
Duniya Ahmad Bakr
17 years old female injured
Sheikho Abdelkader
12 years old injured
Juma’a Hussein Abdelkader
7 years old injured
Mohammed Hussein Abdulqadir
2 years old male injured
Fawzia Mohammed
35 years old female injured
Vidan Bakr
17 years old injured
Mohammed Hussein Abdo
52 years old male injured
Amina Aslan Mustafa
years old female injured
Nazima Hassan
20 years old female injured
Joumana Ahmed Mousa
8 years old female injured
Ahmed Hussein
47 years old male injured
Hdiya Ali Omar
49 years old female injured
Elham Manan Khalil
50 years old female injured
Shayar Abdelkader
Age unknown in the intensive care unit injured
Dajla Ahmed Bakr
26 years old injured
Fatima Aslan Mustafa
42 years old female injured
Samira Omar Sheikh
55 years old female injured
Amina Mohammed Mustafa
75 years old female injured
Aslan Hussein Sharif
Age unknown injured
Nabi Safar Shaykhu
Age unknown injured
Saltana Ma’amo Ma’amo
42 years old injured
Ali Hassan Mostapha
12 years old injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 woman2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    24
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (22) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (52) [ collapse]

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    Graphic footage showing civilians who were killed and wounded in the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A civilian killed by alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A civilian killed by alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Hawar)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via ANF)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin Now)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via The war Media of the SDF)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via The war Media of the SDF)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via The war Media of the SDF)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via The war Media of the SDF)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via The war Media of the SDF)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via The war Media of the SDF)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Rumaf)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Kurdish red crescent)

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    Hussein Abdel Qader, wounded in the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Rojava)

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    Amina Mustafa, killed in the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Arin CHikhmous)

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    Amina Mustafa, killed in the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Arin CHikhmous)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via ANHA)
  • A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via ANHA)

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    A wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via ANHA)
  • List of wounded. (via Rumaf)
  • List of wounded. (via Rumaf)

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    Abdel Rahman Khalil, killed in the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Arin Chikhmous)
  • Abdel Rahman Khalil, killed in the alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Arin Chikhmous)
  • Three sisters Alia 12, Nerouz 35, and Nazifa Mustafa 19 years old months after their injuries as a result of alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin media centre)
  • Three sisters Alia 12, Nerouz 35, and Nazifa Mustafa 19 years old months after their injuries as a result of alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin media centre)
  • Three sisters Alia 12, Nerouz 35, and Nazifa Mustafa 19 years old months after their injuries as a result of alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, 5th March 2018. (via Afrin media centre)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin (بربان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.633611, 36.713611. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 woman2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    24
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (22) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS097

Incident date

January 20, 2018

Location

الجزيرة, Al Jazeera district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.870929, 41.410544 Note: The accuracy of this location is to District level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In an undated event prior to January 26th, the Manbij Military Council reported that, “in the province al Jazira, Turkey used tanks, guns and mortars to shell residential neighborhoods, where nine different shells were documented, resulting in the death of three civilians and one injury.”

No additional details are presently known.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 3
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the district of Al Jazeera district, Afrin (الجزيرة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.870929, 41.410544. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 3
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS192

Incident date

February 13, 2018

Location

جنديرس , Heikja, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.5232944, 36.6012955 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Subdistrict level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

As many as three civilians – including two woman and a man – were killed, and six others were wounded in an alleged Trukish airstrike on Heikja village, according to local media. One source claimed that an unspecific number of children were also killed.

The two female victims were named as two women. The Kurdish Red Crescent named the third victim as male. One source alleged that some of the victims and the wounded were from the same family.

However, a report by Syria News said that a Turkish bombing targeting the city of Afrin and the village of Hijka of the region of Gondrissa, resulted in the deaths of children.

Sources have reported on damage to homes and agricultural lands.

Please note many of the images are tangled with incident TS191, Afrin City. It is difficult to determine which images correspond with which event. 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Houriya Abdul Hameed Al – Hajras
45 years old female killed
Fahima Hamada
45 years old female killed
Radwan Umar Hussein
Adult male killed
Laila Mustafa Mustafa
44 years old female shrapnel in the neck injured
Samira Mohammed Ali
21 years old female shrapnel in the hip injured
Salah Mohammed
27 years old male shrapnel in multiple parts of the body injured
Amin Rashid
Age unknown male injured
Yousef Mohammed Tarshou
Age unknown male injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (0–2 children2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Media
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  • A man tending to an injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)
  • A list of injured and killed. (via Rumaf)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Rumaf)

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    Family grieves over a dead civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Hawar )

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    Two civilian casulties of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Hawar)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Heikja, 13th February 2018. (via The Harwar)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the subdistrict of Heikja, Afrin (جنديرس ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.5232944, 36.6012955. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (0–2 children2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]