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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI498
Location
لجامع عمر الاسود في حي الفاروق, Mosul, Omar al-Aswad mosque, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
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
28 February 2017
Incident Code
CI494
Location
المأمون, Mosul, Mamoon, Nineveh, Iraq
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
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
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
نابلس, Mosul, Nablous, Nineveh, Iraq
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
الجوسق, Mosul, Al-Jawsaq, Nineveh, Iraq
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
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
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
عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq
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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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CI493
Location
near Al Qa’im, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed that it didn't harm civilians: "72. Feb. 27, 2017, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via social media report: After review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike."
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
CI488
Location
Al Kour and other neighbourhoods on the right side of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that 33 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 35 injured due to Coalition airstrikes and artillery bombing on several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. Journalists had reported to Yaqein that “aerial bombardment and artillery [shelling] targeted violently, today, the homes of civilians in areas at the right side…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
33
Civilians reported injured
35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
CI489
Location
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
Eleven civilians died in a mortar strike by an unspecified party on al Tanak neighbourhoopd, according to eyewitnesses. Amnesty shared the following field report with Airwars: “Family: 2 boys and 4 girls and his wife. Mother in law – unharmed but taken to hospital where she died having suffered a heart attack Mother – unharmed.…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI483
Location
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
Security sources reported to local press that an ISIL leader and five of his family members were killed after Coalition airstrikes targeted his car in the west of Mosul. 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…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI484
Location
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
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…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
27
Civilians reported injured
63
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI485
Location
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq” via a media report. According to the Coalition report, “10. Feb. 25, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information and strike video it…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI486
Location
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed no civilians were harmed: "Feb. 25, 2017, near the Al Ma’mun neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike."
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI487
Location
وادي حجر, Mosul, Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed the deaths of five civilians in an event in Mosul while survivors' accounts add that at least three others were severely injured in the airstrikes. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that five…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI480
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local and press sources claimed that nine civilians were killed and more than twenty wounded in an airstrike conducted by planes of the US-led Coalition on Al Qa’im City. According to Yaqein “a news source said that Coalition forces launched intensive raids on the city of Qaim, western Anbar province, killing nine civilians. The source…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
22–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI481
Location
مزير, Mazir, Kirkuk, Iraq
A single local media source reported that ten civilians were killed and many others were wounded in Coalition raids on Mazirr village, near Dibis region, north of Kirkuk City. No additional details are presently known. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed the event as non credible due to a lack of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI482
Location
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “80. Feb. 24, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information and strike…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
CI477
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and press sources said that four civilians were killed and twelve to sixteen others were injured, mostly children and women, when Coalition airstrikes targeted a residential building in the west of Mosul. While Iraqi Spring spoke of “Coalition” airstrikes, the other sources blamed the US more specifically. In two later posts, Iraqi Spring shared…
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
CI478
Location
المأمون, Mosul, Mamoon, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed, including three kids, and dozens others were injured in Coalition airstrikes targeting their houses in Mamoon neighborhood, at the west side of Mosul.
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
CI479
Location
حي النجار, Mosul, Al Najar, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unknown allegation, the Coalition reported in June 2017 that following a self-reported event in Mosul, it had been determined that no civilians had been harmed. According to the June report, “Feb. 23, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that no…
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CI475
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian during a strike in Mosul. The April 30th 2017 release noted: “Feb. 22, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed…
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CI476
Location
near Mosul, Iraq, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “71. Feb. 22, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2017
Incident Code
CI473
Location
الازري, Uzri, Baghdad, Iraq
Local and press sources said that up to three civilians were killed, including one women and at least one child, and up to two others were injured after an unknown warplane struck a family working in their fields in Uzri village, close to the Tigris river, on the “road to the coast” in Tarmiyah district,…
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2017
Incident Code
CI474
Location
near Mosul, Iraq, 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, “10. Feb. 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed…
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CI471
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and press sources said that 89 civilians, including 32 children, were killed and 134 others injured due to Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling during the last 72 hours in the west of Mosul. We have reduced the figure to between 60-80 civilian deaths and 80-100 injuries for February 20th-21st in order to avoid double…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
60–80
Civilians reported injured
80–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CI472
Location
Mosul, Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq
At least four civilians were reported killed following a rocket attack by either the ISF or the Coalition on a mosque at Wadi Hajjar, according to an eyewitness. Amnesty International published the following account: “An attack struck Khaled Ibn al-Waleed mosque, in Wadi Hajjar, at close to 3pm on or around 20 February (witnesses could…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CI467
Location
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that up to 130 civilians were killed and 78 injured after Coalition airstrikes and/ or Iraqi artillery had struck many residential buildings in Al-Shafaa (Shifa) in West Mosul. The Coalition has confirmed causing 10 deaths. Press sources had told Yaqein that “the retaliatory shelling by aircraft and artillery by government forces had,…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
30–130
Civilians reported injured
78
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CI468
Location
Mosul, Flour Mill (West Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that nine persons were either killed or wounded as a result of airstrikes by the US-led Coalition on a flour firm in the west of Mosul. Raedlay said that five people were killed and four were injured in the raids. On April 30th 2017, the Coalition confirmed a civilian casualty event in…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI469
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul Airport, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in its July report that an allegation on social media of civilian casualties had been assessed as Not Credible. According to the report “Feb. 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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