Incident date
March 14, 2017
LOCATION
دور موظفي السكك, Mosul, Dur al Sekak, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents and press source said that five family members were killed in an airstrike targeting their house near the railway. They used to live together in the same house in Dur Al Sekak at the right side of Mosul. It is unclear which aircraft carried out the attack. Shafaaq News reported that the bombing
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Incident date
April 14, 2017
LOCATION
رأس الجادة, Mosul, Ras Al Jadda, Nineveh, IraqTwo local sources reported that seven civilians from one family died when an airstrike or bombardment hit their house in Ras Al Jadda neighbourhood in the old part of Mosul. The victims were named by MNN and Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook group) as: Wa’ed Ali Saleh al-Sharifi, his wife, sons Ali and Nashwan, his daughter
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October 6, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources claimed a Coalition targeted the Al Dawwasa area south of Mosul, resulting in 3 to 7 civilian deaths and 11 injuries. Citing a local source, Al Araby said: the air strike targeted the al Dawwasa area (south of Mosul), which targeted some residential buildings in the area. The source said seven civilians were
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Incident date
November 6, 2016
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Mosul, Shahid-Yunis, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of two civilians and the injuries of five more in an airstrike at Shahid Yunis. In its monthly civilian casualty report for January 2017, the Coalition noted “Nov. 6, 2016, near Shahid-Yunis As Sab, Iraq: During a strike on ISIL fighters
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March 30, 2017
LOCATION
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of seven civilians in an event on the western outskirts of Mosul. The action was later revealed to be a US strike. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike against an ISIS formation, it was assessed that seven
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Incident date
July 7, 2017
LOCATION
عنة الجديدة والريحانة, New Anah and Al Rayhana, Al Anbar, IraqSeven civilians were reportedly killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on New Anah in western Anbar Province, two local sources reported. Noor al Mustafa Hayder Dawoud, one of the sources, also reported that the house of Ossman Azzawi, the al Sayed household, Hajji Sayf’s household, Sheikh Nayef’s household, Al Maher Radi’s
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Incident date
April 18, 2017
LOCATION
المستشفى الجمهوري, Mosul, Republican hospital, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that ‘US airstrikes’ hit the entrance of the emergency department of the Republican Hospital at the Medical Complex of West Mosul killing seven people. Some sources referred to a statement made by the ISIL press agency. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
November 12, 2014
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Jawsag, Nineveh, IraqIraqi news agency NINA and others reported that seven civilians – including children – died in “international coalition raids” in the vicinity of both Denden and Jawsaq, south of Mosul city. An additional strike by the Iraq military at nearby Mithaq in eastern Mosul reportedly killed an additional 15 civilians.
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Incident date
May 24, 2016
LOCATION
17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th, Nineveh, IraqSeven civilians were reported killed and 23 injured in two reported alleged Coalition raids. In the first event Coalition aircraft reportedly struck a Daesh security headquarters in the July 17th neighbourhood of Mosul. Iraqi Revolution – which published an aftermath picture showing a massive plume of smoke (right) – said the area around the Almoghaith
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Incident date
August 8, 2015
LOCATION
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, IraqCoalition aircraft were alleged to have struck civilians some 15 km from Ar Rutbah, at the Haj Saleh Mraid Kubaisi glassworks factory. According to a number of sources, some families had fled the town for fear of airstrikes, only for members to be killed in an alleged Coalition attack on a civilian vehicle. It was
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Incident date
September 8, 2016
LOCATION
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, IraqBetween two and seven civilians including women and children died – and five were injured – in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Tel Al Shaeer and Aski Mosul areas in Tal Afar, west of Mosul, according to local sources. Yaqein reported that the Coalition carried out a strike that “targeted the villages of Tel
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Incident date
March 14, 2017
LOCATION
الرسالة, Mosul, Dur al Resala, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents and press sources said that a family of seven was killed after an airstrike hit their house in Dur-al Resala neighbourhood, West Mosul. Hani Abu Obeida was named by @n_iraq67 as one of the victims. It was reported that his son Musab was the only survivor. The rest of the family reportedly died.
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqSeveral sources reported that seven civilians died and thirteen were wounded as a result of an airstrike – with sources so far not identifying who carried out the strike. Yaqein noted, however, “that the areas in the West of Anbar province have been exposed for days to military operations fought by the Joint Forces and
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December 25, 2015
LOCATION
الفلوجة, Fallujah, General hospital, Al Anbar, IraqFallujah’s General Hospital was cited as reporting that seven people were killed – including five children and one woman – following an alleged Coalition airstrike. Three women and a child were also said to have been injured. However, the Iraqi Spring Media Center did not attribute the incident to any party. And artillery sheling of
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October 18, 2015
LOCATION
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqSix civilians were reported killed and 27 injured in an alleged Coalition strike at al Qaim in Anbar province.
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June 15, 2016
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الكسك, Kisik, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Aiwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in a US strike near Kisik, Iraq. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: “during a strike against an ISIL weapons storage facility, it is assessed that six civilians were killed.” In July 2019 the Coalition provided Airwars with
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Incident date
July 8, 2016
LOCATION
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqSix members of one family including four children were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Qaim. Yaqen reported that “the bombing also caused considerable material damage to civilian homes in those affected areas in the city of Qaim.” And Rawa Hama said a number of Daesh fighters were also killed and injured
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September 17, 2017
LOCATION
الحصيبة, Husaybah, Al Anbar, IraqLocal media reported on the death of six civilians, and dozens wounded following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Husaybah, west of Anbar. An initial report was released by Yaqin, which suspected the Coalition had targeted “villages on the border between Syria and Iraq”. A’maq [ISIS propaganda] then reported: US shelling killed six and wounded ten
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Incident date
May 23, 2017
LOCATION
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that six civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered the target area after the munition was
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Incident date
July 12, 2016
LOCATION
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, IraqTwo displaced families from Tikrit were reportedly killed in an alleged Iraqi government or Coalition airstrike at Hawijah. Iraqi Spring reported that all members of his family died in the bombing of their house by the Coalition. Another local source claimed a second family was also killed. There was confusion about who might have been responsible
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Incident date
May 29, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in a US attack on Mosul. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: “during a strike against an ISIL weapons system, it is assessed that six civilians were killed” In July 2019, the Coalition provided Airwars with the location
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May 25, 2017
LOCATION
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, IraqA single local source reported to Yaqein Agency that five children and their mother were killed after Coalition airstrikes hit their house in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. The source had added that “heavy and continuous indiscriminate shelling makes the task of recovering the bodies and transporting the wounded very difficult, as well as [getting]
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June 16, 2016
LOCATION
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, IraqOne local source, Iraqi Revolution, said six civilians including four children were killed after the Coalition allegedly targeted the Aleiadiayah region north of Tel-Afar west of Mosul. No further details are currently available. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm
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Incident date
March 21, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that six civilians from the same family were killed in an assault on the New Mosul district in the western half of the city. Sayed Al Bajari reported on Facebook: “Six civilians of a single family were killed in Mosul, west of Mosul, after being bombed 40 minutes ago”
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Incident date
January 23, 2015
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الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, IraqAn internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet on January 23rd as claiming that 6 members of one family had been killed in a Coalition strike in Anbar province. The identity of the tweeter was redacted in a publicly-released version of the file, though they were described as “Pro-ISIL… reported coalition airstrikes killed 6 family members
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January 2, 2017
LOCATION
الهرمات, Mosul, Haramat, Nineveh, IraqFour women and two or more children were killed and eight other civilians injured by Coalition strikes, according to local reports. Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that the women were killed and injured by Coalition strikes that hit a home in Haramat in eastern Mosul. ISIL-controlled Al A’amaq Media posted a video of the aftermath,
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Incident date
June 21, 2017
LOCATION
المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, IraqFour named brothers and other family members were killed in an attack in Old Mosul. News of Iraq named four brothers – Othman, Bakr, Omar and Ali – who it said were killed along with “their entire family” by government shelling. See also incident CI778.
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Incident date
November 10, 2016
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حمام العليل, Mosul, Hamam al Alil subdistrict, Nineveh, IraqA UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: on 10 November: An airstrike reportedly hit Hamam al-Alil subdistrict of Mosul. Six members of one family (a married couple with four children) were killed and two other family members (a girl and a woman)
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Incident date
April 5, 2016
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA likely targeted operation in Mosul killed ISIL’s media chief in the city when his car was struck – but also reportedly slew his wife and five children. The nighttime attack reportedly killed Daesh ‘Media Minister’ Abdel Qader in his car in the vicinity of the city’s Saddam Hospital. However, according to NRN News, “his
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Incident date
June 3, 2017
LOCATION
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that six members of the same family were killed after airstrikes struck their home in Zanjili neighborhood, in West Mosul. Iraqyoon Agency reported that it was the family of As’ad Younis Majid al-Rawi. The news agency also said that the family was displaced – they had fled from al-Midan to Zanjili neighbourhood.