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Incident Date
6 January 2017
Incident Code
CI395
Location
Mosul, Agricultural, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزراعي
Local sources and relatives of victims said that more than 20 civilians from three families were killed, including children and women, after Coalition airstrikes targeted their houses in front of Saddam mosque at the entrance of Farms district, north of Mosul. Mosul Ateka reported that “18 people were killed in the Farms district after three…
Summary
Published
6 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17–20
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 January 2017
Incident Code
CI396
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Up to eighteen people were killed and 24 injured – mostly women and children – in government and Coalition airstrikes, in Al Qaim, Anbar province. Yaqein reported the incident and added – quoting local sources – that “the raids focused on the areas of Karabila and Saada east of the city, and resulted in the…
Summary
Published
6 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 January 2017
Incident Code
CI397
Location
Mosul: Agricultural District, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزراعي
Local sources initially said that a family of three children and their grandmother were killed after their house was hit by a missile during Coalition raids on the Agricultural residential neighbourhood in central Mosul area, which at the time was under ISIS control. The New York Times later put the overall death toll at 16.…
Summary
Published
6 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 January 2017
Incident Code
CI391
Location
Mosul, Al-Mithaq, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الميثاق
Five members of the same family were killed when a Coalition airstrike hit a house in Al Mithaq, according to local sources. Sualif Maslawiah Aneefa posted that five members of Khalid Mustafa Abu Wadah’s family were killed when bombs struck his home as ISIL fighters hid inside, preventing the family from leaving. The post identified…
Summary
Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 January 2017
Incident Code
CI392
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Local sources told Mosul Ateka that 26 civilians from four families were killed when their home was bombed by Coalition strikes. There are no additional accounts of this alleged incident at the moment.
Summary
Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 January 2017
Incident Code
CI393
Location
Mosul, Fatih, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Fourteen people including women and children were killed, and 15 wounded by Coalition strikes in the Garage and Fatih areas, according to local reports. Several outlets, including Iraqi Spring Media Center, reported that 14 people, “mostly women and children” were killed and an additional 15 wounded by Coalition raids in eastern Mosul.
Summary
Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 January 2017
Incident Code
CI394
Location
Mosul, Muthanna, Nineveh, Iraq
حي المثنى
Local sources said two named civilians (a father and son) were killed after a missile targeted their house in the left side of Mosul. Mosul Ateka reported that “a missile fell down just beside Haj Dahir which caused his death and that of his son Zakariah.” Iraqyoon News and Resistance Hadbah also reported Coalition airstrikes…
Summary
Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 January 2017
Incident Code
CI389
Location
Mosul, Talmuz/ July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Press and local sources said that 16 displaced civilians were killed or injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition warplanes targeted their houses in 17 July neighbourhood, at the right side of Mosul. The Correspondences team spoke of 9 killed and several wounded in the alleged Coalition strikes. Other sources also reported coalition strikes in…
Summary
Published
4 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 January 2017
Incident Code
CI390
Location
Mosul, Mazari / Farms, Nineveh, Iraq
حي المزارع
A local source said that a named civilian, Imad Ahmed, was killed in the bombing of Farms district, north of Mosul. No other details were known at the time. On March 4th the Coalition confirmed that it had killed civilians that day in Mosul in two incidents. An official later confirmed to Airwars that the…
Summary
Published
4 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 January 2017
Incident Code
CI386
Location
Mosul, Ma’moon, Nineveh, Iraq
As many as 22 civilians were reported killed, and 29 injured, in airstrikes by an unspecified party in eastern Mosul according to local media. Citing a local source, Shafaaq reported that five people were killed and four others wounded after an “unidentified warplane” opened fire from it’s “machine gun” in southeast Mosul. One relative posted…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
15–22
Civilians reported injured
29
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 January 2017
Incident Code
CI387
Location
Mosul, Noor, Nineveh, Iraq
حي النور
Yaqein reported that one civilian was killed and 11 injured in the Noor neighborhood of eastern Mosul. It cited “government and international” strikes. Iraqi Spring Media Center meanwhile reported that 9 civilians were injured in addition to the one death. Among the injured were women and children. Sawlif Maslawia Ateka and Adhamiyah News named two children that reportedly…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 January 2017
Incident Code
CI388
Location
Mosul, Domiz, Nineveh, Iraq
دوميز
Five civilians were killed and four injured in the Domiz neighbourhood of Mosul, according to local media. A local source told Shafaaq news that an “unidentified warplane” opened fire from its on-board machine gun in the neighbourhood in south-east Mosul. The story was also reported by Nineveh Media Center, confirming the death of five and…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI385
Location
Mosul, Mushirfan, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “(2.) Jan. 2, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 January 2017
Incident Code
CI384
Location
Mosul, Haramat, Nineveh, Iraq
الهرمات
Four 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,…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 December 2016
Incident Code
CI381
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
An unnamed doctor at a local medical centre near Mosul told Iraqi Spring Media Centre that his facility had received 200 civilians over the preceding 24 hours, as a result of bombing and mortar shelling. In related news, Kurdistan’s health minister told reporters that health facilities in the region had so far received 13,000 injured…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported injured
200
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 December 2016
Incident Code
CI382
Location
Mosul, Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq
وادي حجر
Eleven civilians were reported killed and up to 80 injured when Coalition aircraft allegedly struck the vicinity of the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in the Wadi Hajar area of Mosul. Islamic State later issued a propaganda video which included eyewitness reports. One noted: After we heard the bombing of Khalid Bin Al Waleed we came…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
80
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI383
Location
Mosul, Intisar, Nineveh, Iraq
الانتصار
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 December 2016
Incident Code
CI379
Location
Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Local sources said that up to 41 civilians died and a further 143 were injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes on eastern Mosul neighbourhoods in support of a renewed push to capture the city from ISIL. Iraqi Spring placed the death toll at 41, while MNN said at least 30 died. In its February 2017 civilian…
Summary
Published
29 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
30–41
Civilians reported injured
143
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 December 2016
Incident Code
CI380
Location
Mosul, Ibn Al Athir Hospital, Nineveh, Iraq
مستشفى ابن الاثير
According to several sources, at least 16 civilians killed following the alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the children’s hospital in Mosul. CENTCOM confirmed the incident the same day and announced an investigation. A number of ISIL fighters were reported killed along with between five and 16 civilians when the Coalition targeted a vehicle at Ibn al-Athir…
Summary
Published
29 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–16
Civilians reported injured
7–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 December 2016
Incident Code
CI378
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Up to 20 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul according to local sources. Yaqein reported that international alliance air raids targeted the Al Faisaliah, Alqosjat and Aldndan areas in Mosul, killing 20 civilians and wounding four others. Iraqi Spring Media centre placed the death toll at 19. One victim was named…
Summary
Published
27 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
19–20
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 December 2016
Incident Code
CI377
Location
Mosul, Qudis, Nineveh, Iraq
حي القدس
Local residents told Airwars researchers that an entire family was killed following alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Qudis neighbourhood in East Mosul, in the afternoon of December 26th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, on June 9th 2017. The two witnesses, Ala Samir Ahmed and Ali Abdulrazaq, said that…
Summary
Published
26 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2016
Incident Code
CI376
Location
Al Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
البعاج
Local media and the area’s MP reported that 20 civilians were killed and 55 injured after unknown aircraft targeted Al Baaj city west of Mosul. According to Zahid Kotuna, the elected MP for the area, an unknown warplane carried out a fierce air strike on the densely populated civilian town of Baaj 140 km west…
Summary
Published
25 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2016
Incident Code
CI375
Location
Mosul, Khalid Bin Al Waleed street / Al Masrif, Nineveh, Iraq
شارع خالد بن الوليد
Seven civilians were killed in alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. ISIL-controlled Al A’amaq reported that seven people died in a US bombing at Khalid Bin Waleed Street on the eastern side of Mosul. At least three other outlets, including Al Kawaser reported identical reports, using the same language. A local source later named…
Summary
Published
20 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2016
Incident Code
CI374
Location
Mosul, Farouk and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
More than 40 civilians were reported killed or injured due to shelling inside Mosul. Naynawaalghad TV cited what it said were medical sources in Mosul, who told the outlet that 41 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of artillery fire from an unknown source. The outlet noted that residents were forced to bury…
Summary
Published
17 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 December 2016
Incident Code
CI373
Location
Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, Iraq
أحياء النور والفلاح والقدس شر
More than a dozen civilians – and possibly more than 40 – were reported killed in eastern Mosul. Yaqein reported that 15 civilians were killed by a missile on the east side of Mosul, all from the same family – though a source it cited put the death toll lower, at 12. It did not…
Summary
Published
15 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 December 2016
Incident Code
CI372
Location
Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
حي السكر
Four civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition strike on al Sukkar, survivors told the US news magazine Buzzfeed. The alliance later accepted responsibility for the incident. Buzzfeed met with survivors in mid-2017, with the outlet later sharing its incident notes with Airwars: Eyewitness told journalist Mike Giglio when he met him at his…
Summary
Published
14 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2016
Incident Code
CI371
Location
Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
حي السكر
According to local sources, up to 17 people were killed as a result of airstrikes on their homes in the Sukkar (Sugar) district, Mosul. The bodies were pulled from the rubble on January 8th, 2017. Airwars contacted the Canadian-based elder brother of the family, who provided 11 names, photos and ages of eleven victims. All…
Summary
Published
13 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–17
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Code
CI370
Location
Mosul, al Falah, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الفلاح
According to survivors, eight civilians died in a reported 2 pm following an alleged Coalition strike on Hay al Falah. Buzzfeed journalist Mike Giglio met with survivors in Mosul in early 2017. he provided this account to Airwars: Eight civilian relatives of Nawal Fathi Khala, born 1954, also known as Um Ghassan. Leg wounds to…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 December 2016
Incident Code
CI369
Location
Mosul, Noor and Ta’mim, Nineveh, Iraq
النور والتأميم
Fifteen civilians were reported killed in fighting between ISIL and Iraqi forces. Said Noor Ahmed Halbusi, a doctor at a field hospital, told Anadolu he had received 15 bodies, including seven from one family. The civilians were killed in fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIL inside Mosul it said. Yaqein reported the same figures but…
Summary
Published
11 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 December 2016
Incident Code
CI368
Location
Mosul, Falah, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الفلاح
Eight to eleven civilians – including five children and 8 members of the same family – were killed by Coalition strikes in Mosul, according to local sources. According to Iraqi Spring, eight civilians from one family, including four children and two women were killed in Coalition airstrikes in the Al-Falah neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. Several…
Summary
Published
11 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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