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Incident Date
29 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr196
Location
البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no…
Summary
Published
29 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr195
Location
البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no…
Summary
Published
29 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr194
Location
حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America - one of six declared strikes that month. One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that "three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda…
Summary
Published
28 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3603
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that four civilians including a woman were wounded when a cluster bomb that was dropped in a previous strike (the date unknown) exploded in Ma'aret al-Nu'man on March 28th. Sources were conflicted on whether the cluster bomb had originally been dropped by regime or Russian forces.
Summary
Published
28 March 2019
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3604
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
One woman was injured in an alleged regime or Russian artillery strike on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. On March 28th, the Syrian Observatory said "that it had monitored more violations in the areas of the Russian-Turkish truce and surrounding areas" It added that it had "monitored intensive bombardment by regime forces with more than…
Summary
Published
28 March 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3602
Location
اللطامنة, Al-Lataminah, Hama, Syria
One adult male civilian was wounded in alleged regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al-Lataminah, according to local media. The Smart News Agency, citing activists as its source, reported: "A civilian was wounded as a result of artillery shelling on the town of Al-Lataminah, north of Hama, the source of the Russian forces camp in…
Summary
Published
27 March 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27–28 March, 2019
Incident Code
ISSY-270319
Location
الشيخ نجار وقرب مطار حلب الدولي, Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport, Aleppo, Syria
Between seven and 10 belligerents, specifically member of the Iranian forces and their loyal militias, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Israeli strikes on Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport around midnight between March 27/28, 2019. Euphrates Post reported "Israeli planes targeted midnight on Wednesday with violent raids in the vicinity of…
Summary
Published
27 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
7–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
26 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr193
Location
البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 26th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all March 2019 strikes targeted AQAP. There were no other known local reports of a strike on that day according to our Arabic-language researchers,…
Summary
Published
26 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr190
Location
معسكر الحازمية السلفي, Salafiya Al Hazmiya Camp, Al Bayda, Yemen
A number of US drone strikes reportedly targeted pro-government fighters in Hazmiya district in Bayda governorate, on March 25th 2019, killing at least five and injuring eight others. A few sources instead indicated that a UAE drone had conducted the strikes, and one suggested that a Houthi ballistic missile was responsible for reported casualties. Though…
Summary
Published
25 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr192
Location
البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,…
Summary
Published
25 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr191
Location
البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen
A confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,…
Summary
Published
25 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 March 2019
Incident Code
CI878
Location
الرطبة, Rutba, Al Anbar, Iraq
A girl was reported killed and a man injured when an airstrike was carried on a house in Al-Oudan district, north of Rutba, Anbar province, Iraq. The airstrikes were believed to be carried out by American forces. The other members of the family were reportedly arrested but the reason remains unknown. In July 2019 the…
Summary
Published
24 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 March 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr189
Location
مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen
A single local-language Twitter source, @wn4YYsr1zvokcHx, asserted that a US drone strike had killed seven AQAP militants travelling to Shabwa, on March 22nd 2019. No other known sources reported the strike, and there was no known indication of civilian harm. In a later press release and in comments to New America, US Central Command stated…
Summary
Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
22 March 2019
Incident Code
USSOM210
Location
Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia
A reported precision airstrike by an unidentified aircraft at Buaale, Middle Juba was said to have killed up to 50 fighters with local Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab - along with a named senior leader. The event was first reported by Kenyan media - though reports did not identify which nation had conducted the alleged…
Summary
Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
40–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
22 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3601
Location
كفريا والفوعة, Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident on March 22, 2019, which several sources referred to as a "massacre", up to 28 civilians died and as many as 30 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on the towns of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched "more than 15 successive…
Summary
Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Commerce
(
Market
),
Agriculture
,
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
9–28
Civilians reported injured
20–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
CS1915
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al-Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that a family of five including three children were killed in alleged Coalition bombing in Al-Baghouz camp days several days before March 20th. The exact date they were killed remains unknown. Ahmad Abd Al Rzzaq said: "My cousin Louay Abdel Wahab Al-Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah and his wife Nadra Abdul Aziz Al Thabet…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
RS3599
Location
الفقيع, Al-Faqee, Idlib, Syria
The children Mariam, Fatima, Abdullah and Islam al Mer'e, IDP's from Al Traimsa village in Hama, were killed alongside their father Ismail while their mother was injured, along with five others in what was believed to be a Russian airstrike on a house in al-Faqee in Idlib, according to local media. The airstrike was reportedly…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
RS3598
Location
قرية بسيدا, Bsida village, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that six Russian aircrafts carried out airstrikes on a number of villages in rural Idlib including Bsida village. One woman was reported injured in this particular village, while an airstrike on Al Faqee caused a number of fatalities and wounded civilians that Airwars documented in assessment R3397.
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1914
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz , Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported the death of the young woman "Alaa Mahmoud Al-Shakran" displaced from the city of Palmyra, as a result of alleged Coalition on the town of Al-Baghouz on March 20th. According to a post by Revo.palmyra3, this brings the number of fatalities to four civilians displaced from Palmyra including two women and one…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2019
Incident Code
CI878a
Location
Anbar, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another near Anbar, Iraq. This was later confirmed to be a US action. As CJTFOIR's June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: "Coalition forces engaged in a small arms fire event. Regrettably, one civilian was…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3600
Location
بلدات متعددة في ريف إدلب, Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that Russian warplanes carried out strikes on a number of towns and villages in Idlib on March 20th and 21st, resulting in the death of up to five civilians. According to the Step News Agency, "Russia launched several air raids on the towns of Sheikh Mustafa and Basida and the outskirts of…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1916
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two local sources reported that two named civilians - Shaimaa Walid Al Turki and Rahaf Darwish - died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died "as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft". Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that…
Summary
Published
19 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3289
Location
زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
An unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed or wounded in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the city of Zamalka on March 19th, 2018, according to local sources. @SYR_REV_NEWS reported "martyrs and wounded civilians as a result of warplanes raids with vacuum missiles on the cities and towns of Zamalka,…
Summary
Published
19 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2019
Incident Code
USSOM209-C
Location
Laantabuur or Abdow Dibile, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Up to four civilians were killed in a US strike in the Lower Shabelle region, international media and investigating NGOs reported from the ground, though US Africa Command claimed that the strike had only killed three "terrorists." It later again officially denied causing any civilian casualties. Initially, allegations of civilian harm came from a Reuters…
Summary
Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18–19 March, 2019
Incident Code
CS1912
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant "massacre" in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to killing…
Summary
Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–300
Civilians reported injured
8
Military actors reported killed
16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1911
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by "French artillery and SDF militia" which targeted…
Summary
Published
17 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15–16 March, 2019
Incident Code
USSOM208
Location
Jilib Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A Mareeg Media report from March 16th 2019 asserted that US-backed Somali forces had carried out an "air and ground operation" near Marka Town in Jilib Marka, 91km southwest of Mogadishu. Citing anonymous Somali military officials, Mareeg said that "at least" 22 "militants" were killed in the operation, including 'senior al Shabaab commanders' Abu Yasin…
Summary
Published
16 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
,
Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
16 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1910
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that several Coalition airstrikes struck Al Baghouz on March 16th. According to Step News Agency and Marsad Al Hasaka, the airstrikes struck the town, whereas government-affiliated news outlet SANA reported the airstrikes struck Al-Baghouz camp. Step News reported that clashes broke out between ISIS and "the militia" in the vicinity of the…
Summary
Published
16 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1909
Location
الباغوز, Al-Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
During intensive air raids, a farm in Al-Baghouz was struck by air- and artillery fire on the outskirts of Al-Baghouz town. Step News was the only source that reported over 20 civilians were killed in the strike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces while all other sources…
Summary
Published
14 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
USSOM207
Location
Malayle, between Bar Sanguni and Jamame, Lower Juba, Somalia
US Africa Command stated in a press release issued the following day that it carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Malayle, Lower Juba region on March 13th 2019. AFRICOM stated unusually that it had carried out "a collective self-defense airstrike," explaining that "Somali National Security Forces (SNSF) were conducting a presence patrol in…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Airstrike and/or Artillery
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
,
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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