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Incident Date
1 September 2019
Incident Code
LC188
Location
طرابلس: مطار معيتيقة, Tripoli: Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
Between one and seven civilians were allegedly injured because of LNA artillery shelling on Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. Alwasat quoted the spokesman for the ambulance and emergency service who said one civilian was injured. 218TV reported: "Mitiga airport wass shelled with more than five rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday, with conflicting reports of injuries among…
Summary
Published
1 September 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
31 August 2019
Incident Code
LC187a
Location
مرزق, Murzuq, Murzuq, Libya
Between six and eight civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA airstrike on Murzuq. The Libya Observer reported: "The member of Murzuq municipality Mohammed Omar said a warplane for Khalifa Haftar's forces struck Saturday afternoon Murzuq in southern Libya twice. Omar told the German news agency that between six and eight people had been killed…
Summary
Published
31 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
LC186
Location
الاصابعة, Asabi'ah, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
Between four and six civilians allegedly died as a result of a Turkish or GNA airstrike on Gheryan. Afrigate reported: "Turkish air strikes brought by the Wefaq government bombed Al Asabi’a on Tuesday, the Karama [LNA] Operations Room said. The chamber added that the bombing resulted in the martyrdom of four civil servants who were…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
GNA/Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
LC187
Location
العزيزية, Aziziya, Al Jafarah, Libya
One civilian was reportedly killed in an LNA airstrike on Aziziya. Libya Alahrar TV wrote that one person was injured in the attack. The Libya Observer said: "Breaking News: A drone belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar destroys an ambulance for the field hospital in Aziziya region, south Tripoli, killing its driver." Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
LC185a
Location
الكليبة, Kalipa, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
One civilian was reportedly killed by mortar shelling in Kalipa. Tk Yahrouq Kl shy said: "A mortar falls on the house of Moftah Salem Taroum in Kalipa area which led to his death (he is father to 6 children)." The same source also posted a video showing the bodies of various people, possibly also militants…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
24 August 2019
Incident Code
LC185
Location
سوق الكريمية الاستثماري, Vicinity of Al Keramia Market, Tarabulus, Libya
Between three and four civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA or UAE airstrike on Al-Swani. The Libya Observer tweeted: "Military Source: An airstrike carried out by UAE-backed Haftar’s air force militia destroys a civilian’s car killing three family members fleeing the fighting in Swani region, south Tripoli." Hona Souq Al-Khmies also put the death…
Summary
Published
24 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2019
Incident Code
LC184
Location
مطار معيتيقة, Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was allegedly injured by indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Mitiga Airport in Tripoli. The rival GNA accused the LNA of being the culprit. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "One injured as a result of the shelling of Mitiga airport during the arrival of pilgrims this morning." Other sources, such as Marsad, only reported shelling…
Summary
Published
24 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
20 August 2019
Incident Code
USSOM244
Location
Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
The United States reported conducting an airstrike against al Shabaab in the vicinity of Qunyo Barrow on August 20th, which it asserted had "killed one (1) terrorist." According to a press release issued on the same day, "In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab terrorist…
Summary
Published
20 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
16 August 2019
Incident Code
LC183
Location
Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
Two civilians were reportedly injured by LNA shelling on Mitiga Airport in Tripoli. The Facebook page of the Burkan Al Ghadab operation by the rival GNA said: "During the last few hours, the militia of the war criminal Hifter targeted the employees of the Libyan Company for Handling and Ground Services at Mitiga International Airport…
Summary
Published
16 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
15 August 2019
Incident Code
LC182
Location
مطار معيتيقة, Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was allegedly killed in an LNA artillery strike on Mitiga Airport in Tripoli. Akhbar Libya wrote that "one person is reported to have been killed by shells at Mitiga airport." Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Security source to Al Ahrar: one person killed and another injured by the targeting of Mitiga International Airport with…
Summary
Published
15 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
14 August 2019
Incident Code
LC181
Location
العزيزية, Aziziya, Al Jafarah, Libya
Six civilians were allegedly injured in an LNA airstrike on Aziziya. According to the Washington Post, "at least four medical staff" were injured. The Libya Observer wrote: "Haftar's forces also hit, using a UAE drone, a field hospital in Aziziya in southern Tripoli, leaving behind injuries among both medical staffers and civilians. According to the…
Summary
Published
14 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
11 August 2019
Incident Code
LC180
Location
سوق الجمعة, Souq Al Jumaa, Tarabulus, Libya
Three people were reportedly injured by LNA artillery shelling on the Souq Al Jumaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. Libya Alahrar TV wrote: "3 civilians were injured due to shells falling on a residential neighbourhood in Souq Al Jumaa area in Tripoli" February TV also said three civilians were injured and blamed the LNA for the shelling.…
Summary
Published
11 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
10 August 2019
Incident Code
LC179
Location
السدادة, As Saddadah, Misrata, Libya
One civilian was killed and five more allegedly injured in an LNA airstrike on As Saddadah. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "One person is killed and 5 others were injured near the great man-made river south of As Saddadah due to the bombing of Hafter Air Force on the administrative headquarters of the company." In another…
Summary
Published
10 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 August 2019
Incident Code
LC178a
Location
بندلوة, مرزق, Bendalwah, Murzuq, Murzuq, Libya
Two civilians were allegedly killed and four children injured by a mortar shell in Murzuq. OCHA reported: "On 8 August, a mortar landed on a house hosting IDPs in the Bendalwah neighborhood resulting in injuries among four children between 2 and 7 years-old and the death of two siblings." Other sources picked up on the…
Summary
Published
8 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
5 August 2019
Incident Code
LC178
Location
اربع شوارع الحافلة المحروقة, Vicinity of the Burnt Bus Junction, Surt, Libya
Two civilians were allegedly killed in a Turkish airstrike near Sirte. Lana News wrote: "Two people were killed and a child was wounded by a Turkish warplane that supported the Al-Wifaq militia, which targeted a Sirte truck and another civilian vehicle near the city of Sirte. Medical sources at Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte said…
Summary
Published
5 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
GNA/Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2019
Incident Code
USSOM243
Location
Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia
Local reports - including by the former head of Somalia's national intelligence service - said that a senior al Shabaab figure was killed in Salagle. According to Mareeg, "al-Shabaab's chief of security, Sheikh Jafar Ali Mohamud, and a few other members were killed" in an event at Salagle. Other actions were reported at nearby Sakow…
Summary
Published
5 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
4–5 August, 2019
Incident Code
LC177
Location
القلعة, Al Qala, Murzuq, Libya
At least 42 civilians were reportedly killed in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on Murzuq in one of the biggest civilian harm events in Libya since 2011. Al Jazeera said: "At least 42 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an air raid in southern Libya, an official said, as the United-Nations recognised government…
Summary
Published
4 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
42–45
Civilians reported injured
51–60
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2019
Incident Code
LC176
Location
لمدرسة المهدي بن بركة, Al Mahdi Bin Barka School, Tarabulus, Libya
Various sources reported indiscriminate shelling on the Al Hadaba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli damaging several houses. One source reported injured civilians. February TV said: "Operation Volcano of Anger: 3 citizens were injured in the Hadra al-Badri area after a shell hit the Haftar militia on their house." Other sources only reported damage to residential…
Summary
Published
1 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
31 July 2019
Incident Code
LC175
Location
بو غيلان, Bu Gheilan, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
One civilian was reportedly injured in an LNA airstrike on Bu Gheilan near Gheryan. The Libya Observer said: "A medical source at the Gheryan Central Teaching Hospital reported that a wounded man arrived at the hospital after warplane of Khalifa Haftar bombed the city on Tuesday." Ean Libya tweeted: "One civilian injured and a number…
Summary
Published
31 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
29 July 2019
Incident Code
LC174a
Location
طرابلس: مدرسة ابي الاشهر, Tajoura: Abu Al Ashur School, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reportedly injured by indiscrimante artillery shelling on Tajoura. An Amnesty International field investigation said: "A 22-year-old man, Abdelrahman Adel Abi al-Ashhar, was injured when a rocket struck a school located near the eastern perimeters of Mitiga airport, on the evening of 29 July 2019. He told Amnesty International: “I was standing in…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
29–30 July, 2019
Incident Code
LC174
Location
سوق الجمعة, Souq Al Jumaa, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reportedly killed in an LNA artillery strike on the Souq Al Jumaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "One person was killed by a Grad rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in the Souq Al Jumaa area in Tripoli." An Amnesty International investigation later found: "Anwar Mabrouk Mlitan, a 50-year-old carpenter…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
29–30 July, 2019
Incident Code
USSOM241
Location
Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia
According to Voice of America correspondent Harun Maruf, two airstrikes by an unknown party struck al Shabaab targets in southern Somalia. According to Maruf's initial tweet, "A strike in Jamame area reportedly hit a graduation ceremony of new recruits for Jaysh Ayman, the Al-Shabaab unit that operates in Kenya." The other strike allegedly targeted Buaale.…
Summary
Published
29 July 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
29 July 2019
Incident Code
USSOM242
Location
Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia
According to Voice of America correspondent Harun Maruf, two airstrikes by an unknown party struck al Shabaab targets in southern Somalia. One unsuccesfully targeted a 'senior ISIS figure' near Buaale. According to Maruf’s tweet, “There are reports of 2 new airstrikes in S. Somalia overnight. A strike in Jamame area reportedly hit a graduation ceremony…
Summary
Published
29 July 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
27 July 2019
Incident Code
LC172
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya
Between four and five civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA airstrike on a hospital in the south of Tripoli. Al Wasat and 218 TV said four people were killed and named the victims. Al Jazeera wrote: "An air attack by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar near the Libyan capital killed five…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
LC173
Location
الهضبة البدري, Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and three civilians were reported killed resulting from indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Al Hadba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Libya Observer reported: "The National Safety Authority says two people died as a result of a shell falling on their home in Al Hadaba Al Badri area south of Tripoli." Libya Al…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
USSOM240
Location
Golis Mountains, Noogal, Somalia
The US military conducted a fresh airstrike on so-called Islamic State in Somaliland, reporting the next day that they had killed one senior member of the terrorist group in the Golis Mountains region. "At this time, it is assessed the airstrike killed one (1) terrorist who played a key role in facilitation for the group,…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 July 2019
Incident Code
LC171
Location
سيدي السايح, Sidi as Sa'is, Tarabulus, Libya
A woman and her child were allegedly injured in a GNA airstrike on Sidi as Sa'is. Tripoli Al Izz reported: "The bombing of a military aircraft belonging to the GNA, hit a civilian house in the area of Sidi as Sa'is yesterday night, and wounded a child and a woman." Tarhuna 24 said: "GNA airstrikes…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
22 July 2019
Incident Code
LC170
Location
سوق الجمعة, Souq Al Jumaa, Tarabulus, Libya
Up to three children were allegedly killed because of indiscriminate shelling on the Souq Al Jumaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Libya Observer initially reported no civilian harm: "At least three mortar shells landed on civilian houses near the international airport of Tripoli, without reports of human casualties so far." Hona Souq Al-Khmies Emsihel said three…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
22 July 2019
Incident Code
LC169
Location
مدرسة المرازيق, Outside of Al Marazeeq school, Tarabulus, Libya
Four civilians were reportedly killed in Qasr Bin Gashir when a GNA airstrike hit their car. Address Libya wrote: "A military plane belonging to the Misurata Air Force College on Monday bombed a civilian car in Al Marazeeq area south of Qasr Ben Gashir, killing one of them. According to eyewitnesses, the car was carrying…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
19 July 2019
Incident Code
USSOM237b-C
Location
Shanta Baraako, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Two civilian were reported killed by US ground troops near Shanta Baraako in an apparent distortion of an In These Times investigation. AFRICOM later discounted the allegation. The In These Times report alleged that Waliyo Cali Qaasim and Abdikadir Ali were killed by Danab special forces in a counter-terrorism operation. In a post in the…
Summary
Published
12 July 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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