Incident date
July 2, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, IraqOne woman died and others were injured after a suspected Coalition airstrike destroyed a house. As Associated Press reported: “Iraqi forces have repeatedly requested airstrikes in Mosul, often to kill teams of just two or three IS fighters armed with light weapons. Manhal Munir was sheltering in the basement of his home with his extended
Summary
Incident date
April 22, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Bareed, Nineveh, IraqAt least four civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on the Bareed quarter of Mosul. A home was completely destroyed in the event, killing four members of one family. One report also named a fifth family member, a young disabled girl named Sadra (cousin to Abdullah) as being killed. However as the Fiscal Times noted,
Summary
Incident date
February 18, 2016
LOCATION
الفتحة, Fatha, Nineveh, IraqFour civilians were reported killed and two injured during an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Fatha north of Mosul according to Al Araby, which said the bodies were transfered to a local morgue. No additional information is presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they
Summary
Incident date
June 2, 2017
LOCATION
ِعنة, Anah, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources reported that an elderly man was killed and his son and another woman were severely injured as a result of airstrikes hitting their houses in Anah district, in the west of Anbar province. According to several Facebook posts, the elderly man was called Hajj Juma al-Abd. He reportedly died when shelling on a
Summary
Incident date
March 30, 2017
LOCATION
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, IraqAl Jazeera reported that four civilians were killed and three were injured after mortars hit residential houses in Bab Lakash neighbourhood in Old Mosul. Sources did not say who was responsible for the mortar shelling, though Al Jazeera noted that the Bab Laksh district had faced “several days of armed confrontations by Iraqi forces trying
Summary
Incident date
October 26, 2016
LOCATION
بعشيقة, Bashiqa, Nineveh, IraqAn Iraq-based journalist told Airwars he had been informed by a peshmerga contact of four civilian deaths near Bashiqa. According to the reporter, A peshmerga called me and said he saw three wounded and four were crushed to death when their house was hit by either a missile or a bomb. Anadolu reported a military
Summary
Incident date
February 8, 2017
LOCATION
قصر المطران, Mosul, Qasr al-Mataraan, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that four children, all from the same family, were killed and their parents seriously injured after unspecified airstrikes allegedly targeted their house in the Qasr al-Mataraan or “Bishop Palace” area at the right side of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center spoke of three children killed, while Ajel Al Mosul put the death
Summary
Incident date
September 20, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA US airstrike on an ‘ISIS headquarters’ in Mosul in fact killed four members of one family – named as university professor Mohannad Al Rezzo (pictured below); his 18-year old son Najib Mohannad Al Rezzo (pictured below); his brother Bassim’s wife Miyada Rezzo and their 21-year old daughter Tuka Rezzo. The Coalition admitted the deaths
Summary
Incident date
July 3, 2017
LOCATION
دگة بركة, Mosul, Dakat Barka, Nineveh, IraqA local monitor reported the deaths of four named civilians after their home in Dakkat Barka was shelled by an unknown source. Mosul Ateka reported “The death of Mus’ab Talal al-Qasab (the son of Mukhtar Daga Baraka), his son, his sister and his sister’s daughter. Their bodies are still under the rubble, while the rest
Summary
Incident date
August 30, 2015
LOCATION
أربيل, Near Irbil, Erbil, IraqThree or four possible civilians were reported killed in an airstrike in northern Iraq, carried out by two Danish F-16s which each dropped a 500lb GBU-12 bomb. The possible error was discovered after a Danish review of cockpit video: “In some parts of the footage showing four people and a vehicle, there were acts being
Summary
Incident date
October 31, 2015
LOCATION
المحلبية, Mahalabiya, Nineveh, IraqFour people from one family were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike, after missiles hit a civilian home. While a number of outlets reported the incident there are no more details presently available. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this
Summary
Incident date
February 7, 2018
LOCATION
المخيسة, Al Mikhisa village, Diyala, IraqThere were reports that two civilians were killed and two injured by airstrikes in Al Mikhisa village, east of the Abu Sayda district. Local sources told Airwars that two of the deceased civilians may have been farmers. All reports mentioned that airstrikes targeted the “orchards” or “the farms” in the village. None however provided any
Summary
Incident date
July 29, 2015
LOCATION
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources reported that four non-combatants were killed and six injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ar Rutbah. According to Iraqi Revolution, “the alliance bombed Rutba in the morning, leading to the martyrdom and wounding of 10 civilians.” Iraq Body Count, citing Xinhua [source now lost], said that four civilian fatalities had been reported
Summary
Incident date
October 9, 2015
LOCATION
كبيسة, Kabaisa, Al Anbar, IraqA single source alleged that a Coalition strike at Kabisa City near Hit in Anbar had killed four civilians. A Coalition report issued in December 2016 noted: “After a thorough review of the facts and circumstances of each alleged civilian casualty report, CJTF-OIR assessed that the following 12 reports received in October are non-credible. Non-credible
Summary
Incident date
December 9, 2015
LOCATION
الشركة, Ramadi, Sharika, Al Anbar, IraqFour civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged Coalition or Iraqi strike on the centre of Ramadi. According to FaceIraq, the source of the claim appeared to be Sputnik News, which itself reproted that “According to Iraqi security sources, who asked not to be named, a Coalition strike on the ‘Company’ area
Summary
Incident date
May 11, 2017
LOCATION
17 تموز, Mosul, Tammuz / July 17th, Nineveh, IraqA local report said that a family was killed in shelling in the Tammuz neighborhood of western Mosul. Ninawa Media Center reported that a father, son and the son’s daughter were all killed by shelling in Tammuz. As the report noted, “My dear brother, a random bombardment of July near the Mufti Mosque claimed the
Summary
Incident date
September 5, 2014
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Houses neighboring the Turkish Consulate, Nineveh, IraqSources in the city claimed that an airstrike carried out at approximately 10pm in the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Mosul had killed Ridwan Akram, his wife and their child. According to a commemorative Facebook page, the family had only recently returned after three months in Turkey when they died. While a number of
Summary
Incident date
November 29, 2016
LOCATION
Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Mosul. Their January 2017 civilian casualty report noted “During a strike on ISIL fighters it is assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered the target area just prior to the munition’s impact.” This incident may
Summary
Incident date
November 13, 2016
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, East, Nineveh, IraqA father told the Norwegian Refugee Council that 3 family members were killed and mother and 2 children were badly burnt when their home in Eastern Mosul was shelled. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Incident date
May 7, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, IraqOne report on social media said that an ISIS member named Ali Ubaid ‘Issa Dagher (Abujrajis) was killed with his “entire family” including his mother in an airstrike. It is presently unclear in which West Mosul neighbourhood the strike occurred. No further details are presently known.
Summary
Incident date
February 13, 2016
LOCATION
المحلبية, Mahalabiya, Nineveh, IraqThree children reportedly died in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Mahalabiya, to the west of Mosul. An anonymous source cited by Face Iraq complained that there was “constant indiscriminate shelling on the villages and areas of the city of Mosul, under the pretext of the presence of criminal elements from Daesh.” In
Summary
Incident date
March 23, 2017
LOCATION
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, IraqLocal medical sources reportedly claimed that three employees at a Mosul hospital in Shifa neighbourhood were killed when a missile hit the hospital. Shafaaq reported that “A medical source told Ashqaf News that a mortar landed near the first aid hall in the hospital, killing three medical personnel and damaging the hospital.” Another local blog
Summary
Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
17 تموز, Mosul, 17 July, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that three named family members were killed and their daughter injured on the morning of April 8th, after an airstrike reportedly struck their house in West Mosul. They also reported a “number of wounded”. Yaqein said a “wrong” Coalition airstrike killed three and wounded two of the same family in West Mosul
Summary
Incident date
May 11, 2017
LOCATION
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, IraqResidents of West Mosul and local press sources reported that a named civilian – Khaled Nafie Hassan – was killed by mortar shelling on his house in Rifai neighbourhood, West Mosul. He used to work as a health worker/ nurse. It is unclear who was responsible for the raids. Moreover, Ahrar Ninawa (local Facebook group)
Summary
Incident date
August 18, 2017
LOCATION
Akashat, Al Anbar, IraqLocal press and other sources reported on the death of three civilians, all from the same family, in airstrikes on Al Rutba, 420 km west of Baghdad. According to Amad Al-Dulaimi, the mayor of Ar Rutba, the family was killed following a bomb dropped by an unknown aircraft. Sahafaty News also quoted the mayor who
Summary
Incident date
October 18, 2016
LOCATION
حمام العليل, Hamam al Alil, Nineveh, IraqOn the second day of the offensive to recapture Mosul, Coalition strikes reportedly damaged a medical center in the south of the city leaving several dead, including at least three children. Al Rafidain Network for Human Rights reported that “American” bombings targeted a health center in Hamam al-Alil, south of Mosul. Ahmed Mashal posted that
Summary
Incident date
February 14, 2017
LOCATION
قصر المطران, Mosul, Qasr al-Mataraan, Nineveh, IraqA local source said that three sisters were killed and their mother seriously injured after airstrikes destroyed their house neighbouring an ISIL position in Qasr al-Mataraan (Bishop Palace) area at the right side of Mosul. Urgent Mosul news reported that the raids had targeted and killed ISIL members, yet had also killed the three sisters.
Summary
Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqLocal 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
Incident date
March 29, 2017
LOCATION
دكة بركة, Mosul, Dakat Baraka, Nineveh, IraqCity reports including MNN said that Mohamed Ismail Younis, a local swimming coach, was killed by mortar fire along with two more civilians. Shafaaq said that the mortar hit his home in the Dakat Baraka neighbourhood. The sources did not say who carried out the shelling, though said that Mr Younis and two others died.
Summary
Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident,