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Incident Date
4 November 2014
Incident Code
CI014
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged coalition airstrike reportedly hit a market at Al Qaim in western Anbar, killing at least 3 people and injuring up to 35. Two of the victims were named as as Mohamed Ahmed and Ahmed Munir Khitab. Significant damage was reported at the scene. However, the coalition denies carrying out any airstrike in the…
Summary
Published
4 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–15
Civilians reported injured
14–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 November 2014
Incident Code
CS018
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify…
Summary
Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 November 2014
Incident Code
CI015
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Witnesses from Al-Qaim alleged that coalition airstrikes targeted a civilian house at midnight, killing a father and his three children and leaving the wife with severe injuries. The man’s name was given as Mohammed Hammad Alhialy. This may or may not be related to an incident cited by the United Nations in its quarterly report…
Summary
Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2014
Incident Code
CS019
Location
حارم, Harim, Idlib, Syria
Six months after US air raids had targeted the Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front) and the militant group Ahrar al-Sham, the Coalition conceded that two children had “likely” died in the attack – the first public concession of any civilian deaths after 4,000 airstrikes against ISIS over nine months. The November 5th US-only…
Summary
Published
6 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2014
Incident Code
CS020
Location
موقة, Muqah, Idlib, Syria
The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that up to four unnamed children under the age of 10 died in a coalition airstrike on Mouka – described as one girl and two or three boys. In contrast, the VDC lists three unidentified bodies (two adult males and one female child) noting that they were “Martyred due to…
Summary
Published
6 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS021
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five civilian men were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition strike on the city of Dayr az Zawr. They were named by the VDC.
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS022
Location
سعلو, Sillu, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two non-combatant males were reported killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Sa’alo.
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS023
Location
near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In its January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near At-Tanak is currently being assessed: “#1 Nov. 7, 2014 near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria via regional human rights organization report.” Further research by our Syria team indicated that this incident was in fact previously known to Airwars, but had…
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2014
Incident Code
CS024
Location
الخريطة, Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.
Summary
Published
8 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS026
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
According to some sources, a civilian man was killed alongside two militants in an alleged coalition airstrike on Islamic State’s headquarters town of Ar Raqqah. The slain civilian was identified as a resident of Ma’ar Shoureen in Idlib. Two ‘Daesh militants’ were reportedly killed with him, one named as Mohammad Said Al Kaddour Nasser. In contrast,…
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS027
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A number of sources cited SN4HR (in a report now lost) as claiming that two unnamed civilian males and one ISIL militant were killed in a coalition airstrike at Manbij, near Aleppo.
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS028
Location
الشنان, Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from…
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 November 2014
Incident Code
CI016
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Jawsag, Nineveh, Iraq
Iraqi 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.
Summary
Published
12 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2014
Incident Code
CS029
Location
الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilian males were reportedly killed in an alleged coalition airstrike on the city of Al Hassakah, according to a single source.
Summary
Published
13 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2014
Incident Code
CS030
Location
Deir Ez Zor Oil Collection Point, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An internal Coalition report noted that civilians may have been killed near an oil collection point in Deir Ez Zor. The Coalition assessed the incident as non-credible: “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ. 13 Nov 2014: Review could not determine that…
Summary
Published
13 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 November 2014
Incident Code
CI017
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple civilians were reported killed as a result of air raids launched by the coalition south of Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency cited forensic sources as saying that 16 people, including six women and children, were killed. Other media reported that up to “22 Daesh militants” were also killed in coalition airstrikes in the…
Summary
Published
17 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI018
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The FBI informed CENTCOM internally on November 21st 2014 that a source had alleged the deaths of “41 Yezidi captive females killed in a strike on a named OBJ IVO [objective in the vicinity of] Mosul.” The closest strike, number 999, was identified by CENTCOM as having taken place some 3.2km from the site of…
Summary
Published
19 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
41
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 November 2014
Incident Code
CI019
Location
يت, Hit, hospital and Zohour, Al Anbar, Iraq
Multiple airstrikes reportedly targeted Hit, allegedly leading to significant civilian casualties. News agency Herak reported one eyewitness as saying that five airstrikes had struck the city: “The first targeted outside a hospital building, and the other targeted a house near the mosque. A further air strike targeted a house in the Qadisiyah district, leading to…
Summary
Published
22 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
9–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 November 2014
Incident Code
CS031
Location
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
There were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later…
Summary
Published
25 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2014
Incident Code
CS032
Location
المريعية, Marbaʼīyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilian males, both residents of the village of Al-Mrey’iya, were reported by SOHR to have been killed in a coalition airstrike. They were named as Hassan Al Ali Al Zahiya and Moyyed Mohammad Al Assaf. The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, Freedoms and Human Rights also named the two men as civilians –…
Summary
Published
2 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI020
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Up to 9 civilians were reported killed and 32 injured in what NINA described as a “coalition airstrike” on people queuing for fuel in the city. On the following day Al Jazeera, Rudaw, NINA and Mobtaba all described attacks on the districts of “Al Jolan north of the city, Nizal in the centre of the…
Summary
Published
9 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
32
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 December 2014
Incident Code
CS033
Location
مسكنة, Jirah Military Airbase, al Maskana, Aleppo, Syria
A shepherd boy aged 10, 14 or 15, and named as Muhammad Qasim (or sometimes Mohammed Abd al Kareem), was reportedly killed in a coalition airstrike on a nearby Islamic State military base. An investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later concluded: “Around 2:45 in the afternoon an international alliance warplane raided over…
Summary
Published
11 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2014
Incident Code
CS034
Location
كشيش, Kashish, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two unnamed civilian males were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Kashish,
Summary
Published
12 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI021
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded…
Summary
Published
13 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI022
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not…
Summary
Published
16 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2014
Incident Code
CI023
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and…
Summary
Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2014
Incident Code
CS035
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilian men were reported killed in an event near the town of Al Bab, after a US aircraft dropped a 500lb bomb on a fleeing ISIL suspect. They were later named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. Social media also reported civilian deaths, with one tweet noting: “At least two civilians martyred in the…
Summary
Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2014
Incident Code
CS036
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor: Ziban street, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Syrian Martyrs and other monitoring sites listed three civilian males as being the victims of a coalition strike. They were named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. All three men were listed as residents of Dayr az Zawr, and as having been killed in Ziban Street (شارع زيبان) in the city
Summary
Published
23 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2014
Incident Code
CI024
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, two civilians were reported as having been possibly killed by a Dutch airstrike on December 26th, after motorbikes strayed into the kill zone during an attack on Fallujah. According to an internal CENTCOM document, it was self-reported the following day that “while conducting dynamic coalition airstrikes on…
Summary
Published
25 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 December 2014
Incident Code
CI025
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.
Summary
Published
26 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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