Civilian Casualties

Incident Date

14 March 2017

Incident Code

CI541

Location

باب سنجار, Mosul, Bab Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

There was a single claim that ‘dozens’ of civilians were killed or injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly struck the emergency building at the general hospital in Bab Sinjar, in West Mosul.

Summary

Published

14 March 2017

Civilians reported killed

12–24

Civilians reported injured

12–24

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI132

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Um Al Theban, Nineveh, Iraq

Eleven civilians were reportedly killed at Um Al Theban while crossing between Syria and Iraq, in what was claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. The incident is presently poorly reported. In its July 2017 report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of having conducted no strikes in the vicinity: “Nov. 2,…

Summary

Published

2 November 2015

Civilians reported killed

11

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

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Incident Date

25 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0078

Location

الشيخ بركة, Sheikh Barakeh, Idlib, Syria

According to the Syrian Observatory, “suspected Russian warplanes attacked the village of al-Sheikh Barakah in the township of Sinjar in the eastern countryside of Idlib, killing a woman and [her] two children while other civilians were seriously wounded.” A third child died a fews days later of her injuries. The centre of the village was…

Summary

Published

25 October 2015

Civilians reported killed

4

Civilians reported injured

20

Military Actor

Russian Military

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Incident Date

24 September 2015

Incident Code

CI111

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

In a previously unknown incident, the US confirmed in January 2016 that its aircraft had killed two civilians in a strike at Sinjar four months earlier. According to CENTCOM, “On Sept. 24, 2015, near Sinjar, Iraq, during strikes against an ISIL vehicle, it was assessed two civilians were killed. An assessed enemy combatant on a…

Summary

Published

24 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

1

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI096

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

The monitoring site Iraq Body Count reported seven civilians killed at Sinjar. While these were described as Daesh fighters in reports, IBC classifies all those aged under 18 as children. At least one of those killed in the alleged airstrike was described as aged 15. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the…

Summary

Published

24 August 2015

Civilians reported killed

1–7

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

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Incident Date

14 September 2014

Incident Code

CI005

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike in “northern Iraq.” The only location for this date which matches is Sinjar. The incident was not previously tracked by Airwars. According to a declassified CENTCOM document, “A review of FMV from a RECOIL feed revealed unknown individuals moving into a target area…

Summary

Published

14 September 2014

Civilians reported killed

2

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

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Incident Date

16 August 2014

Incident Code

CI001

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

According to the German news agency DPA, the first known civilian victims of US bombing in the campaign occurred on August 16th, eight days into the air war. According to DPA, witnesses informed the agency’s reporter that “11 civilian were killed by a US airstrike when they chased [ISIL] fighters in Sinjar but its rockets…

Summary

Published

16 August 2014

Civilians reported killed

11

Military Actor

U.S.-led Coalition

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