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Incident Date

27 July 2017

Incident Code

CI815

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Residents and press sources said that 13 civilians were killed and others injured by alleged Coalition airstrikes which reportedly targeted houses in the Qaim district, west of Anbar. Yaqein reported: Coalition aircraft bombed areas in the city of Qaim (350 km west of Ramadi), causing extensive damage, a press source said in a statement. The…

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27 July 2017
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Incident Date

27 July 2017

Incident Code

CI814

Location

Tarmiyah, al Baghdadi, Baghdad, Iraq
الطارمية
According to many sources, up to six civilians died and others reported injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Tarmiyah North in Baghdad. Sources said that a drone strike targeted the home of Tarmiyah council member Jameel Al Shermeet and a gathering of young people at the Narjes restaurant at 10.25pm. The source revealed 6 victim names and…

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27 July 2017
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Incident Date

22 July 2017

Incident Code

LQ053

Location

Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya
Various local sources reported an LNA MiG-23 bombing various locations in Derna, including Hajaj, Al-Fatayih and the Hossein neighbourhood. Emhona 99’s Twitter feed carried pictures of what it said was a civilian farmhouse damaged in the strike. And Libya News noted: “News reports close to the Karama operation said the bombing targeted what it described…

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22 July 2017
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Incident Date

16 July 2017

Incident Code

LQ052

Location

Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, Libya
Egyptian airstrikes targeted 15 vehicles reportedly loaded with weapons near the border with Libya as they attempted to enter Egypt. According to Egyptian military sources cited by Libya’s Channel, “Egyptian armed forces have carried out military operations during the twenty-four last hour, building intelligence information, according to the gathering of a number of criminal elements…

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16 July 2017
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Incident Date

15 July 2017

Incident Code

CI812

Location

Al Maydan, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
الميدان
A number of local sources reported that 300 civilians were killed and 400 more were wounded – said to be mostly women and children – following alleged Coalition and Iraqi government airstrikes in the Al Maydan neighbourhood of Mosul. All four sources who reported the deaths alleged that both the Coalition and the Iraqi government…

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15 July 2017
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Incident Date

15 July 2017

Incident Code

CI813

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Local sources reported that 13 civilians were killed in addition to 8 ISIL fighters following alleged Coalition airstrikes on residential areas within the district of Al Qa’im in western Anbar Province, next to the Iraqi-Syrian border. All three sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details were available.

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15 July 2017
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Incident Date

14 July 2017

Incident Code

CI811

Location

Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of ten civilians in an event in the Nabi Jaris neighbourhood of Old Mosul. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS tunnel system, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed." Coordinates supplied by…

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14 July 2017
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Incident Date

13 July 2017

Incident Code

CI810

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
A civilian Yazidi woman was reportedly killed following the bombardment of areas within Old Mosul. However, it was not immediately clear who was responsible. The victim from the village of Kuju and she is a sister of Catherine. Previously kidnapped by ISIS. Abather Altamimi reported that the woman was killed during shelling of the last…

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13 July 2017
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Incident Date

12 July 2017

Incident Code

CI809

Location

Al Qaliat, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
القليعات
Local sources reported that despite the recapturing of Mosul by the US-backed Iraqi army, Coalition airstrikes continued to target ISIL positions in Al Qaliat on the outskirts of the city. Ninawa Media Center reported that there were ‘many’ wounded civilians, including women and children, in the area. However, it was not clear airstrikes caused this.…

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12 July 2017
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Incident Date

11 July 2017

Incident Code

CI808

Location

Mosul, Raqqa, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians in an event near Mosul, Iraq. Their October 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally injured." Coalition officials indicated that this is…

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11 July 2017
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Incident Date

11 July 2017

Incident Code

CI807

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
Local sources reported that 200 homes in Old Mosul to the west of the city were completely destroyed with many of their residents presumed dead following the intense fighting of the previous weeks. Hossam al Din al Abbar, a member of the Ninveh Provincial Council, was quoted by several sources as saying: The civil defence…

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11 July 2017
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Incident Date

10 July 2017

Incident Code

CI806

Location

Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition lated confirmed the death of a civilian in the Nabi Jaris neighbourhood, Mosul. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS headquarters structure and explosives storage facility, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed.” Coordinates supplied by Coalition…

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10 July 2017
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Incident Date

9 July 2017

Incident Code

CI805

Location

Al Meydan, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
الميدان في موصل القديمة
Omar al Halbusi, an Iraqi blogger, claimed that roughly 100 civilians were killed and 220 others were injured in alleged artillery bombardment by the Coalition and the Iraqi government on the Al Meydan area of Old Mosul in the two days prior to July 9th. Ninawa Media Center added that 30 families which made up…

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Published
9 July 2017
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Incident Date

7 July 2017

Incident Code

CI804

Location

Makkawai, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
مكاوي
A father and son died as a result of being buried under the rubble in Makkawi, Old Mosul, reported Nineveh Media Center, following likely Coalition airstrikes. Four families in total were trapped under the rubble, but Iraqyoon News Agency reported that most were still alive. The families were believed to be trapped in the basement…

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7 July 2017
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Incident Date

7 July 2017

Incident Code

CI802

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
A number of local sources claimed that more than 1,000 civilians had been killed or wounded over a week-long period as a result of alleged Coalition and Iraqi government bombardment of Old Mosul over recent days. However further details were sparse. Iraq News Center reported that the number of civilian casualties buried under the rubble…

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7 July 2017
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Incident Date

7 July 2017

Incident Code

CI803

Location

New Anah and Al Rayhana, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنة الجديدة والريحانة
Seven civilians were reportedly killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on New Anah in western Anbar Province, two local sources reported. Noor al Mustafa Hayder Dawoud, one of the sources, also reported that the house of Ossman Azzawi, the al Sayed household, Hajji Sayf’s household, Sheikh Nayef’s household, Al Maher Radi’s…

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7 July 2017
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Incident Date

4 July 2017

Incident Code

CI801

Location

Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
الميدان
On January 13th, a local monitor reported the deaths of three civilians and 3 injured after their home in Medan, Old Mosul was shelled by an unknown source on July 4th. Mohammed Satter Rejab explains that his mother, sister and her husband were killed in an airstrike and he was himself injured along with his…

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Published
4 July 2017
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Incident Date

2 July 2017

Incident Code

CI799

Location

Mosul, Sha'areen, Nineveh, Iraq
سوق الشعارين
Local sources said that three named civilians were killed – with others injured and still trapped in rubble – after their home was struck in the Sha’areen market area of Old Mosul. The Nineveh Librate Facebook page initially noted “The martyr and nurse Nabil Younis Said (Abu Saif) who died with his son’s wife. And…

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2 July 2017
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Incident Date

2 July 2017

Incident Code

CI796

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل القديمة
Two local sources reported the death of a young man, called Hakam Marwan Ghazi, after air strikes were said to have hit him the day before. His body was still under the rubble – and his family were not yet able to bury him. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) later reported that Mohammed Sharif (Abu…

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Published
2 July 2017
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Incident Date

2 July 2017

Incident Code

CI797

Location

Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزنجيلي
Local medical sources reported that civil defense teams had pulled as many as 74 bodies from the rubble in Zanjili neighbourhood (West/Old Mosul). The civilians had died as a result of different kinds of shelling on their houses. Airwars researchers contacted local medical sources, who said a total number of 74 civilians were killed. This…

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2 July 2017
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Incident Date

2 July 2017

Incident Code

CI798

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل القديمة
One 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…

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2 July 2017
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Incident Date

2 July 2017

Incident Code

LQ051

Location

Municipal hotel, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
Various sources reported 17 LNA airstrikes in central Benghazi near the municipal hotel.

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Published
2 July 2017
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Incident Date

1 July 2017

Incident Code

CI795

Location

Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
النبي جرجيس
Multiple local sources quoted witnesses as saying that an entire family – consisting of nine people – died after airstrikes hit their houses in the Nabi Jarjis area of Old Mosul. Iraq News and others said that there were women and children among the dead. The sources did not say who had carried out the…

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1 July 2017
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Incident Date

1 July 2017

Incident Code

LQ050

Location

Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
According to local sources, "intensive" air raids were launched on Sabri. 218 TV claimed they were conducted by LNA planes. Emhona said on Twitter they were conducted by Emirati or Egyptian warplanes. No civilians harm from the event is presently known.

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1 July 2017
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Incident Date

30 June 2017

Incident Code

CI793

Location

Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
A local Facebook page and a resident said that one young man named Ahmed Hikmat al-Tai was killed and many families were still under the rubble after air strikes hit the Farouk area (near the Jewish area) in Old Mosul. Local resident Noor Alniamy called for help for several families in the Farouk area, saying…

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30 June 2017
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Incident Date

30 June 2017

Incident Code

CI794

Location

Mosul, Old City neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل القديمة
Local press and resident sources said that dozens to hundreds of civilians, including the bodies of ‘hundreds of children and women’, were under the rubble in various areas in Old Mosul. Heavy shelling and air strikes had allegedly hit their homes. Local media provided striking accounts of streets filled with dead bodies, and called for…

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30 June 2017
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Incident Date

29 June 2017

Incident Code

CI790

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل القديمة
Local residents and press sources said that at least 80 civilians were killed and others injured – mostly children and women – after shelling and airstrikes hit their houses near the Al Nouri Mosque in the ongoing battle for the liberation of Old Mosul. Half of the civilians died as a result of air strikes,…

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29 June 2017
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Incident Date

29 June 2017

Incident Code

CI791

Location

Mosul, Old City (Sultan Nuts Factory), Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل القديمة
A single local source, the Nineveh Media center, said that multiple families were still under the rubble after air strikes had hit the Sultan Nuts factory in Old Mosul. The Center called upon everyone who read the post, to help save these families. Reportedly, elderly people were also among the victims. It is presently unclear…

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29 June 2017
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Incident Date

29 June 2017

Incident Code

CI792

Location

Mosul, Bab Lakash, Nineveh, Iraq
باب لكش
A single local source reported that six civilians from the same family died after air strikes hit their house in Bab Lakash, in Old Mosul. A senior Coalition official informed Airwars on July 5th that “It is primarily Coalition aircraft conducting AIR strikes in Mosul. It has been a number of weeks since the Iraqis…

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Published
29 June 2017
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Incident Date

27 June 2017

Incident Code

CI788

Location

Mosul, Khazraj, Nineveh, Iraq
خزرج
A local residents’ Facebook page and local press reported that Abdel Fattah Jassim Al-Sharifi died after a ‘random’ bombing on Khazraj district in Old Mosul. Al-Sharifi used to be the owner of the library Bassam in Najafi Street. No further details are presently known.  

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27 June 2017
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