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Incident Date
8 June 2016
Incident Code
CI249
Location
Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Multiple civilians were reported killed and injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the July 17th district of Mosul. According to Mosul Eye, the strikes on a Wednesday night took place at prayer time near a mosque in the Almoghait area – particularly busy during Ramadan. The attack “left several civilians killed and wounded as well…
Summary
Published
8 June 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 June 2016
Incident Code
CI248
Location
Mosul, East neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
سومر و العربي والزهور ودنه دان
A local source said 20 civilians were killed or injured along with three Daesh fighters after Coalition jets allegedly targeted four neighbourhoods in central Mosul. A single source, Yaqein, said the strikes took place in the evening. Among those targeted was a Daesh ’emir’ from Morocco, whose white Hyundai was destroyed. But civilian casualties were…
Summary
Published
7 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 June 2016
Incident Code
CI247
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
A reported air raid by Iraqi or Coalition aircraft on the Julan neighbourhood of Fallujah resulted in the deaths of an entire family. Najah Jameel Mahmoud Al-Lihibi, his wife and their five children all died in the attack, according to local media. Amis noted that both Iraqi government and Coalition aircraft conducted strikes in the…
Summary
Published
6 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 June 2016
Incident Code
CI246
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Four civilians were reported killed and 20 others wounded, and three members of Daesh died, after Coalition drone allegedly targeted an ISIS car, according to local sources. Nineveh Operations Command said that a “Hyundai” vehicle carrying three Daesh members was struck near a garage which sold chickens. The source said that “corpses littered the street“.…
Summary
Published
2 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 June 2016
Incident Code
CI245
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
10 to 40 civilians were reported killed, and 13 to 36 injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes in west Mosul. Mosul Eye offered a detailed description of affected neighbourhoods, claiming that airstrikes had hit: “– A home in the Muhammadiyah area near the kindergarten which also damaged neighbours’ houses around it and led to the fall…
Summary
Published
1 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–40
Civilians reported injured
13–36
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 May 2016
Incident Code
CI244
Location
Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in a US attack on Mosul. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: "during a strike against an ISIL weapons system, it is assessed that six civilians were killed” In July 2019, the Coalition provided Airwars with the location…
Summary
Published
29 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2016
Incident Code
CI243
Location
Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: "during a strike against ISIL fighters, it is assessed that one civilian was killed after entering the target area after the aircraft released its weapon." In July…
Summary
Published
26 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 May 2016
Incident Code
CI242
Location
Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, Iraq
الرشيدية
Several local sources said 6 or more civilians were killed and 13 to 25 wounded, including children and women, after the Coalition struck a shopping mall in the Al Rashidiya region north of Mosul. News of Iraq noted in its report that “Our source in Mosul pointed out that the bombardment was a very strong…
Summary
Published
25 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
13–25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 May 2016
Incident Code
CI241
Location
Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Seven civilians were reported killed and 23 injured in two reported alleged Coalition raids. In the first event Coalition aircraft reportedly struck a Daesh security headquarters in the July 17th neighbourhood of Mosul. Iraqi Revolution – which published an aftermath picture showing a massive plume of smoke (right) – said the area around the Almoghaith…
Summary
Published
24 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
23
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 May 2016
Incident Code
CI240
Location
Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
A reported Coalition strike on the home of an ISIL fighter in Mosul also allegedly killed his wife and children, according to local reports. NRN News, citing a source in the east of the occupied city, reported: “The Daesh fighter was standing at the door of his home when the first missile struck him and…
Summary
Published
23 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 May 2016
Incident Code
CI239a
Location
Qayarrah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
According to a field investigation conducted by reporters Azmah Khan and Anand Gopal for the New York Times Magazine, one civilian was killed by a Coalition airstrike on an ISIS courthouse in Qayyarah. According to the reporters, the following occurred: “On or near May 21, 2016, an airstrike struck a house being used by ISIS…
Summary
Published
21 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 May 2016
Incident Code
CI238
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
According to local sources, up to six civilians including four children were killed and 13 people injured in an alleged Coalition or Iraqi government strike on Fallujah. According to Yaqein, “four civilians including a child were killed and 12 others wounded mostly children and women. Most of them were seriously injured as a result of…
Summary
Published
19 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 May 2016
Incident Code
CI239
Location
Mosul, Ghazlani, Nineveh, Iraq
معسكر الغزلاني
A single source, Yaqen, claimed that 40 civilians were killed and injured in Coalition airstrikes on Mosul. According to the local news group, “A source said that ‘the bombing targeted areas of the Ghazlai camp project as well as the University of Mosul, and the shelling was followed by another bombing which targeted the same…
Summary
Published
19 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–40
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 May 2016
Incident Code
CI237
Location
Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرطبة
According to local sources, a Coalition airstrike at Ar Rutbah resulted in the deaths of seven civilians and the injuring of an additional 13. News of Iraq reported that the attack destroyed the house of Aref Abrash in Methaq neighbourhood, and the home of Abdullah al-Fayad near the Mustafa mosque. A propaganda video issued by…
Summary
Published
11 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 May 2016
Incident Code
CI236
Location
Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
Many local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck civilian homes in a nighttime attack on Tal Afar city west of Mosul, resulting in 17 deaths including 12 children and 3 women. The Coalition has confirmed airstrikes in the city. Later local source named one of the child victims. In the first of their March 2020…
Summary
Published
5 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 April 2016
Incident Code
CI235
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the CENTCOM later confirmed the deaths of five civilians in a US strike in Mosul. Their November 2016 report noted: "during a strike against ISIL military leadership, it is assessed that five civilians were killed after entering the target area after the aircraft released its weapon.” In…
Summary
Published
30 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
CI234
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
The attempted US targeted killing of the Australian Neil Prakash, ‘an ISIL external operations facilitator’ instead “struck three civilians on the road and one civilian located on an adjacent compound,” CENTCOM admitted three months later. Among the four civilians who were killed in the airstrike that day, one man was named by local sources, Ziad…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
CI233
Location
Al Shirqat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
الشرقاط
US aircraft attacked an ISIS checkpoint in the town of Sharqat. According to a CENTCOM release issued three months later, “it is [now] assessed that one civilian was killed when a motorcycle unexpectedly appeared in the target area after the US aircraft had already released its weapon.” That attack on a checkpoint near the Jumeila…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
CI232
Location
Mosul, Al-Malyia, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Four families comprising 36 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the Al-Maliya district east of Mosul in a strike by the international coalition, according to a senior medical source in Nineveh quoted by NINA. In a rarely named citation, Director of the Emergency General Hospital in Mosul Dr Mahdi al-Rubaie told the National…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
36–37
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI230
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a neighbourhood in eastern Mosul also reportedly killed an entire family. According to NRN News, “Our correspondent said that the bombing was aimed at the home district council of Mosul by Zuhair al-Jubouri in a neighbourhood used by Daesh. But the rocket landed on the house next door, killing five…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI231
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a bank in Faisaliah reportedly killed six students and injured a further eight civilians. According to NINA, “The international Coalition bombed on Thursday [April 21st] the Um Al- Rabiein bank in the Al Faisaliah area in the north of Mosul, which led to the martyrdom of six students who were…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2016
Incident Code
CI229
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to local sources, up to eight civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition jets struck the Al Hadbah apartment complex in western Mosul. “Many” Daesh fighters were also reported killed. NRN said it was a nighttime attack: “Our correspondent says the bombing killed and wounded a number of civilians, noting that foreign elements…
Summary
Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2016
Incident Code
CI228
Location
Sudayrah, Salah Al Din, Iraq
صديرة
According to local sources, unknown aircraft struck boats in Sidera village east of Shirkat north of Tikrit, killing 22 civilians and injuring at least 15 more. Russia Today claimed that the night time event “killed five brothers from one family” with a number of houses in the village destroyed. According to News of Iraq, the…
Summary
Published
18 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
15–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2016
Incident Code
CI227
Location
Halabisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
حلبسة
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck homes in an afternoon attack on Halabsa village west of Fallujah, killing six civilians and injuring another 12 or more, “most of them children and women.” News Fallujah pictured a young survivor of the event, noting: “Yousif Mushtak Talib Al Halbusi : His mother was killed and his…
Summary
Published
17 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
8–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI225
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Multiple local sources reported that one civilian was killed and four injured after an oil refinery in northern Mosul was hit by allegedly Coalition aircraft. One source described the civilians as the ‘owners’ of the refinery.
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI226
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Several local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2016
Incident Code
CI224
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to Iraq Oil Report, at least 10 civilians died, and 20 were injured following Coalition airstrikes on Daesh bases around Mosul. Citing local sources, it noted: “On April 11, coalition air strikes also took out IS bases in Sawas in the south, Sukar on the east and the Filastin (Palestine) area on the west…
Summary
Published
11 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2016
Incident Code
CI223
Location
Hit, Al-Bab Al-Gharbi and Ummal, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Local sources claimed Coalition planes struck a home in the Al-Bab Al-Gharbi neighbourhood of Hit in western Anbar, which resulted in the injuring of a family. A later report said two women died in the attack on Ummal neighbourhood. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition classed the event as non-credible on grounds of…
Summary
Published
10 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2016
Incident Code
CI222
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
The Coalition conducted several night raids on telephone exchanges and reportedly the Babylon Bank in Mosul, which resulted in the deaths of at least six and as many as 67 civilians. In November 2016 the US initially admitted to killing one civilian in the attack, noting that “during a strike against an ISIL tactical unit,…
Summary
Published
9 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–67
Civilians reported injured
9–38
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2016
Incident Code
CI220
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to the Iraq Oil Report, a fresh attack by Coalition aircraft on the Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul killed 15 civilian workers. According to the site – which uses a network of informants in the city, “On April 7 [ ] air strikes destroyed a small garment…
Summary
Published
7 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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