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Incident Date

17–18 November, 2016

Incident Code

CI342

Location

Mosul, Aden, Nineveh, Iraq
حي عدن
Local reports and an eyewitness inside east Mosul said up to 24 civilians from four families who had been gathered in one room within a three-story house, were killed in Aden Quarter by an alleged Coalition airstrike at 2.30pm during the main offensive by Iraqi security forces. Iraqi reporter Majid Sharif noted on the day…

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17 November 2016
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Incident Date

16 November 2016

Incident Code

CI341

Location

Mosul, East neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Shelling killed and wounded civilians in eastern Mosul, according to local sources. Iraq News Center reported shelling from both ISIL and government forces affected civilians in eastern Mosul. Zyaad Al Senjary posted that the mutual bombardment had resulted in a massive number of casualties among civilians. Rudaw TV meanwhile reported that ten civilians were killed,…

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Published
16 November 2016
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Incident Date

15 November 2016

Incident Code

CI339

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
At least ten civilians were killed by strikes in Anbar province, according to local sources. Yaqein reported that 10 civilians were killed and others injured, including women and children by both Coalition and Iraqi Air Force planes. One additional report, posted by @amsiiraq, referred to dozens of dead and wounded, and also cited the Coalition…

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Published
15 November 2016
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Incident Date

15 November 2016

Incident Code

CI340

Location

Mosul, Airport and Gizlani camp, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
In January 2017 the Coalition issued a statement denying responsibility for alleged civilian casualties in Mosul six weeks earlier. Nov. 15, 2016, near Mosul, Iraq: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that no civilians were harmed in this strike, the Coalition noted. A senior official later informed Airwars that the…

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15 November 2016
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Incident Date

14 November 2016

Incident Code

CI338

Location

Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their March 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "Nov. 14, 2016, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS checkpoint it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured when the vehicle…

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Published
14 November 2016
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Incident Date

14 November 2016

Incident Code

CI337

Location

Mosul, Sheshan and Zahrah, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزهراء
Airwars researcher met the three injured named kids at the evacuation centre in Goggali frontline east of Mosul after they submitted to Unknown fire in Sheshan and Zahrah neighbourhoods east of Mosul. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as…

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Published
14 November 2016
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Incident Date

13 November 2016

Incident Code

CI334

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
A coalition airstrike allegedly killed three civilians in Seada village in western Anbar, According to multiple sources. Several local outlets reported the deaths of three civilians from Coalition bombings. Al Qiam news named two victims as.  

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Published
13 November 2016
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Incident Date

13 November 2016

Incident Code

CI335

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Five people, including 3 children and a woman, were killed following the alleged Coalition airstrike according to local accounts, including ISIL-controlled media. ISIL controlled Al-A’amaq reported that US airstrikes killed three children and a woman and a man, and a further eight children and four women were injured. More than five other reports, including one by the…

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13 November 2016
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Incident Date

13 November 2016

Incident Code

CI336

Location

Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A 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.

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13 November 2016
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Incident Date

11 November 2016

Incident Code

CI333

Location

Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Airwars’ Iraq researcher met three young victims of violence in eastern Mosul at an evacuation centre. The three children were all boys aged between 10-11 years. Two were brothers who had been injured by an unidentified explosion outside their home in eastern Mosul on November 14th. The third said he had been injured by an…

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Published
11 November 2016
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Incident Date

10 November 2016

Incident Code

CI331

Location

Mosul, Hatra subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: on 10 November: An airstrike hit Hatra subdistrict of Mosul. According to sources, between two civilians (children, aged seven and nine, respectively) and four civilians (two children and two women) were killed and nine other…

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10 November 2016
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Incident Date

10 November 2016

Incident Code

CI332

Location

Mosul, Hamam al Alil subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq
حمام العليل
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: on 10 November: An airstrike reportedly hit Hamam al-Alil subdistrict of Mosul. Six members of one family (a married couple with four children) were killed and two other family members (a girl and a woman)…

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Published
10 November 2016
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Incident Date

9 November 2016

Incident Code

CI329

Location

Mosul, Askari, Nineveh, Iraq
حي العسكري
Four civilians were killed followed an alleged Coalition strike, according to one local source. Hakaek reported that a family of four were killed in a Coalition strike in Mosul. It said strikes hit their home in the Al Askari neighbourhood. A source told Hakaek that ISIL fighters were not in the vicinity at the time.…

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Published
9 November 2016
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Incident Date

9 November 2016

Incident Code

CI330

Location

Mosul, Grain warehouse, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
According to local and press sources that 5 civilians were killed followed an alleged US-led coalition air force shelled the grain warehouse and killed the guard family in Mosul. No additional details are presently known.  

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Published
9 November 2016
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Incident Date

8 November 2016

Incident Code

CI328

Location

Mosul, Al Salam, Nineveh, Iraq
السلام
In the afternoon of 8 November, an airstrike reportedly hit al-Salam neighbourhood of eastern Mosul City killing 14 civilians, including three children and five women, and wounding another 11 civilians, including two women and a child. No additional details are presently known. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that…

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Published
8 November 2016
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Incident Date

7 November 2016

Incident Code

CI326

Location

Al Salam, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
السلام, الموصل
On Monday, November 7, 2016, 14 civilians, including women and children, were reportedly killed by alleged US-led Coalition strikes on a house in the populated Al-Salam neighborhood in southeast Mosul, according to local sources. Iraqi Transmission Network (IBN) reported the deaths of 14 civilians who were "mistakenly" hit in a Coalition raid in southeast Mosul.…

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Published
7 November 2016
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Incident Date

7 November 2016

Incident Code

CI327

Location

Mosul, Al Masarif, Nineveh, Iraq
المصارف
According to a single local source, four civilians were killed in an alleged coalition strike on Al Masarif, Mosul. Yaqein reported that three children and a male civilian were killed in the northeast Al Masarif neighborhood of Mosul. The attacks severely damaged houses and shops in the neighbourhood.  

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Published
7 November 2016
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Incident Date

6 November 2016

Incident Code

CI324

Location

Mosul, Sehab, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
An Iraqi security source who spoke with Airwars reported the deaths of 16 civilians spread among several families. The source said they were all in a house in a neighbourhood of eastern Mosul when it was hit by an airstrike at 7 PM on November 6th. No additional details are presently known.

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6 November 2016
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Incident Date

6 November 2016

Incident Code

CI325

Location

Mosul, Shahid-Yunis, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of two civilians and the injuries of five more in an airstrike at Shahid Yunis. In its monthly civilian casualty report for January 2017, the Coalition noted "Nov. 6, 2016, near Shahid-Yunis As Sab, Iraq: During a strike on ISIL fighters…

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Published
6 November 2016
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Incident Date

5 November 2016

Incident Code

CI322

Location

Mosul, al-Zahra, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزهراء
Nine civilians were killed in alleged coalition strikes in eastern Mosul, according to local reports. Orient News cited an Iraqi security source and reported the killing of nine civilians in an air strike that hit two houses in the east of Mosul, and wrote that it was likely carried out by the Coalition. Al Manar and News…

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Published
5 November 2016
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Incident Date

5 November 2016

Incident Code

CI323

Location

Mosul, Hamam al Alil subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq
حمام العليل
The UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: On 5 November, airstrikes hit two houses in Hamam al-Alil City resulting in the houses collapsing. Twenty-three civilians, including children, were reportedly trapped inside. In the evening of the same day, two children, one seriously…

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5 November 2016
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Incident Date

4 November 2016

Incident Code

CI319

Location

Mosul, Kindi, Nineveh, Iraq
الكندي
According to a single local report, a father and his daughter were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes. Mosul Eye reported that 2 civilians (father and his daughter) have been killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Al-Kindy neighbourhood, on the eastern bank of Mosul.  

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Published
4 November 2016
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Incident Date

4 November 2016

Incident Code

CI320

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A local outlet reported an alleged Coalition bombing in an industrial area in Mosul, causing unknown casualties. Iraq 24 News reported widescale Coalition bombing in Mosul, including the industrial area. This led to four civilian casualties in addition to the dead Daesh, continued the report.  

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Published
4 November 2016
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Incident Date

4 November 2016

Incident Code

CI321

Location

Mosul, Kindi, Nineveh, Iraq
الكندي
Members of several families were killed by bombings in Mosul, according to one local report. Mosul Eye reported that members of three families were killed due to “bombardment” in Al-Kindi and Al-Kafa’at Al Thinita neighbourhoods of Mosul. The houses ISIL used are now empty, Mosul Eye clarified. The residents are the victims. Mosul Eye, however, did not…

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Published
4 November 2016
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Incident Date

3 November 2016

Incident Code

CI318

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Nine civilians were killed and over 115 claimed wounded, according to ISIL-linked sources. ISIL-controlled al A’amaq reported that more than 9 civilians died, including four children and a woman, and “about 115 wounded as a result of US airstrikes” in Mosul. A distressing video posted by the ISIL-controlled outlet initially shows several destroyed buildings in…

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Published
3 November 2016
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Incident Date

2 November 2016

Incident Code

CI316

Location

Mosul, Al-Quds, Nineveh, Iraq
حي القدس
Four women were killed and 17 people injured, including women and children, followed an alleged Coalition strikes according to local media. However, the Coalition later refuted any involvement. An initial report from ISIL-controlled al A’amaq claimed that four women were killed and 17 people injured, including women and children in the US bombing in parts…

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Published
2 November 2016
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Incident Date

2 November 2016

Incident Code

CI317

Location

Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
According to local sources, three members of a family, as well as a father and son, were killed by mortar fire in eastern Mosul. Mosul Eye reported that mortars fell on apartment buildings, and killed a family of 3. Mosul Kadema named the two victims and published their pictures.

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2 November 2016
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Incident Date

1 November 2016

Incident Code

CI314

Location

Karama (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
الكرامة
According to a single local report that a family was killed by airstrikes in Karama, Mosul. Mosul Eye reported, an entire family was killed during a bombardment in Al-Karama neighbourhood. It said that no information about their number was available. No additional details are presently known.

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Published
1 November 2016
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Incident Date

1 November 2016

Incident Code

CI315

Location

Mosul, East neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
مناطق وكجلي والكرامة والقدس وعدن والميثاق والصناعة والانتصار
Five civilians were killed and 10 wounded by artillery shelling, according to local sources. Yaquen reported that 5 civilians were killed and 10 wounded – mostly women and children – in Mosul’s eastern half due to indiscriminate bombing. The report cited sources who said the attacks originated from French artillery shelling. Baghdad Post similarly cited French…

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Published
1 November 2016
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Incident Date

30 October 2016

Incident Code

CI313

Location

Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
تل كيف‎
A local outlet reported that numerous civilians have fallen victim to daily bombardments neighbourhoods in Telkaif north of Mosul. Mosul Youth and Girls, State and Flag reported that 15 people died, including children and six women. It attributed the violence to daily bombardment carried out by the besieging forces. Given reported British actions in the area…

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30 October 2016
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