Civilian Casualties

(3 women3–4 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Wargaduud and El Adde, Gedo, Somalia

LOCATION

Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Somali security officials and residents as claiming that over 100 al Shabaab fighters, including 20 commanders, were killed in US air strikes on the morning of April 15th. The attack was denied by US Africa Command, which said the US military had not conducted the action. In an explicit statement

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

US Forces, US Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

100–105

تل خيمة, Tel Kheimeh near Badoosh, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In a major alleged incident, two interviewees reported that up to 55 civilians died in an Iraqi or Coalition airstrike and ground-based machine gun fire as they attempted to flee ISIS control. The following unpublished field report was shared by Amnesty International with Airwars: “Interviewee 1: ‘I’m from Tel Kheimeh, a small village, around one

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of one civilians “as a result of a raid by international coalition aircraft on the town of Hamra Ghanem”. Local news source Sharaf News also reported a few days later that “Activists from Raqqa said that international coalition aircraft targeted the house of Bashir Yusuf al-Sultan in

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1 – 4

(1 woman)

2–6

السخنة , Sokhna, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were injured in alleged Russia airstrikes on Sokhna, according to two local sources. 2baddiyy tweeted: “The Russian occupation aircraft targeted the city of Sokhna northeast of the city of # Palmyra with several raids causing the destruction of civilian homes and injuring a number of people.” Step also reported that an

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بصرة الشام , Basra al Sham, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Local media named one adult male as killed in an airstrike on Basra al Sham. Only the Violations Documentation Centre identified Russia as the culprit; the other two sources didn’t apportion blame.

Summary

(1 man)

عقيربات , Akeirabat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Step News Agency reported: “Russian warplanes launched two raids targeting the vicinity of Akeirabat in the eastern Hama countryside, resulting in civilian casualties.” According to the Smart News Agency, “Three civilians, including a woman, were wounded by artillery shelling of the town of Aqrabat”.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

various locations, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Step News Agency, “Russian air raids, some of them with phosphorous bombs targeted the towns of Khan_shikhun, #Tremala, #Kafarsgana, and #Serja, south of Idlib, with reports of casualties.” No further details are currently available.

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0 – 2

درنة الفتايح, Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

The LNA reportedly bombed in the Al-Fatayih neighbourhood in Derna near the Faculty of Agriculture, resulting in the death of one six-month-old child. According to Libya Al Khabar, “A child from the eastern Libyan city of Derna died on Friday [April 14th] after falling into a coma after an airstrike close to his family’s home”. Libya

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that two civilians died and a third was wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. According to @Newsjorf, the Coalition carried out raids on the grain silos area of Hunaida. Rasd-Sy also mentioned ‘mutual artillery exchanges’ between ISIL and SADF ground forces – though it was unclear whether this specifically refered

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مشيرفة, Mushirfa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died and eight more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Mushirfa, according to local media. All sources blamed the Coalition.

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معرة التعمان , Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One or two civilians died and several others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, according to sources on the ground. Step News Agency reported that “two civilians were killed and several wounded as a result of two Russian air raids on residential areas in the town of Ma’ra al-Nu’man in rural Idlib.” Other

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1 – 2

السكرية و محميل , Sukariya and Muhmil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four or five civilians, reportedly from the same family, died in an airstrike on Sukariya and Muhmil in rural Idlib, according to local media. All but one source blamed Russia. Syria Mirror: reported: “Russian warplanes launched several air strikes with rocket-propelled grenades at communities in the village of Sukariya in the eastern countryside of the city

Summary

4 – 5

(2 children2 women)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

5 named, 1 familiy identified

حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in an incident near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED engaging Iraqi Security Forces, it was assessed that six civilians were unintentionally killed when a group of fleeing civilians

Summary

Known belligerent

مراط , Merat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded by an alleged Russian airstrike “by napalm bombs” on Merat, according to local media. No further details are currently available.

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حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The state news agency Sana reported the death of ‘hundreds of people’ in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hatla. The Coalition said they were not responsible. However in its own published reports for that day the Coalition did later confirm three strikes in the province. According to Sana: “The General Command of the Army and

Summary

0 – 100

الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the death of three civilians following an alleged Coalition drone or air strike on a fire engine which was passing along the road between Al Jazara and Khatouniya. The local news agency reported: “A local source told the Smart correspondent on Thursday that three civilian workers were killed in an air strike

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الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two men were killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their motorcycle in Tabaqa, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser reported that the incident occurred “on the main street south of the church roundabout”. The combatant status of the victims was not made clear in any of the reports.

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0 – 2

(2 men)

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes as well as raids carried out by Iraqi government forces led to the deaths of dozens of civilians, and left up to 181 people injured. The airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in West Mosul on April 13th and 14th. Entably Mumen (Facebook page) reported that Abu Yusuf was among

Summary

22 – 37

(0–1 men)

79–181

هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to Smart News Agency and Microsyriua four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. There is no further information presently available.

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جسر الشغور , Jisr al shoughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were killed and two more wounded in up to 10 Russian strikes on Jisr al shoughour, according to local media. Sources reported the use of phosphorous, napalm, cluster bombs, and rocket-propelled grenades in the attacks. According to Aljazeera, “civilians were killed and others were injured in heavy night raids by

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1 – 2

Mosul, Al Nouri mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Akbar Elyam News, quoting Lt. Col. Ahmed Abdul-Aziz Al-Nu’mani of Iraqi forces, reported that violent Coalition airstrikes hit the old part of Mosul, particularly the neighbourhoods of the Grand Mosque, Farouk, Clock and the center of Mosul, in the evening into the night of April 12th. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook group) reported moreover that five

Summary

4 – 5

(2 women1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الهزيمة, Al Hazima, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two families died in an incident at Al Hazimah, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether they died in Coalition airstrikes or artillery strikes by other forces. SY reporter said that a family and a doctor were killed and blamed the Coalition. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “a doctor

Summary

5 – 6

(4 children2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later denied a social media claim that it had caused civilian casualties at Anah. According to its June report “April 12, 2017, near Annah, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

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معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians died and five were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ma’adan, according to local media. According to Micro Syria, “seven civilians were killed and wounded by a bombardment of warplanes likely belonging to the international coalition”. Al Araby, which also pointed towards the Coalition said that “two civilians were killed and five

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بزيت, Bezeit village, Jisr al Shoughour countryside, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and several others were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bezeit village in the Jisr al Shoughour countryside, multiple local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, “Russian planes launched a phosphorous raid targeting Bezeit in Jisr al Shoughour killing one person and injuring others.” Other sources also reported the use

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بداما , Bdama, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and six civilians including a child died and up to eight more were wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on the road between Bdama and Hambushiyah in the countryside of Idlib, according to local media. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “a child and a man were killed and eight others were injured

Summary

2 – 6

(1 child1–5 men)

3–8

عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that six civilians were killed and several others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Anah, in the west of Anbar province. In a suggestion that the deaths were caused by the Iraq Air Force, Saad Awad – the mayor of Anah district – reportedly called on the government’s air force

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces