Incident date
March 21, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that six civilians from the same family were killed in an assault on the New Mosul district in the western half of the city. Sayed Al Bajari reported on Facebook: “Six civilians of a single family were killed in Mosul, west of Mosul, after being bombed 40 minutes ago”
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Incident date
March 21, 2017
LOCATION
Idlib city, Idlib, SyriaAccording to the Step News Agency, Russia carried out raids on Idlib on March 21st, resulting in “news of civilian casualties”. @HosamAlhaji said that an airstrike “targeted a building opposite the Carlton Hotel”, resulting in material damage. No other sources mentioned civilian harm.
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Incident date
March 21, 2017
LOCATION
السخنة, Sokhna, Homs, SyriaAt least two civilians were killed and another civilian, a woman, was wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes against the city of Sokhna in eastern Homs, according to a single source. The Smart News Agency reported that the city was under the control of ISIS at the time of the strike – and that Russian planes
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Incident date
March 21, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Zerai, Nineveh, IraqThe Coalition announced on June 2nd 2017 that it had killed a civilian in the al Zerai area of West Mosul. A senior government official unofficially informed Airwars that the strike was Belgian. According to the civilian casualty report, “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS mortar position
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Incident date
March 21, 2017
LOCATION
حي الأكراد, Al Akrad, Raqqa, SyriaOne to two civilian members of an Islamic State family were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Akrad neighbourhood of Raqqa city, local media reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “A local source in the city of Al-Raqqa said raids likely carried out by the Coalition targeted the Al
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, SyriaSmart News, Syria Mirror and Rasd all reported that “A man and his son who are displaced from Aleppo were killed in Kasrat Sheikh village in the countryside of Raqqa when their car was targeted yesterday.” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition for the airstrike.
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents and press sources said that 43 civilians were killed in airstrikes and missile shelling by the International Coalition and Iraqi forces in Zanjili neighbourhood, in the west of Mosul. Mosul Eye reported: “Mosul witnessed 20/3/2017 wave of casualties in a large number, and the initial outcome that we were able to collect was
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
النشمي, Al Namshi village, Hama, SyriaTwo civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Namshia village, east of Hama, the Smart News Agency reported. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
حي الفاروق, Mosul, New Bab/ Farouq, Nineveh, IraqA single source reported that 55 civilians were killed by “military operations” in New Bab and Farouq neighborhoods in the west of Mosul. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
نابلس, Mosul, Nablus, Yarmouk, Old City, Haraj Market, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents and press sources said that 49 civilians were killed and 100 injured in the clashes and shelling in the neighborhoods of Nablus, Yarmouk, the Old City and the Haraj market in the West of Mosul. Ninawa Media Center put the number at 38 for the neigbourhoods of Zangali, Rifai and Najjar. Al Arabi
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
التوامة , Al Tawame, Aleppo, SyriaAlleged Russian airstrikes wounded civilians Al Tawame, in the countryside of western Aleppo, local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, “Russian aircraft launched several air strikes with vacuum missiles targeting the vicinity of the town”.
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
عنه, Ana Al Jadida, Al Anbar, IraqLocal residents and press sources said that seven civilians were killed and seven injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Cairo neighbourhood in Ana, in the west of Anbar province. While Iraqi Spring blamed the Coalition, the other two sources also mentioned the Iraqi forces. Yaqein reported that “Seven civilians were killed and seven others were
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
النبي جرجيس, Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, IraqA family of eleven or seventeen members was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Nabi Jarjis neighbourhood. While most sources did not specify who carried out the raids, Yaqein news said it was the Coalition. “The US-led coalition forces on Monday bombed houses on the western side of the city of Mosul, the
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Al Badiya school, Raqqa, SyriaIn a major casualty incident at least 40 civilians died (and as many as 420 according to some claims) with dozens more injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Badiya school in Mansoura, which was said to have housed up to 100 displaced families. Coalition commander Lt General Townsend later denied that the
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
كفركرمين , Kafr Karmin, Aleppo, SyriaSeveral civilians were reported wounded following two airstrikes on the village of Kafar Karmin in western Aleppo countryside. Only one source, the Step News Agency, blamed Russia; the others didn’t apportion blame, referring only to “warplanes”.
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al Kanissa roundabout, Raqqa, SyriaIn the first of three reported incidents at al Tabaqa on this date, eight civilians died in a fresh alleged Coalition raid on the city. ‘Dozens’ were also reported injured. According to local reports, eight members of the family of Musa al-Habib died when their house near the al Kanissa roundaout was struck in an
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
السبخة, Sabka, Raqqa, SyriaUp to fourteen civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sabka village, according to multiple local sources. The Shaam News Network was among sources reporting the injury of 10 civilians in a Coalition strike, while Syria News Desk put the number of wounded at 14.
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
جسر الشغور , Jisir Al Shoghour, Idlib, SyriaBetween two and seven civilians including two women died in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on the residential neighbourhoods of Jisr Al-Shoghour, according to local sources. A further eight civilians , including four women, were allegedly injured. Baladi, Alaraby and Sdusyria put the death toll at three civilians. IkhwanSyria put the death toll still higher, at seven civilians
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Al Makaf area, Raqqa, SyriaNine civilians reportedly died and as many as 25 were injured in an alleged Coalition strike near the sheep market of the al Makaf area of Raqqa city. Step news, RFS, the Shaam News Network and Syrinapc were among sources blaming the Coalition and each put the death toll at nine non-combatants. Al Jazeera reported
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al A’rid street, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians died and up to 20 were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Tabaqa, according to local sources, in the second of three reported incident in the city that day. Reporters Talk and Q_Alenzy said that 12 civilians were wounded by “American warplanes”, while according to Qasioun 20 people were injured in Coalition
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
دبسي الفرج دبسي أبو عاصي , Abu A’ssi village, Dibsi village and Dibsi al Faraj villages, Raqqa, SyriaA mother and her four children were among 11 civilians killed and 20 wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on villages in northern Syria, Smart News Agency reported. A further 20 civilians were reportedly wounded. According to the Smart News Agency, “Thirty-one civilians, including children and women, were killed and wounded by air strikes by Russian
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Multiple locations, Raqqa, SyriaIn the third reported event at Tabaqa on March 20th, five civilians died and nine were injured in an airstrike in Tabaqa, though it was unclear from reports who was responsible. According to the Smart news agency, “five civilians were killed and nine others were injured on Monday evening following raids targeting the market car
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of ten civilians near Al Tabqah, Syria. Their October 2017 report noted: “During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS-held building, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed.” This confirmed strike might relate
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
eastern Ghouta, Damascus, SyriaA child was among at least two civilians killed by alleged Russian or Syrian air or artillery strikes in the besieged eastern towns of eastern Ghouta, according to sources on the ground. Al Jazeera reported 15 dead. Schools in the area closed due the proximity of the strikes, according to SMART News, who blamed both Russia
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Incident date
March 19, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaBetween ten and 15 civilians died and 20 or more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Qasioun reported: “According to A’maq [ISIL], Coalition warplanes raids in Tabaqa targeted the fire station and the bakery and killed 10 civilians and wounded 19. Coalition warplanes also targeted
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Incident date
March 19, 2017
LOCATION
مسكنة, Maskana, Aleppo, SyriaRussian warplanes killed between four and seven civilians, including two children and two women, in an alleged attack on the Hittin compound in the the city of Maskanah, local media reported. According to the Step News Agency, “seven civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and dozens more wounded when Russian warplanes targeted
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Incident date
March 19, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل الجديدة/الآبار, New Mosul/Abar, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocals reported the deaths of 46 civilians including 28 children and 18 men and women with 80 others injured – mostly children and women – by different kind of shelling in many neighborhoods of Old Mosul. At least 26 bodies reportedly reached the local forensic medicine hospital. Iraq News Center spoke of two dozen civilians
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Incident date
March 19, 2017
LOCATION
معارة الأتارب , Ma’arat al Atarib, Aleppo, SyriaOne woman was killed and at least two children wounded as alleged Russian airstrikes fell near a mosque in Ma’arat Al Atarib, western Aleppo, local sources reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among sources blaming Russia. However, NABD News attributed the airstrikes to Syrian warplanes. Three children were wounded, according to the Syrian Civil
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Incident date
March 19, 2017
LOCATION
كفرناها , Kafr Naha, Aleppo, SyriaOne man was killed and four other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on a residential area in Kafr Naha on 19th March 2017, according to sources on the ground.. The raid reportedly resulted in a fire which led to further damage.
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Incident date
March 19, 2017
LOCATION
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, IraqAmnesty International field researchers reported that 11 civilians died in a likely airstrike on al Tanak. The following account was published: “Amnesty International interviewed witnesses about an explosion in al-Tenak neighbourhood on 20 March which they attributed to an air strike. The explosion caused two houses to collapse just off Street 20, killing 11 civilians.