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Incident Date
29 December 2015
Incident Code
CI169
Location
Mosul, Arabi and Cairo petrol station, Nineveh, Iraq
العربي
An alleged Coalition strike on two Daesh positions in western Mosul also reportedly led to an unspecified number of civilian casualties. According to NRN News, vehicles used by Daesh to transport oil were destroyed in a 1pm strike, killing about 15 militants. But the attack also destroyed the ‘Cairo’ gas station, which in turn damaged…
Summary
Published
29 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
CI168
Location
Mosul, al-Muthanna, al-Masaref, al-Tahrir, and al-Qadisiyah, Nineveh, Iraq
حي المثنى
According to single source the National Iraqi News Agency, 12 civilians died and 11 were “severely wounded” in Coalition airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of al-Muthanna, al-Masaref, al-Tahrir, and al-Qadisiyah, north of Mosul. MNN cited Kurdish official Ghyath Surja as saying the Coalition had carried out a targeted strike on a vehicle at al-Muthanna, though did…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI166
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
Military aircraft – which some sources described as the Coalition’s – reportedly killed five civilians in a Christmas Day strike. According to Al Rafidain the attack could have been the work either of the Iraq Army or the Coalition, noting that “army aviation commander Hamid al-Maliki also confirmed that army helicopters carried out a raid…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI167
Location
Fallujah, General hospital, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
Fallujah’s General Hospital was cited as reporting that seven people were killed – including five children and one woman – following an alleged Coalition airstrike. Three women and a child were also said to have been injured. However, the Iraqi Spring Media Center did not attribute the incident to any party. And artillery sheling of…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
CI165
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
During a fierce air and ground assault on the Daesh-occupied city of Ramadi, local sources said that airstrikes had targeted the Jazeerat Al-Khalidiya area northeast of Ramadi, resulting in eight civilian deaths and 12 injuries, most of them women and children.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI163
Location
Keseir, Iraq
Six civilians were reportedly killed and three injured – all children and women – after Coalition jets allegedly bombed their house in Keseir village east of Mosul.
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI164
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
A Coalition strike, possibly by drone, killed five civilians after a missile was said to have hit a restaurant in 17 Street in Ramadi. On June 7th, 2017 the Coalition admitted responsibility for the incident, reporting: “Dec. 21, 2015, near Ramadi, Iraq, via Airwars report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI162
Location
Mosul, Wahida, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الوحدة
In the second of three claimed incidents in Mosul on this date, it was reported that 17 civilians – including four women and five children – were killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the Wehda and Methak neighbourhoods east of Mosul. However, there was some doubt regarding the incident, with NRN News reportedly denying…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI161
Location
Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th (Medical centre), Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Reuters reported that “About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that destroyed houses believed to be used by Islamic State militants, six eyewitnesses and a medical source said.” According to the international news agency, “The two strikes happened within…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–20
Civilians reported injured
17–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
CI160
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
Amid heavy airstrikes on the city of Fallujah, at least four children were among up to eight people reported killed when a home was struck in an alleged Coalition attack. According to Al Fallujah News, those killed were a father, mother and their six children. News Fallujah Now, citing “medical sources at Fallujah General Hospital”…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
CI159
Location
Hit, Alscalt Street, Al Anbar, Iraq
شارع السكلات
It was reported by several sources that the Coalition struck Hit city, resulting in the injury of eight civilians including three children and two women. According to the local site Hit News, an airstrike struck a militant vehicle carrying weapons, ammunition and food, injuring civilians in the immediate vicinity. The Coalition has confirmed targeting an…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI157
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Three professors from the University of Mosul were among four civilians and a Daesh official reported killed in an alleged Coaliton airstrike. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, Salah Mohammed Afri, responsible for student affairs, “was killed along with two [or three] professors appointed by Daesh to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI158
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
There were single-source claims that 19 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on Mosul. Citing local residents, the National Iraqi News Agency claimed that “international coalition aircraft bombed residential compounds in the Hadbah area east of Mosul, killing 19 civilians including six women and four children, and wounding six others.” However Airwars’ own sources in…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
CI156
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
A family of five including three children was killed in a US airstrike on the Albothiab Island area of Ramadi. The deceased, the Kazem family, were later named by Al Fallujah News. CENTCOM confirmed the casualty event on April 22nd 2016, noting: “On Dec. 12, 2015, in Ramadi, Iraq, during a strike on ISIL personnel…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 December 2015
Incident Code
CI155
Location
Ramadi, Road between Ramadi and Rutba, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
Eight civilians – including a senior veterinarian and his wife – were reported killed when three vehicles were hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike, as they travelled on the road between Ramadi and Rutba. Dr. Ahmed Hamid Al-Jumaily (pictured) – the director of a major veterinary hospital in Anbar – was killed along with his…
Summary
Published
10 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 December 2015
Incident Code
CI154
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
One child was reported killed and three civilians injured in an alleged Coalition strike at Mosul. Mosul Nawen and Iraqi Spring claimed the attack was carried out by a drone, on the east side the city (‘left bank’). In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition said it had classed the event as non credible…
Summary
Published
9 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 December 2015
Incident Code
CI153
Location
Ramadi, Sharika, Al Anbar, Iraq
الشركة
Four civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged Coalition or Iraqi strike on the centre of Ramadi. According to FaceIraq, the source of the claim appeared to be Sputnik News, which itself reproted that “According to Iraqi security sources, who asked not to be named, a Coalition strike on the ‘Company’ area…
Summary
Published
9 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
CI151
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
There were claims that eleven civilians were killed including two children – with three doctors injured – after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed two health centers in Aski Mosul and Baduish villages in Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in these strikes…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
CI152
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
An alleged Coalition airstrike on the Thubat district of Fallujah reportedly killed a young girl named as Ayesha Wadhah, and also wounded two other children named as Tabarek Wadhah (who lost a hand) and her brother Osama Wadhah. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 December 2015
Incident Code
CI150
Location
Ramadi, Warrar, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
Local sources claimed that at least five civilians – mostly children and women from two displaced families – were killed and six to 12 wounded after an aerial bombing of their home in the Warrar area of Ramadi. Al Samaria quoted what it said was an anonymous source in the Daesh-occupied city: “Two missiles from…
Summary
Published
5 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 December 2015
Incident Code
CI037
Location
Humaidat, Nineveh, Iraq
حميدات
Two children were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the town of Hemidiat to the west of Mosul. According to Shafaqna and others, the strike hit the commercial district of the town: "The death of two children has beeen reported from an aerial bombardment by international Coalition aircraft west of Mosul. Early detection of…
Summary
Published
3 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2015
Incident Code
CI149
Location
Rawa, Al Anbar, Iraq
راوة
At least one civilian was alleged killed in a claimed Coalition airstrike at Rawa. According to Heet News a market and civilian homes were among the structures hit. Most media placed the death toll at one, though some reports claimed fatalities were as high as seven. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led…
Summary
Published
2 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 December 2015
Incident Code
CI148
Location
Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
Multiple civilian casualties were claimed in Qayyarah after the Coalition was accused of bombing civilian houses in the town. Face Iraq reported that seven children and an elderly woman died in the event, which it said destroyed six houses in the vicinity of the Khader mosque (which some sources said had also been destroyed). Three…
Summary
Published
1 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–8
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
CI147
Location
Fallujah, near Khalid Bin Al Waleed mosque, Al Anbar, Iraq
جامع خالد بن الوليد
Local sources in Fallujah alleged that Coalition aircraft bombed a house with three families inside near Khalid Bin Al Waleed mosque, killing at least 12 and wounding six more – mostly children and women. The reported 11.30pm airstrike caused multiple casualties, with many victims buried under a collapsed building. The Baghdad Centre for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–17
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
CI146
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
A high-ranking officer with the Iraq Army was the reported source for a highly contested claim – most likely Daesh propaganda – that French aircraft had bombed a school in Mosul, allegedly killing 28 pupils. According to German news agency DPA, Brigadier-General Thanon Sabawi from the Second Division of the Iraqi Army claimed that “French…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
28
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 November 2015
Incident Code
CI145
Location
Abu Jarbua, Nineveh, Iraq
أبو جربوعة
According to Iraqi MP Salim Jumah, five civilians from the Shabakian tribe were killed including three children and a woman, after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed their house in Abu Jarbua village in Bashiqa, east of Mosul. Speaking to NRN News, the local Shabak Party MP called for compensation for those killed and naming them. In…
Summary
Published
24 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
CI144
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an incident which may relate to incident CI143 – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost 14 months earlier. According to the statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed… Sept. 20,…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 November 2015
Incident Code
CI143
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
At least ten civilians were reported killed and 13 or more injured, after a Coalition strike at 8.30am which targeted a Daesh IED facility also reportedly hit a next-door dairy factory in Mosul. According to the local Nineveh Reporters’ Network, the attack “killed all elements of the organization [Daesh] who were inside the booby-trapping plant,…
Summary
Published
19 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–13
Civilians reported injured
13–28
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
CI142
Location
Hamam al Alil, Nineveh, Iraq
حمام العليل
A doctor was reported killed and three of his colleagues injured after an alleged Coalition strike near Mosul. According to the Iraqi state news agency NINA, “a doctor was martyred and three other doctors were wounded in bombing which targeted health centers in the Hamam al-Alil area, and also hit uninhabited residential buildings close to…
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 November 2015
Incident Code
CI141
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
A family of six was reportedly killed after an alleged Coalition airstrike was said to have destroyed a car in the centre of Ramadi. The source of the claim appeared to be the Russian Sputnik news service, which said those killed “are from poor families, unable to flee and under the control of Daesh in…
Summary
Published
16 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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