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Incident Date

5 April 2017

Incident Code

CI609

Location

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
It was reported that the entire Al-Haj Nizar Al-Hallaq family – up to eight people – was killed after an airstrike hit their house near al-Nahda school in the Rifai neighbourhood of West Mosul. One of the victims was reported by Sawalef Maslaweya as Nizar Mahdi (Abu Muhammad), who used to be a barber. His…

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2069

Location

بداما, Bdama, Idlib, Syria
As many as eight civilians were wounded - including women and children - in an airstrike on Bdama. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some blaming Russia and others the Syrian regime. EdlibNN  tweetted that "Russian warplanes bombard the perimeter of the town of Bdama in rural Jisr al-Shughour". Syria News Desk and…

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5–6 April, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr070

Location

مديرية الصومعة, Al Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly killed alleged AQAP militant Khattab al-Wuhayshi and possibly his bodyguard in Mar'taa, in the Suma'a district of Bayda governorate, overnight from April 5th to April 6th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Multiple sources, including AFP, reported that Khattab al-Wuhayshi was killed while riding a motorbike…

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 April 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr069

Location

وادي الصنيف, Wadi Al Sanif, Abyan, Yemen
US drone and naval strikes reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants in Wadi Al Sanif, in the Al Maraqisha area of Abyan governorate, late on April 5th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources, including AFP, reported that a US drone strike killed a local AQAP leader, Ahmed Ali Saana, while…

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Strike Type
Naval bombardment, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2070

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
A single source reported that Zayed Awad al Rajab was the victim of Russian warplane shelling on Kafr Zita.  There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2072

Location

عين السودة, Ain Al-Sawda, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were killed - including an adult male and a male child - and between four and five others were injured - including a woman - following airstrikes in Ain Al-Sawda. All sources blamed Russian raids for the strikes, except a local tweet, Abdlrazak-sbeh, who simply alleged that "air raids that struck the village" causing the…

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2071

Location

ابو الضهور, Abo Al-Zuhur, Idlib, Syria
One adult male was killed, and another man was injured in an airstrike on Abo Al-Zuhur. All sources blamed Russian raids for the airstrike.  Smart news reported that "shelling took [place in] the town of Abu-Zuhurt (50 km east of Idlib), killing one civilian and injuring another from the village of Umm al-Karamil in Aleppo. The…

Summary

Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CI607

Location

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that twenty civilians were killed and six injured, among them many children, at Tal Afar west of Mosul. All claimed that the US or the Coalition was responsible, although Iraq Air Force aircraft had also struck the town. Iraqi Spring Media Center posted several graphic photos, picturing the aftermath of the strikes…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CI608

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
It was reported that eleven people – including an unspecified number of civilians – were killed in Coalition airstrikes on Al Qa’im, in Anbar province. According to Yaqein “11 were killed including civilians in Al-Qaem due to coalition warplanes shellings.” It did not specify how many of the eleven victims were civilians. Local blogger Fareek…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CI604

Location

الموصل: الثورة, Mosul, Thawra, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local sources reported that the wife of professor Hussein Qassem Al-Fakhri was killed in an airstrike on Al Thawra neighborhood in West Mosul. No additional details are presently known. While the Coalition would later confirm two civilian casualty events in Mosul that day, the nearest was 2.5km from Al Thawra.

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CI605

Location

الاقتصاديين, Mosul, Iqtishadeen, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS mortar team egressing their firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed by a secondary explosion caused…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CI606

Location

حاوي الكنيسة, Mosul, Hawi al Kanassa, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on ISIS fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian pedestrian was unintentionally killed when the vehicle was struck.” The…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CS661

Location

سلحبية, Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, two civilian fishermen were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a ferry between the two banks of the Euphrates River in the western village of Al-Sahlabiya. Local sources told Smart that the victims were killed as they were transporting cars between the two banks. Step News Agency also…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CS662

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported the death of three civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mansoura. The Violations Documentation Center named a civilian victim of a Coalition airstrike in Mansoura, Raqqa, from and reported he is from the Damascus countryside.  

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CS660

Location

رابعة, Rabi'a, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, “a man and a woman were killed and three others were wounded” in an alleged Coalition airstrike on village of Rabi’a. No further details are currently available.  

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

CS659

Location

Hunaida, Raqqa, Syria
Smart News Agency reported that “a local source in the village of Hunaidah in rural West Raqqa said four civilians were killed and 11 wounded following raids by the coalition. The injured people were taken to an IS run hospital in the western countryside, but the location was not specified.” Marobobuzer, also blaming the Coalition,…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–13
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2064

Location

Kafr Nbouda, Hama, Syria
Three civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Russian raid on Kfar Nbouda, according to reports from the ground. Both sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid. The Smart News Agency reported: "Three civilians from a family were killed on Monday night [April 3rd] by a bombardment of warplanes likely to be Russian on…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2067

Location

Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood in Hamouriya. Sources were conflicted regarding who was to blame. All sources blamed the Syrian regime except Smart who pointed to Russian warplanes. The shelling reportedly occurred in conjunction with many other raids on towns in the countryside of…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2066

Location

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Up to 18 civilians were killed, and between 12 and 50 were wounded, following an airstrike on Saqba. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime - though the majority of sources pointed to Russia. Four rockets were allegedly fired at one residential building,…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–18
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2063

Location

عنجارة, Ainjara, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
An elderly woman was killed when her home in the agricultural neighbourhood of Ainjara, Aleppo was struck by missiles. Sources all reported that Russia was to be held accountable for this raid. According to sources, others were also wounded. Footage published by Smart News, shows the damage left behind and the remnants of the missile shell.…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Codes

CS662a RS2068

Location

سلقين, Salqeen, Idlib, Syria
As many as 37 civilians were killed, and between 12 and 50 were wounded, following an airstrike on Salqeen - according to local sources. Up to 17 children and five women were allegedly killed in this raid on the residential neighbourhood. According to Euphrates Post, "four of them a family from eastern Deir Ezzor". The…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
7–37
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

LC067

Location

Jufra air base, Al Jufrah, Libya
Various sources reported an LNA strike near Al-Jufra that allegedly killed a man and injured four Chadian citizens. However, the sources didn’t give information regarding whether the victims were civilians or not. According to Ali Salim, “there was one dead and four Chadian wounded following night air raids on Al Jufra base.” Ean Libya reported that…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

4 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2065

Location

Jisir Al-Shoghour, Idlib, Syria
Up to 11 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, following an alleged missile strike on Jisir Al-Shoghour. Almost all sources blamed Russian warplanes for the incident. Some, however, remained impartial, and two blamed the Syrian regime. According to sources, three children and women were killed in the raid. LCCSY and Step News put the…

Summary

Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–11
Civilians reported injured
9–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

CI602

Location

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Farouk and Makawi, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that up to 23 civilians were killed and 24 injured in airstrikes on Mashahade, Yarmouk, Farouk, and Tanak neighbourhoods in West Mosul and Old Mosul.

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

CI603

Location

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition denied social media claims of having caused civilian casualties at Tal Afar. According to the June report, “22. April 3, 2017, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

CI601

Location

محلة الحمام, Mosul, Mahalet al Hammam / Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that three civilians, including one woman, were killed and two children injured in Al-Hammam neighbourhood close to the al Nouri Mosque in the center of Mosul. Sources are conflicted as to whether this was due to mortar or rocket shelling, Coalition airstrikes or unidentified “military aircraft”.

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2056

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
One or two civilians was killed, and others were wounded, in an alleged rocket attack in Hamouriya in Damascus, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. All sources blamed the Syrian regime, except the Step News Agency, who blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia.  According to sources, one…

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2060

Location

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
As many as five civilians were killed - including a child and two women - and others were injured, following an alleged air and artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Saqba. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime for the raids. According to Abohanin617 and Shehab…

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2055

Location

النقير, Al-Nakir, Idlib, Syria
One adult female civilian was reported  wounded following an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Al-Nakir. There were no details of any other wounded civilians or any casualties. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2054

Location

بزابور, Bzabor, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians were killed, and others were wounded, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bzabor, local media said. Both sources attributed blame to Russian warplanes. According to SMO, "activists reported that the Russian occupation aircraft launched several air raids on the city of Khan Sheikun and the town of Bazabor, killing three people…

Summary

Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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