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Incident Date
22 March 2017
Incident Code
CI573
Location
رجم الحديد, Mosul, Rajl al Hamid, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources and the UN reported that up to hundred civilians were killed or injured after airstrikes targeted residential houses in Rajm Hadid neighborhood, on March 22 in West Mosul. According to the UNHCR an airstrike [not specified] hit a residential building in the neighbourhood. It said: “ISIL reportedly filled the house with people from…
Summary
Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–100
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI566
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source reported that seven civilians were killed and ten injured by a Coalition drone allegedly targeting a market in 17 July neighborhood, in West Mosul. The Coalition later conceded responsibility for the attack, noting: “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that one…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI567
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local 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”
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI568
Location
Mosul, Zerai, Nineveh, Iraq
The 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…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI569
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, behind Watan school, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed by airstrikes and/ or indiscriminate shelling on the area behind Watan school in Bab Laksh neighbourhood in West of Mosul, on the evening of March 21st-22nd. A family member later posted: “My wife moved to God (passed away) – the daughter of…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI564
Location
نابلس, Mosul, Nablus, Yarmouk, Old City, Haraj Market, Nineveh, Iraq
Local 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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
49–50
Civilians reported injured
24–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI565
Location
عنه, Ana Al Jadida, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local 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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI561
Location
النبي جرجيس, Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
A 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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–17
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI562
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local 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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
43
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI563
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, New Bab/ Farouq, Nineveh, Iraq
A 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.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI559
Location
الموصل الجديدة/الآبار, New Mosul/Abar, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals 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…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
46–47
Civilians reported injured
80
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI560
Location
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
Amnesty 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.…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI553
Location
المشاهدة, Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI554
Location
السرجخانة, Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq
At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods. Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–50
Civilians reported injured
17–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI555
Location
الجوسق, Mosul, Jawasaq, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition said that no civilians were harmed on March 18th at Mosul, Jawasaq. The Coalition's November 2017 casualty reported said: "After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties."
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI556
Location
السرجخانة, Mosul, Aserjkhanh, Nineveh, Iraq
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI557
Location
Mosul, Risala, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI558
Location
Mosul, Nahrawan, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI549
Location
Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local residents and the recently formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in Meydan neighbourhood in Old Mosul. According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre, 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–80
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI550
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In the highest confirmed civilian casualty event of the war against ISIL, at least 105 and as many as 141 non-combatants were later confirmed by the Coalition as having been killed in a US airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area. At least 137 bodies were reportedly recovered from the scene. Locals…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
105–141
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI551
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of between 105 and 141 civilians in an airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area on March 17th (event CI550). However, locals have claimed that as many as 230 or even 520 civilians were killed in the catastrophic event at al Jadida – though these…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
125–370
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI552
Location
Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CI548
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time,…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CI546
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, West Mosul, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that at least 21 civilians were killed and 17 were injured, including women and children, because of airstrikes and artillery shelling in neighbourhoods of West Mosul. Iraq News Center placed the death toll even higher: “Many surviving civilians [and] witnesses from the right side [of Mosul] confirmed that Coalition airstrikes targeted civilian…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–34
Civilians reported injured
17–34
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CI547
Location
Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “110. May 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
CI544
Location
باب الطوب, Mosul, Bab al Tor, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and military and medical sources said that up to two dozen civilians were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling, and strikes by US Apache helicopters. This reportedly occurred during an ongoing battle around the Bab Al Tob area and other ancient neighborhoods in the center of Mosul. Naynawa Alghad reported…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–24
Civilians reported injured
6–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
CI545
Location
Mosul, Hermat, Iraq
Local eyewitnesses reported the deaths of 25 civilians following an air or artillery strike on the hermit area of West Mosul. An unpublished Amnesty International field investigation was shared with Airwars: ““On the street we were staying, in my uncle’s house, three houses were levelled by one attack, around 12pm on 15 March. I don’t…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 March 2017
Incident Code
LC065
Location
راس لانوف, Ras Lanuf, Surt, Libya
Various local sources reported LNA airstrikes on the port area of Ras Lanuf supporting a ground offensive. Raialyoum reported that “a Libyan oil company guard was killed by a bomb attack on the Ras Lanuf area of the oil crescent in central Libya on Tuesday by retired general Khalifa Haftar.” The source added, “The site…
Summary
Published
14 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
14 March 2017
Incident Code
CI540
Location
دور موظفي السكك, Mosul, Dur al Sekak, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press source said that five family members were killed in an airstrike targeting their house near the railway. They used to live together in the same house in Dur Al Sekak at the right side of Mosul. It is unclear which aircraft carried out the attack. Shafaaq News reported that the bombing…
Summary
Published
14 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 March 2017
Incident Code
CI541
Location
باب سنجار, Mosul, Bab Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
There was a single claim that ‘dozens’ of civilians were killed or injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly struck the emergency building at the general hospital in Bab Sinjar, in West Mosul.
Summary
Published
14 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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