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Incident Date
2 January 2017
Incident Code
LC055
Location
سبها, Gwirat al-Mal checkpoint, Sabha, Libya
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged GNA/Misurata Air Force strike on the road leading to Sabha, local media reported. According to m.boshgma, “A military aircraft of the Third Force took off from the Tamanhint base and targeted the road leading to the city, injuring civilians”. AJEL.Ardalsharif.News and krama1951libya published carbon copies of this…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
16 December 2016
Incident Code
LC054
Location
قنفودة, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
Up to two civilians died and as many as three more were wounded in an alleged UAE airstrike on a residential area in Ganfouda, Benghazi, local media reported. Alnabaa tweeted that “a source from Ganfouda said the two were killed in a foreign bombing of a family home in the area”. According to Emhona “a…
Summary
Published
16 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
8 December 2016
Incident Code
LC053
Location
الجيزة, Giza, Surt, Libya
Various local sources reported that Hanan bin Sirteya Gaddafi, a dermatologist from Sirte, was killed in an airstrike in a house in the Giza district in Sirte. Alwasat and Rihab News claimed that she and her husband, Osama Shuaib Zayani, joined ISIS once it took over Sirte and that she leaves behind two children. Zayani…
Summary
Published
8 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
5 December 2016
Incident Code
LC052
Location
Giza, Surt, Libya
Campaign overview: The United States began a major air campaign in support of and at the request of GNA ground forces, to oust ISIS from the city of Sirte. Complete official records of the US campaign at Sirte – which saw 497 airstrikes on the city to December 5th 2016 – can be found here.…
Summary
Published
5 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
30–50
Civilians reported injured
63
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
5–6 December, 2016
Incident Code
USSOM067
Location
Omar Beere/Ibrahim Ali Berre camp near Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Two media organisations reported a possible US air operation targeting an al Shabaab base in the Lower Shabelle region. Dalsan Radio reported that Somali commandos backed by US Special Forces had attacked al Shabaab bases in Omar Berre in Lower Shabelle overnight using helicopters. It also quoted what it said was an eyewitness: "'We heard several…
Summary
Published
6 December 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
2 December 2016
Incident Code
LC051
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
On December 2nd, Mohamed Lajnef posted pictures of two injured children on Facebook, saying they had been liberated from ISIS. On December 5th Libya’s Channel reported Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous rescued over a hundred children and women from ISIS, some of the children severely injured. It showed pictures of two children: one is the same depicted in…
Summary
Published
2 December 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
18 November 2016
Incident Code
LQ037a
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
Saraya Media posted a video of what it describes as a Air Tractor 802U targeting a residential neighbourhood in Ganfouda. Alnabaa reported 40 LNA airstrikes on Ganfouda as well as a UAE drone flying in the area without engaging in the strikes. Other sources also reported LNA strikes in Ganfouda. The alleged terrorist Siraj Alkerkna,…
Summary
Published
18 November 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
15 November 2016
Incident Code
LC050
Location
بنغازي, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
Eight prisoners were reported killed following LNA airstrikes on Benghazi. The LNA self-reported airstrikes in the following locations: “A MiG-23ML and a Mig23BN reportedly targeted the vehicles and fighters of alleged terrorist groups while trying to escape from the Qawarsheh area to Qanfouda after the siege on, reportedly leading to their destruction. A MiG-21 reportedly…
Summary
Published
15 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
14 November 2016
Incident Code
LC049
Location
قرضة, Qaradah, Wadi ash Shati, Libya
France allegedly conducted airstrikes in Qaradah north of Sabha which killed Al Qaeda leader Abdul Muneim al-Hasnawi, also known as Abu Talha al-Libi and six other members of the organisation. The mayor of the city, Hassen Matoug, contested the events on Facebook and claimed that up to eight civilians were killed in the attack. He…
Summary
Published
14 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Military Actor
French Military
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Incident Date
12 November 2016
Incident Code
LC048
Location
قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
A man was killed and three of his daughters injured in an airstrike – with some reports suggested two were in fact killed. Ean Libya reported the death of a man and the wounding of two children when airstrikes hit the Ganfouda area of Benghazi. It reported that the voices of two girls could be…
Summary
Published
12 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
28 October 2016
Incident Code
LQ037
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
Libya’s Channel and Libya Akhbar reported on October 28th that ISIS was using civilians as human shields and that the evacuation of civilians was causing delay to the GNA campaign. The outlets both referred to Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous spokesman Rida Issa: “A member of the media centre of the Chamber of Operation, Rida Issa, said that…
Summary
Published
28 October 2016
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
LC047
Location
الجيزة, Giza, Surt, Libya
The US conducted four airstrikes in the Giza neighbourhood in Sirte. One source on Facebook mentioned that Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous soldiers found seven dead bodies of civilians in a house. The bodies were apparently charred. According to Madridi Aween, “Our rebels found a number of bodies in several houses in the camp during a search by the…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 October 2016
Incident Code
LC046
Location
الجيزة, Giza, Surt, Libya
On October 21st Ahmed El Sharkawy claimed that the bodies of children and women were trapped under rubble in Giza but didn’t say what the reason for the destruction was. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
17 October 2016
Incident Code
LC045
Location
ميناء درنه, Derna Port, Darnah, Libya
One fisherman was killed and another injured when an airstrike hit their boat in the waters off Derna, according to local reports. Al Nabaa reported that one civilian was killed and another wounded in an LNA airstrike on the port of Derna. Al Nabaa later reported the dead man was a fisherman who was killed…
Summary
Published
17 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
12 October 2016
Incident Code
LC044
Location
Vicinity of Water Tower, Surt, Libya
According to several sources on Twitter, at least two civilians died in a US airstrike in the morning in Sirte, one of them a child. The sources did not give clear estimates on casualties, though the pictures show two people most likely dead. Two more injured children can be spotted in the images. One source…
Summary
Published
12 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
LQ036
Location
بنغازي, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
The LNA self-reported what it said was “an air strike targeting a field hospital belonging to terrorist militias in the Qanfouda area.” Casualties among patients and health workers are not presently known.
Summary
Published
6 October 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
4 October 2016
Incident Code
LC043
Location
قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
Two sources reported that ten civilians were killed as the result of seven LNA airstrikes on Ganfouda. According to Arabi21, two families were killed, (including three children, their mother and father in one of the families) as well as foreign workers. Al Jazeera reported that “10 civilians were killed and 32 others, including Arabs and…
Summary
Published
4 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–16
Civilians reported injured
45
Military Actor
French Military
,
Libyan National Army
,
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2016
Incident Code
LQ035
Location
بنغازي, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
The LNA self-reported airstrikes on what it said were ‘terrorist groups’ operating in Qawarsheh near the European hospital. Alnabaa uploaded a video showing the extent of destruction to civilian homes from airstrikes in Ganfouda but didn’t specify the date of the attacks. There were no public reports at the time of civilian harm.
Summary
Published
1 October 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
28 September 2016
Incident Code
USSOM066-C
Location
Jehdin, 30 km east of Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia
A US drone strike on September 28th killed at least ten members of a local friendly militia and not al Shabaab militants as the US had initially believed, according to local communities and an investigation by the Washington Post. Between three and 16 additional members of the Galmadug militia were injured. At least one source,…
Summary
Published
28 September 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–12
Military actors reported killed
10–22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
26 September 2016
Incident Code
USSOM065
Location
Caba, Lower Juba, Somalia
The US reported in a press release published on September 27th that it had conducted a “self-defence strike” in Caba near Kismayo the previous day, killing four al Shabaab fighters . The press release said that a group of armed al Shabaab fighters attacked the Somali force and their US advisors. The Somali forces returned…
Summary
Published
26 September 2016
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
,
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 September 2016
Incident Code
LQ034a
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi: Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
A UAE reportedly targeted a residential area in Benghazi. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Al-Saraya Media Center: a foreign aircraft without a pilot targeted a house inhabited by a family in Ganfouda in Benghazi." Nosa posted on Twitter that "so far four air raids have been launched by the UAE UAV on Ganfouda and the Chinese…
Summary
Published
23 September 2016
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2016
Incident Code
LC042
Location
مشروع نينا الزّراعي, Ninah Agricultural Project, Al Jufrah, Libya
Seven civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike in the vicinity of Ninah Agricultural Project near Sokna. Multiple outlets including the Libyan Observer reported seven dead and at least four wounded. Alsdaa Alibya listed six women and one child among the victims, naming them in a Facebook post. The sources claim that the strike came…
Summary
Published
20 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
3–20
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
16 September 2016
Incident Code
LC041
Location
الجغبوب, Jaghbub, Al Butnan, Libya
In an incident dated no later than September 16th, Alwasat reported that three young men from Al-Bayda were killed in an Egyptian airstrike after crossing the border coming from a fishing trip near Jaghbub. The journal named the victims as Mu’taz Salem Ali Bhohelasiya, 19 years old, Hussam al-Gilani, 27 years old, and Salem Hussein…
Summary
Published
16 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
USSOM064
Location
سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
According to a Freedom of Information response obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, this previously unknown confirmed US strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia against an unspecified "al-Shabaab Named Objective". This incident was not previously publicly known. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 September 2016
Incident Code
USSOM062
Location
Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
The US reported two days after the event that it had conducted two “self-defence strikes” on September 5th against al Shabaab, killing four militants. According to an AFRICOM press release, the strikes hit near Tortoroow and were conducted in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia after a Somali-led counter-terrorism operation came under attack. Garowe…
Summary
Published
5 September 2016
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
,
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 September 2016
Incident Code
USSOM063
Location
Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
The US reported two days after the event that it had conducted two “self-defence strikes” on September 5th against al Shabaab, killing four militants in total. According to an AFRICOM press release, the strikes hit near Tortoroow and were conducted in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia after a Somali-led counter-terrorism operation came under…
Summary
Published
5 September 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
30 August 2016
Incident Code
USSOM061
Location
Gobanle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
The US reported that it had conducted a “self-defense strike” against al Shabaab in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia in a press release published on September 7th. It said the strike hit near Gobanale and had resulted in the deaths of two al Shabaab militants. The press release reported that during a Somali-led…
Summary
Published
30 August 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 August 2016
Incident Code
LQ034
Location
بنغازي, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
The LNA self-reported MiG-23 strikes on “armed militias” in Ganfouda. However, Benghazi News claimed on Twitter that three airstrikes had been deliberately aimed at civilian infrastructure. Russia Today added that the bombardment led to a demonstration asking to lift the siege on Ganfouda. It also reported that “Libyan media sources said Monday that the Council…
Summary
Published
29 August 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
28 August 2016
Incident Code
LC040
Location
قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
Up to 21 civilians were reportedly killed in airstrikes on Benghazi. Three local families were reportedly killed as well as 11 Sudanese workers. While the majority of sources named the LNA as the belligerent, Libya Mostakbal claimed that is was conducted by a ‘Predator’ drone which isn’t part of the LNA air force. However, UAE…
Summary
Published
28 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
21
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
12 August 2016
Incident Code
LC039
Location
قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
Various sources reported that between 20 and 31 civilians were killed and around 30 more injured as a result of airstrikes in Ganfouda. Two targets appear to have been struck – a residential home and a prison. While some sources claimed the attack was conducted by an unknown foreign drone, others blame the LNA or…
Summary
Published
12 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
20–31
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
French Military
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