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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CS555

Location

سلحبية, Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
According to outlets, airstrikes most likely by the US-led Coalition killed five civilians and injured 12 more at al Salhabiya. Smart News reported that “according to a local source in Al Salhabiya village (25 km west of Raqqa), air strikes on the village on Tuesday evening, killed five civilians and wounded 12 others, including women…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI517

Location

السجن القديم, Mosul, Old Prison, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said entire families were trapped under rubble, mostly children and women, after their houses were bombed near the Old Prison area and Muthanna school. It was reported that that the screaming of the victims could still be heard. It was unclear who carried out the raids – Iraqi Spring mentions both the Coalition…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI518

Location

المنصور, Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
There were reports that children and women were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling and airstrikes on Mansour neighborhood in West Mosul. @shvm_90 said in a Tweet: “Heavy shelling and brutal air and artillery aimed at reviving #right side [of Mosul] and the strongest was on #Mansour neighborhood and the fall of…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI519

Location

Mosul, Dur al Resala, Nineveh, Iraq
Nine members of a family were reported killed in an airstrike in ‘early to mid March’ including four children and three women. Amnesty International has published the following account: “Witnesses told Amnesty International that in early-mid March (they could not be certain of the exact date), a warplane hit two houses in al-Risala neighbourhood, near…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI520

Location

Mosul, al Amil, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 8, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr043

Location

قيفه, Qayfa, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed in a US airstrike on March 6th in the Qayfa area of Bayda governorate. There are no known reports of associated civilian harm. On March 7th, Reuters reported local sources as saying that a US strike had killed three militants. Several local language Twitter sources also…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr044

Location

وادي يشبم, Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa, Yemen
Several sources reported that a US drone strike killed at least one alleged AQAP militant travelling in a car in Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa governorate, at 4pm on March 6th 2017. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. Casualty assessments varied.  According to Yemenat, the strike "resulted in the burning of the car" and…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1936

Location

خضيرة, Khdeira, Hama, Syria
Two civilians, one child and one woman, were reportedly killed and another seriously wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck the village of Khadira, Hama, two local sources reported. An activist on the ground told Micro News that "the aircraft carried out raids on the village of Khadira in the area of Aqirbat (77 km east…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr042

Location

الصعيد, Said, Shabwa, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP training camp in a mountainous area of Saeed in Shabwa governorate, local residents told Reuters. Early on March 6th 2017, Elwatan News also indicated that, according to an Anatolia Agency report, a strike against a training camp in Saeed had taken place on that day.  The…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr041

Location

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen
A single source, Al-Masdar Online, alleged that a US airstrike killed Yasser Ali Abdullah al-Silmi, also known as Abu al Muhajir al Ebbi, in Qayfa, Bayda governorate, at dawn on March 6th 2017. A US Pentagon spokesperson, however, announced on March 6th that a US airstrike killed AQAP members Usayd al-Adani and Yasir al-Silmi in…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
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

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI513

Location

محطة القطارٌ, Mosul, Central railway station, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and security sources reported that up to 33 civilians (mostly former Iraqi and police officers) died after Coalition airstrikes targeted the railway station at the right side of Mosul. The sources reported that the Coalition had ‘mistakenly’ targeted the train station, which killed up to 33 people (25 -33 civilians and eight ISIL…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
18–33
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI514

Location

الدواسة, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents sources said that between 41 and 52 civilians were killed, including 23 children and one woman, and more than 70 injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces struck civilian homes at dawn, at the right side of Mosul. Witnesses told Iraq News that there were “dozens of women and children…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
41–52
Civilians reported injured
70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI515

Location

النبي شيث, Mosul, Nabi Sheet, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 16 civilians were killed and dozens of others injured in violent clashes and airstrikes on Nabi Sheet neighbourhood. Mosul Ateka posted a photo (see below) of the aftermath, stating “This is the area of Nabi Sheet, the centre of Mosul city, and the main market for handicraft and construction...” A UN…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–16
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CS552

Location

كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and 12 civilians were reported to have died in Coalition airstrikes on the town of Kdeiran in western Raqqah. According to the Syrian Observatory, “four persons were killed including a man and his son in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition on areas in Kdiaran town west of al-Raqqah…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CS553

Location

الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria
A single source blamed the Coalition for the death of a woman and the injuring of four more civilians in the al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya areas. According to Smart News, “A local source said three raids affected the villages of al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya in the western countryside, killing a woman and wounding…

Summary

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

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI516

Location

حي الصمود, Mosul, Sumud, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed and more than 40 people were still under the rubble after a Coalition airstrike targeted the Sumud Quarter near the main generator. The Telegraph interviewed several witnesses, who reported: “The planes waited until one of the Daesh walked out into the street and then…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–55
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5–6 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr039

Location

وادي النسيل, Wadi Al Naseel, Abyan, Yemen
Several sources reported that a US drone strike targeted an alleged AQAP camp in Wadi al-Naseel, Wadea district of Abyan governorate, late on March 5th 2017, or possibly very early on march 6th. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to AFP, an "early dawn" US strike allegedly took place in the…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr040-C

Location

جبل نوفان, Jabal Novan, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that US drone strikes targeted alleged AQAP militant positions in Novan, in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of March 5th. There was one known report of possible civilian injury due to the strike. Local language Twitter sources reported that airstrikes targeted AQAP militants in the Novan mountains. The…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5–6 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr038-C

Location

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Several sources reported that brothers Ahmad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged twelve, and Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged ten, were killed by a US strike in Yakla, in the Qifah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 5th to March 6th. According to Hunaradaa, local residents said that an older brother, Omar, survived the…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car), Transportation (Road)
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1934

Location

قبتان الجبل, Qubtan Al-Jabal, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three civilians, including one male child and one woman, were killed along with up to ten wounded, local media reported following alleged Russain shelling of Qubtan Al-Jabal, Aleppo. At least one child was killed by the airstrikes. Additionally, many  sources also reported the death of one man and woman. @kobtan_aljabal added that the child…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1935

Location

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians, possibly two children and two women, and up to nine more in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Maskanah, local media reported. Two of the victims were reportedly female children. One source added that two women also died when their home was struck. The number of wounded varied among the sources,…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

CI510

Location

الدواسة, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and press sources said between 64 and 130 civilians were killed in total and many others injured by different kind of bombing during the Iraqi offensive to control the governmental compound in Dawassa at the right side of Mosul. Mosul Eye reported that “the number of civilian casualties today has risen to more than…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
64–130
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

CI511

Location

Mosul, Hal al Abar, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unreported incident, Amnesty field researchers spoke with survivors of a March 5th incident which left five non-combatants dead and five more injured – all from one family. The following unpublished report was shared with Airwars: “I survived an attack on 5 March. Our house was encircled by IS and ISF fighters, and…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

CS550

Location

الرقة‎, Saif al Dawla street, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was reported injured in what appeared to have been a targeted strike on Ar Raqqah. According to Smart News, “Two members of Islamic State were killed and a civilian injured on Sunday, after aerial bombardment most likely by the international coalition on the city of Raqqa, northern Syria, according to a local source.…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

CS551

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an event previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition said no civilians were harmed near Raqqa, In it's April 2017 casualty report the Coalition said: "No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties".

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

CI512

Location

Mosul, Souq al-Sha’areen neighborhood, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 5 March, an airstrike targeted an ISIL post in the ISIL—controlled residential area of the Souq al-Sha’areen neighbourhood, in central Mosul. Sources reported that a civilian home was hit, killing seven civilians,…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4–5 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr035-C

Location

جعار, Ja'ar, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in or near Ja'ar, in the Sama'a area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 4th to March 5th. One source reported a single militant casualty, and another reported that "civilians including a child" were killed as the result of overnight strikes in Bayda governorate, of…

Summary

Published
4 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
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

4–5 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr036

Location

وادي يشبم, Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa, Yemen
Several social media sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP sites in Wadi Yashbum, Saeed district of Shabwa, overnight from March 4th to March 5th.  There were no known reports of civilian harm. One Twitter source, writing at 2am, suggested that eight airstrikes took place in the area. The Yashbum Valley area was subject…

Summary

Published
4 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

4–5 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr037

Location

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP sites in Yakl in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 4th to March 5th. One source reported that "civilians including a child" were killed during nighttime US strikes in Bayda governorate, of which this strike was one. It was unclear which specific strike(s)…

Summary

Published
4 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

4 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1929

Location

عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
In what was described as a "massacre", up to 15 civilians died and as many as 50 more were wounded in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on the town of Akeirbat in Hama, according to local media. The warplanes reportedly struck a sheep marked. Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said…

Summary

Published
4 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–15
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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