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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CI472
Location
Mosul, Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq
At least four civilians were reported killed following a rocket attack by either the ISF or the Coalition on a mosque at Wadi Hajjar, according to an eyewitness. Amnesty International published the following account: “An attack struck Khaled Ibn al-Waleed mosque, in Wadi Hajjar, at close to 3pm on or around 20 February (witnesses could…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CS510
Location
منطقة مدرسة المعري, Al Maari school area, Raqqa, Syria
Between five and ten civilians including three women died and ten others were injured in an airstrike on the Al Maari school area of Raqqa, according to local media. While the majority of sources said that this was the work of the Coalition, one report attributed the incident to the Assad regime. The Coalition later…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–10
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CS511
Location
الرقة, Qitar street, Raqqa, Syria
Between seven and ten civilians including three children and three women died and dozens more were injured in an airstrike on Qitar street, according to local sources. While the majority of reports attributed the incident to the Coalition, one report alleged that Russia was responsible. The Coalition later reported that “no Coalition strikes were conducted…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CS512
Location
north bank of Euphrates, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in June 2017 that an airstrike on the north bank of the Euphrates in Raqqa had not caused civilian harm – despite claims on social media. According to the report, “Feb. 20, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CS513
Location
الجلاء, desert of al Jalaa town, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike in a car in the desert of al Jalaa, according to local sources. The alliance denies the claim. According to Euphrates Post and the Shaam News Network, the two deaths occurred when Coalition jets struck a “Hyundai car carrying petrol in the desert of al Jalaa”. LCCSY…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CS515
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in June 2017 that an airstrike near Raqqa had not caused civilian harm – despite claims on social media. According to the report, “14. Feb. 20, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available information and strike video it…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
CS516
Location
AL-SAHAMIYAH AND AL - FATATISH, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on media claims of civilian harm “near al Raqqah, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “7. Feb. 20, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1903
Location
حي تشرينشارع الحافظ, al Hafez street, Tishreen neighbourhood, eastern Damascus, Damascus, Syria
In what was largely reported as a regime attack, seven civilians including up to two children and two women died in an airstrike on al Hafez street, in Damascus' Tishreen neighbourhood. On February 20th, the Step News Agency reported: "Assad's regime continued its military campaign on the eastern neighborhoods in the capital Damascus for the…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1902
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, said: "Our reporter, quoting a local source, said that the warplanes likely belonging to Russia struck the western district of the eastern city of Palmyra with a rocket killing of a civilian and wounding two members of IS". No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2017
Incident Codes
TS083 CS514
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Between 12 and 29 civilians including up to five children and five women died in airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local media - though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Turkey or the US-led Coalition. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
20 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–29
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1900
Location
نصيب, Nasib, Daraa, Syria
Up to seven civilians - of whom four were named - died and as many as eight others were wounded in an air or artillery strike on Nasib, according to local media. While most sources blamed Russia, there were also several allegations against the Assad regime. According to Ara, "Russian warplanes targeted the vicinity of…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CI467
Location
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that up to 130 civilians were killed and 78 injured after Coalition airstrikes and/ or Iraqi artillery had struck many residential buildings in Al-Shafaa (Shifa) in West Mosul. The Coalition has confirmed causing 10 deaths. Press sources had told Yaqein that “the retaliatory shelling by aircraft and artillery by government forces had,…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
30–130
Civilians reported injured
78
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CI468
Location
Mosul, Flour Mill (West Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that nine persons were either killed or wounded as a result of airstrikes by the US-led Coalition on a flour firm in the west of Mosul. Raedlay said that five people were killed and four were injured in the raids. On April 30th 2017, the Coalition confirmed a civilian casualty event in…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI469
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul Airport, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in its July report that an allegation on social media of civilian casualties had been assessed as Not Credible. According to the report “Feb. 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CI470
Location
المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
In a further incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in its July report that an allegation on social media of civilian casualties at Old Mosul had been assessed as Not Credible. According to the report “Feb. 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CS507
Location
دركوش, Darkoush, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was injured following an alleged Coalition drone strike on a vehicle on the road of Darkoush al jamiliya, according to local sources. Some sources suggested that this was a militant car. Idlib Media Center, reported that “a civilian was wounded after his car was targeted by a coalition drone”. Al amawi, Jisr media…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CS508
Location
Khatouniya & Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and two others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Khatouniya and al Salhabiya, according to a single source. Smart reported that “a local source said Coalition aircraft bombed the villages of Khatouniya and Salhabiya in the western Raqqa countryside which resulted in the killing of one civilian…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CS509
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, the Coalition stated in April that its aircraft had not been involved in a civilian casualty event alleged by an NGO. According to the report: “Feb. 19, 2018, near Manbij, Syria, via NGO report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1901
Location
تل ماعز, Tal Maez, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and 13 civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tal Maez, according to sources on the ground. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "four civilians, including two children and a woman, died when suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on Tal al Mo’ez village in Aleppo governorate eastern suburbs, February 19,…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1899
Location
ام تينة, Umm Tine village, Maskana, Aleppo, Syria
Four victims (one adult male, one adult female and two children) were named by the VDC as killed by Russia in Umm Tine village, Maskana. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, reporting: "three civilians, including a girl and her mother, died when Syrian regime artillery shells fired on Om Tena village…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1898
Location
اليادودة, al Yadouda, central countryside of Daraa, Daraa, Syria
Five named women - and possibly a girl - died in an alleged Russia or Assad regime air or artillery strike on al Yadouda in the central countryside of Daraa, according to local media. According to Orient News, "Russian aircraft targeted the town of Al-yadouda in the countryside of Daraa Gharbi with several air strikes,…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CI464
Location
باب البيض, Mosul, Bab al Beith, Nineveh, Iraq
“Dozens” of civilians were reported killed and injured following alleged US Apache helicopter and Iraqi artillery strikes on West Mosul. Yaqein reported both Apache helicopter and Iraqi artillery strikes on the ISIL-occupied West of the city. Ajel al Mousul reported only artillery strikes, which it said: “caused the martyrdom and wounding of dozens of civilians.”…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
28
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CI465
Location
المستشفى العام, Mosul, Ibn Senna Hospital, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of four civilians and the injuries of six in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS headquarters building, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that four civilians, who were not…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CI466
Location
جامع يحيى الطالب, Mosul, Omar al Taleb mosque, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS headquarters building, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally injured." The Coalition provided Airwars with…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CS503
Location
حي الدرعية, Dir'iya, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Smart, reported the deaths of three civilians including one woman and the injury of six others in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Dir’iyta neighbourhood of Raqqa. According to Smart, “a local source in the town of Raqqa said that two men and a woman were killed and six others seriously injured…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CS504
Location
الأكراد, al Akrad and al Mashlab neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians including one child and two women died and four others were wounded – some critically – in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the neighbourhoods of al Akrad and al Mashlab in Raqqa, according to local sources. According to Baladi, “several sources reported from inside the city of Raqqa that international coalition planes killed…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CS505
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Sharqiya Voice, reported the death of one civilian in Raqqa. The source said: “A civilian was killed while he was on a waterway crosser [something used to cross the waterway though they’re not saying a boat] after being hit by shrapnel following an air raid targeting the city of Raqqa. He is…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CS506
Location
الرقة, Land Bank, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died and six others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to a single source, the Smart news agency. Smart reported that “a local source, who preferred not to be named, said that the warplanes – likely belonging to the international coalition – launched three raids on the city, targeting…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1897
Location
رسم حميدة, Rasim Hamida, Homs, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly killed and three wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on the ISIS controlled village of Rasim Hamida, in the eastern Homs countryside - though only one source has reported on the incident. Smart News, who attributed likely responsibility to Russia, cited a civilian source, who stated: "the warplanes targeted civilian houses with…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1896
Location
أم الكراميل, Umm al Karamil village, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that one civilian died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Umm al Karamil village. According to Sdusyria, "one civilian was killed and others were wounded by a Russian air strike on the village of Um al-Karamil in southern Aleppo." While most sources pointed to Russia, Aljazeera reported that regime actions had…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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