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August 16, 2014
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سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, IraqAccording to the German news agency DPA, the first known civilian victims of US bombing in the campaign occurred on August 16th, eight days into the air war. According to DPA, witnesses informed the agency’s reporter that “11 civilian were killed by a US airstrike when they chased [ISIL] fighters in Sinjar but its rockets
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Incident date
July 16, 2019
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الطكيحي, Al Takihi, Deir Ezzor, SyriaLocal sources alleged that the International Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out an airstrike that struck the home of ISIS leader Ragheb Hussein al-Hindoura at dawn, and claimed that the airstrike killed between 10 to 15 relatives in the house adjacent to Hassan’s house and wounded others. The dead and wounded relatives were reported
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November 5, 2014
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القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqWitnesses from Al-Qaim alleged that coalition airstrikes targeted a civilian house at midnight, killing a father and his three children and leaving the wife with severe injuries. The man’s name was given as Mohammed Hammad Alhialy. This may or may not be related to an incident cited by the United Nations in its quarterly report
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January 25, 2019
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الباغوز, near al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, SyriaIn its monthly civilian casualty report for October 2019 – published on December 5th of that year – the Coalition conceded the injuring of a civilian in a strike near Baghouz. According to the report, “January 25, 2019, near Baghouz, Syria, via self-report. Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against a Daesh tunnel entrance. Regrettably, one
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Incident date
January 5, 2015
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معرحطاط, Ma`arr Hitat, Idlib, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website, lists one civilian male as a victim of a coalition strike. It is unclear whether he was killed in his home town of Ma’ar Hatat in Idlib or in Raqqa. However, the original listing in Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies lists him as a militant from Idlib – and reports
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January 20, 2022
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سجن الصناعة, Al Sina'a Prison, Al Hassakah, SyriaBetween January 20th and January 26th 2022, Islamic State militants (ISIS) attempted to take control of Al-Sina’a prison in Gweran neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah, Syria. The prison, managed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), by some reports held between 3000 to 5000 individuals associated with ISIS, including “hundreds” of so-called ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ – the
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February 23, 2015
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الجيسي, Al Jesse, Al Hassakah, SyriaIt was reported that a coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Al Hassakah had killed three unnamed civilians: “The car was bombed while it was on the bridge of a village near the town [of Al Hassakah] which led to the death of three civilians, displaced from the city of Tal Hamis,” according to Thawrah.
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May 6, 2015
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الغرة, Al-Gharah, Al Hassakah, SyriaA 65-year old man was killed in an alleged Coalition strike according to two separate investigations by international news organisations. According to his son Ahmed, Mr Hassan was walking to work in his village when shrapnel from a Coalition strike punctured his heart and leg and killed him: “He didn’t support any group,” Hassan told
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June 29, 2015
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حديثة, Haditha, Al Anbar, IraqIn a previously unknown case, CENTCOM reported on January 15th 2015 that US aircraft injured or possbily killed two or more civilians after an attack on an ISIL tactical unit and vehicles: According to the statement: “On June 29, 2015, near Haditha, Iraq, during strikes against one ISIL tactical unit and two ISIL vehicles, it
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Incident date
July 30, 2015
LOCATION
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaFive members of one family including three children were killed in a reported 1.30am Coalition strike on the Syria-Iraq border, according to two sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted the following: “Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on places around Aysha hospital and other places around the city of
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Incident date
September 16, 2015
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جديد عقيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaSix civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in either a Coalition or Assad regime airstrike. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Six civilians were killed including children while no less than 10 others were wounded by the aerial bombardment by the U.S led coalition warplanes in Jadid Akidat in the eastern countryside
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Incident date
October 18, 2015
LOCATION
الكسك, Kisik Junction, Nineveh, IraqA civilian taxi was reportedly destroyed in a Coalition airstrike at Kisik Junction north west of Mosul, killing up to eight civilians including two children and a woman. A girl reportedly survived the attack. The event, described as an evening airstrike, led to the deaths of a number of named victims. The Coalition has confirmed striking
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Incident date
December 5, 2015
LOCATION
الرمادي, Ramadi, Warrar, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources claimed that at least five civilians – mostly children and women from two displaced families – were killed and six to 12 wounded after an aerial bombing of their home in the Warrar area of Ramadi. Al Samaria quoted what it said was an anonymous source in the Daesh-occupied city: “Two missiles from
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January 7, 2016
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الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, SyriaEight children and three women were widely reported killed, in what most sources claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. While Raqqah is Being Slaughtered and Radio Alkul did not attribute the attack, the Syrian Observatory blamed the Coalition: “Eight children and three citizen women were killed in a bombing by the international coalition’s warplanes on
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February 18, 2016
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الفتحة, Fatha, Nineveh, IraqFour civilians were reported killed and two injured during an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Fatha north of Mosul according to Al Araby, which said the bodies were transfered to a local morgue. No additional information is presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they
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June 8, 2016
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الشبالي, Shabali, Aleppo, SyriaSyrian News Desk reported that four civilians from one family were killed and six others injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Shabali. The media opposition activist Ahmed Mohammed, told the news organisation that “the air force targeted the village with two raids. One of them hit a house, killing a woman and her three children,
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Incident date
July 6, 2016
LOCATION
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaThe Islamic State-controlled media agency Al A’Amaq reported that a woman was killed and her young daughter injured in a Coalition drone strike on central Manbij. No other sources are presently known. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in
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Incident date
July 19, 2016
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ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, SyriaA report on August 5th 2016 by local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd claimed that approximately 15 civilians had died in a Coalition strike two weeks earlier, with their bodies still buried under rubble. “American Alliance planes – around 15 days ago – committed a massacre against three families opposite al Fatah mosque
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Incident date
August 19, 2016
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الجوسق, Mosul, Al-Jawsaq, Nineveh, IraqAs many as 19 civilians reportedly died in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Jissag near Mosul. Up to nine children and five women were said to be among the dead. Yaqein reported the deaths of a woman and her four children in what was described as a Coalition strike. The Iraqi Spring Media Centre also
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Incident date
October 21, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, South, girls' school, Nineveh, IraqThe Russian Military General Staff claimed that a Coalition airstrike on a girls’ school south of Mosul killed a number of civilians. According to Sputnik News, The Russian General Staff said that more than 60 civilians were killed and 200 others were injured during air strikes launched by the international coalition led by the United
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November 4, 2016
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الكندي, Mosul, Kindi, Nineveh, IraqAccording to a single local report, a father and his daughter were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes. Mosul Eye reported that 2 civilians (father and his daughter) have been killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Al-Kindy neighbourhood, on the eastern bank of Mosul.
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November 15, 2016
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القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqAt least ten civilians were killed by strikes in Anbar province, according to local sources. Yaqein reported that 10 civilians were killed and others injured, including women and children by both Coalition and Iraqi Air Force planes. One additional report, posted by @amsiiraq, referred to dozens of dead and wounded, and also cited the Coalition
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November 26, 2016
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الصناعة, Mosul, industrial district, Nineveh, IraqFourteen or more people were reported killed and 35 injured following the alleged Coalition bombing, according to local sources. Multiple social media accounts, including @IQsunni, reported identical reports, stating that 14 people were killed and 35 injured as a result of a US airstrike on an industrial area in Mosul. Another tweet, by @zyaad_alsenjar, wrote
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Incident date
January 9, 2017
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كبش, Kabish, Raqqa, SyriaUp to three civilians died during a battle for control of Kabish. While most sources blamed SDF artillery, one claimed that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the deaths. A single source, Eldorar, reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition strike on Kabish. However according to Raqqa Post, one victim, Sadeq Qassem, was
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Incident date
January 18, 2017
LOCATION
حي النجار, Mosul, Al-Najjar, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that up to 14 people, mostly from one family, were killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted the house of Khalil Ekrb at 3pm in Al-Najjar neighborhood, near Hawi, in the northwest of Mosul. Iraqyoon said the raids had targeted ISIL members in front of the house, but that the bombing “did not
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January 31, 2017
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously known to Airwars researchers, the Coalition reported on March 4th that it was assessing an event at Mosul. According to the release “Currently, 19 reports of civilian casualties are still being assessed… Jan. 31, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report.” No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
February 14, 2017
LOCATION
قصر المطران, Mosul, Qasr al-Mataraan, Nineveh, IraqA local source said that three sisters were killed and their mother seriously injured after airstrikes destroyed their house neighbouring an ISIL position in Qasr al-Mataraan (Bishop Palace) area at the right side of Mosul. Urgent Mosul news reported that the raids had targeted and killed ISIL members, yet had also killed the three sisters.
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Incident date
February 20, 2017
LOCATION
الجلاء, desert of al Jalaa town, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo 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
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
New Mosul neighbourhood, Nineveh, IraqAn eyewitness, Ghania Hassan – resident of the al-Jadida (New Mosul) neighborhood – told Foreign Policy that more than 56 civilians were killed after a Coalition missile hit a house where they were gathered, reportedly forced to by ISIL combattants. The eyewitness account as written down by Sam Kimball, Foreign Policy: “If they stopped the
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Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
العامل, Mosul, Amil, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents and press sources said that dozens of civilians were killed or injured and many were still under rubble, after reported Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces targeted Amil neighborhood, west of Mosul. Iraqi Spring reported that “the government forces shelled their homes in Amil neighborhood at the right side of Mosul after