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Incident Date
23 January 2017
Incident Code
TS059
Location
تل بطنان, Tal Btan, Aleppo, Syria
On January 25th, a single source, Al Bab24, reported: "Rescue teams managed to pull out the bodies of three people from al Othman family. Rasoul al Othman was identified. They were killed a few days ago in Tal Btan, Syria following Turkish artillery shelling." There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
23 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS058 RS1849
Location
تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Syria
LCCSY reported that there were "15 martyrs in Aleppo killed in clashes with SDF and in Russian raids on Tadef and Turkish shelling on al Bab " According to Al Baba 24, "the town today [Jan 23rd] suffered a Russian air raid which killed a woman and two children from Obeid family". However, Syria News…
Summary
Published
23 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CS456
Location
near Al-Tabqah, Raqqa, Syria
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2017
Incident Code
CS454
Location
النيرب, Al Nayrab, Idlib, Syria
Between three and five civilians including two children and one woman died and up to 20 others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Nayrab, according to local sources. The Coalition later denied involvement. The Syrian Network said “At least 3 civilians (two children and a woman) died in international Coalition warplanes missiles fired…
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
4–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2017
Incident Code
CS453
Location
مزرعة الصفصاف, Al Safsaf farm, Raqqa, Syria
A young man died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Safsaf farm, Raqqa, according to local sources. Mohab Nasser, an activist covering Raqqa news, reported that “the child Ammar Ahmad al Suleiman al Gharnouk, 10 years old, ded after being hit by shrapnel following a raid on al Safsaf farm in the eastern Tabaqa…
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr004
Location
مديرية الصومعة, al Sama'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
A number of reports indicated that a US drone strike on January 22nd had killed one AQAP member in Bayda province. There were no known associated reported civilian casualties. Reuters reported that a strike against a car in al-Sama'a district had resulted in the death of one suspected AQAP member, based on official and local…
Summary
Published
22 January 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
22 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS057 CS455
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Between six and 15 civilians died including two children and two women and 16 more were wounded in air or artillery strikes on Al Bab, Syria, according to local media - though it was unclear whether Turkey or the US-led Coalition were responsible. Al Bab 24 said that "Al Bab city was exposed to a…
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–15
Civilians reported injured
16
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
CI437
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said that several people were killed in several alleged Coalition airstrikes on al Qaim city, west of Anbar. It was reported that Mustafa Hashim Mustafa Said Ahmed al-Rawi died as a result of the attack. News of Iraq said that “an entire family” died in the raids.
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
CI436
Location
الرشيدية, Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a car-bomb and house in Al-Rashidiya neighborhood, in the northeast of Mosul. This also caused the death of 15 civilians, many of them women and children. Ajel Al Mosul reported that “international Coalition airstrikes targeted a car-bomb in Rashidiya area, causing the martyrdom of a man and his…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
CS452
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and six were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said that the Coalition launched raids “targeting the areas of the coach station and the market leading to the fall of a number of civilian wounded.” Step also blamed the Coalition,…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1846
Location
دير الزورحي الشيخ ياسين, Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On January 21, 2017, two children, brothers called Mazen Siraj Al Nahri and Mohammed Siraj Nahri were reportedly killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir Ezzor's Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, according to local media. Several other civilians were wounded in the incident. Syrian Mirror reported: "warplanes likely to be Russian struck the neighborhoods of…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1845
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
On January 21, 2017, local media sources reported that one child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Akeirbat in the countryside in the east of the Hama region in Syria. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr003
Location
مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
On January 25th 2017, a US spokesperson stated that a strike in al-Bayda governorate on January 21st had killed three "AQAP operatives". This confirmed reports that a drone strike had targeted a vehicle in Suma'a district on that evening. There were no known reports of civilian casualties. A number of public sources had earlier reported…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr002
Location
مديرية الصومعة, Al Sama'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
There were some unconfirmed reports of a January 21st US drone strike in Sama'a, al-Bayda province, killing up to three alleged AQAP militants. The strike was reported to have occurred in the same general area as a second, confirmed strike on the same day. All but one source said that three militants had died in…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 January 2017
Incident Code
CS451
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian woman was killed following air raids by an unidentified belligerent on Raqqa city. According to LCCSY and other, “Mrs. Dalal Zare’ al Haj Ta’ama was martyred following raids on the city. The martyr is from Deir Ezzor province.”
Summary
Published
20 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 January 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr001
Location
مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
On January 25th 2017, a US spokesperson confirmed that a strike took place in al-Bayda governorate on January 20th, killing one AQAP operative. This confirmed reports that a US drone strike in al-Suma'a district, Bayda governorate, killed at least one alleged AQAP militant on that afternoon. There were no known reports of civilian harm. January…
Summary
Published
20 January 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
20 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1844
Location
باتبو, Batbo, Aleppo, Syria
Aljazeera reported: "Activists poke of dead trapped under the rubble and huge fires caused by Russian raids after midnight [Jan 20th] on a gas station in the vicinity of the town of Battbo in the western countryside of Aleppo". Other sources made no mention of fatalities but said that three civilians were wounded in the…
Summary
Published
20 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 January 2017
Incident Code
TS056
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and four civilians died and up to 13 more were wounded in alleged Turkish artillery and air strikes on Al Bab, Syria, local media reported. According to Al Bab News, there were "three dead and 11 injured in a continuous Turkish aerial and artillery bombardment of Al Bab". Syria News Desk gave more detail…
Summary
Published
20 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
11–13
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CI434
Location
القوسيات, Mosul, Alqosjat, Nineveh, Iraq
Press sources said that 34 civilians, including 21 children and a woman, were killed after airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted the neighborhoods on the left side of Mosul. A local hospital doctor told Alaraby that “nine dead [bodies] just arrived at the hospital, while the others are still under the rubble”.
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
34
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CI435
Location
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said 14 civilians were killed and 6 injured, mostly children and women, in Coalition airstrikes that had targeted their homes in Rifai neighbourhood northwest of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that seven children, four women and three men were killed as a result of the bombing on their homes. On March 4th…
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CS449
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Smart News, reported that “IS members were killed and civilians injured on Thursday, in aerial bombardment likely to be by the international coalition which targeted an IS vehicle east of the city of Raqqa, according to witnesses and medical sources.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CS450
Location
سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, Syria
Between one and five civilians died in an airstrike on Al Sweidiya Kabira according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or “PKK militants” were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered reported: “The international coalition launched three air raids on the village of al Sweidiya kabira in the northern Tabaqa…
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
TS055
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians died in an alleged Turkish artillery bombardment in Al Bab, according to local media. According to Aleppo 24: "two members of the civil defence were killed and a number more wounded as a result of the Turkish aviation targeting Al Bab on Thursday [Jan 19th]. The members of the civil defence died as…
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1843
Location
رسم العيس, Rasm al ais, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Rasm al ais, according to local media. Halab News listed three unidentified civilian fatalties - and blamed Russia for their deaths. @RFS_NORTH, @Syrianaffairs1 and LCCSY also pointed to Russia.
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 January 2017
Incident Code
CI433
Location
الزاب, Al Zab, Kirkuk, Iraq
Multiple sources said that dozens of civilians were killed or injured when a Coalition airstrike hit a health center, a power station and a market in Zab town, southwest of Kirkuk. Raedlay posted a video showing the aftermath of the strikes and the destruction of the health center. Correspondences Team said that four strikes had…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI432
Location
حي النجار, Mosul, Al-Najjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local 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…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 January 2017
Incident Code
CS448
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and three others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local media. Shaam News Network said that three civilians were wounded in a Coalition strike. LCCSY named Nour Riyad al Ayyash, from Deir Ezzor, as a victim. An Eye on Raqqa also named the victim and blamed…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS054 RS1841
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Halab News, reported eight of the nine civilians in "Russian enemy raids" in Tadef, Syria. It also named the victims. According to Al Jazeera, "The Russian and Turkish air forces, for the first time, carried out a joint operation against militants of the Islamic State Organization in Bab in countryside of, Aleppo,…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish 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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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Codes
CS447 TS053 RS1839
Location
تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria
Up to thirteen civilians reportedly died in airstrikes at Tadef near al Bab, as heavy clashes continued with ISIL for control of the strategic city. Step News, Al Bab News, Syria News Desk and the Syrian Observatory blamed Turkey for the attack, while LCCSY said Russia was responsible. The Syrian Network instead said that “8…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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