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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1920
Location
Ariha, Idlib, Syria
اريحا
As many as 20 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, in an airstrike on Ariha. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Around half the sources blamed Russian warplanes, while the rest pointed to the Syrian regime. Some sources such as Idlib Media Centre blamed both parties for the raids. SMO…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–20
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CS539
Location
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
حطلة
Five non-combatants died in an airstrike on Makta’a Hajar in Manbij, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or the Assad regime was responsible. According to LCCSY, “five civilians from Hatla village in the eastern countryside were killed when the international coalition targeted members of Daesh who…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CS540
Location
Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
المنصورة
A reported Coalition strike on an ISIL HQ which killed and injured up to a dozen militants also led to the injuring of three civilians, according to a single source. According to Smart News Coalition planes launched an attack at al Mansoura “on an ISIL headquarters, killing five elements and wounding six others, including a…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CS541
Location
Old Bridge, Raqqa, Syria
جسر الرقة
One civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the old bridge in Raqqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launcedh new raids targeting the old Raqqa bridge, destroying large parts of it, in addition to killing the young man Ahmad Saleh al Arab“. According to Step news…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CI493
Location
near Al Qa’im, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed that it didn't harm civilians: "72. Feb. 27, 2017, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via social media report: After review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike."
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1915
Location
Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
مسكنة
An unspecific number of civilians was wounded following an alleged airstrike on Maskanah, Aleppo. Only one sources blamed Russian warplanes; the others attributed blame to the Syrian regime. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes occurred near the sugar planting town of Maskanah. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1917
Location
Al Hour, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
الحور
Three medical staff were wounded in an airstrike which struck Al-Huda Surgical Hospital in Al Hour, Aleppo, local media report. According to sources, the hospital has been since rendered out of service. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime. The Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
CS537
Location
Al Fardous/ paradise area, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Two civilians died and 12 others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to a single source, Smart news agency. Smart reported: “According to local sources the raids targeted the automated bakery at al Ferdos in the Paradise neighbourhood and Saif al Dawla street. Medical sources said that the raids resulted in…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
CI488
Location
Al Kour and other neighbourhoods on the right side of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that 33 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 35 injured due to Coalition airstrikes and artillery bombing on several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. Journalists had reported to Yaqein that “aerial bombardment and artillery [shelling] targeted violently, today, the homes of civilians in areas at the right side…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
33
Civilians reported injured
35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
CI489
Location
Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
حي التنك
Eleven civilians died in a mortar strike by an unspecified party on al Tanak neighbourhoopd, according to eyewitnesses. Amnesty shared the following field report with Airwars: “Family: 2 boys and 4 girls and his wife. Mother in law – unharmed but taken to hospital where she died having suffered a heart attack Mother – unharmed.…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1918
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
Between one and nine civilians were killed - including four children - and others were wounded, in an airstrike on Douma, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some blaming Russia and others the Syrian regime. Two sources put the death toll as high as nine, while two reported…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
CS538
Location
Makta'a Hajar, Aleppo, Syria
المقطاع / المقطع
One child died in an airstrike on Makta’a Hajar in Manbij, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or the Assad regime was responsible. The Violations Documentation Center named a child, Fatima Mohammad al Hamada, as a victim of coalition raids in Manbij. According to the activist,…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1916
Location
Al Waer, Homs, Syria
حي الوعر
Four civilians were killed, including a child, and as many as 24 others were wounded in an alleged parachute missile attack on the residential neighbourhood of Al Waer, local media reported. All sources but one blamed the Syrian regime for the raid. The Shaam News Network was alone in reporting "violent raids by Assad and…
Summary
Published
26 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
6–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS532
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
One civilian died and five others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Micro Syria reported that “Coalition warplanes targeted a car park in Tabaqa and according to a source in the national hospital in Tabaqa, a civilian was killed and five others wounded – some of them…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS533
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Two civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the grain silos area in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Front of Raqqa Revolution and Sounandpicture said that the two victims were workers at the silos. All sources alleged that this was a Coalition strike.
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS534
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Five civilians died and ten others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the maternity hospital in al Tabaqa, according to a single source. The Smart news agency reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely to be the Coalition launched a raid with three missiles targeting a street and a building near the…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS535
Location
Khatouniyah, Raqqa, Syria
الخاتونية
Between three and four civilians including two women died and four more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Khatouniya in the western Raqqa countryside and the village of Hamra Blassen in the eastern countryside of Raqqa, according to local sources. Smart’s source said that the strike was likely to have…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS536
Location
Desert road SW of Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition reported that one civilian died near Raqqa. In its June 2017 casualty report it said: "During a strike on ISIS oil tankers, after warning shots were fired to dislodged drivers from the vehicles, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed." The Coalition provided Airwars…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI485
Location
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq” via a media report. According to the Coalition report, “10. Feb. 25, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information and strike video it…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI486
Location
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed no civilians were harmed: "Feb. 25, 2017, near the Al Ma’mun neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike."
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI487
Location
Mosul, Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq
وادي حجر
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed the deaths of five civilians in an event in Mosul while survivors' accounts add that at least three others were severely injured in the airstrikes. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that five…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
USSOM069
Location
Hawina, north of Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
Somali news outlet Mareeg reported a suspected drone strike on an al Shabaab controlled village. Mareeg reported an eyewitness as saying: “We heard several bomb explosion caused by drone airstrikes in Hawina village.” He added: “It is not clear how many people have been killed or wounded it is very difficult to know the real…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1912
Location
Al-Hmeirat, Hama, Syria
الحميرات
Sources reported that eight people from one family were killed and dozens more were wounded when an alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime raid struck their home in Al-Hmeirat. Most sources blamed Russia, though some also pointed to the Syrian regime. Members of the Civil Defence spent time pulling bodies and injured civilians out of the rubble.…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CS530
Location
Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
حصيبة
Two civilians died in an airstrike on Abu Kamal, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US-led Coalition or Iraqi warplanes. RFS Media said that the Coalition carried out a strike, though added that there was so far no reports of civilian casualties. Euphrates…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CS531
Location
Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria
كسرة شيخ (جمعة)
Smart news agency, reported the death of three civilians including one child and the injury of one other in an alleged Coalition airstrikes on Kasrat Juma’a village in the western Raqqa countryside. Smart reported: “The source said the raids are likely to have been by the international coalition and targeted a poultry farm in the…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI480
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Local and press sources claimed that nine civilians were killed and more than twenty wounded in an airstrike conducted by planes of the US-led Coalition on Al Qa’im City. According to Yaqein “a news source said that Coalition forces launched intensive raids on the city of Qaim, western Anbar province, killing nine civilians. The source…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
22–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI481
Location
Mazir, Kirkuk, Iraq
مزير
A single local media source reported that ten civilians were killed and many others were wounded in Coalition raids on Mazirr village, near Dibis region, north of Kirkuk City. No additional details are presently known. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed the event as non credible due to a lack of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI482
Location
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “80. Feb. 24, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information and strike…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1909
Location
Al-Najia, Idlib, Syria
الناجية
Up to four civilians were killed - and as many as five were injured - in alleged airstrikes which struck residential homes in Al-Najia. All sources blamed Russia, apart from one source which blamed the Syrian regime. One source reported that there were three Russian raids which caused huge material damage to residential homes and roads.…
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
CS529
Location
Al Barouda, Raqqa, Syria
البارودة
Four civilians died and nine were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Barouda village in the western Raqqa countryside, according to two local sources. Smart said that the wounded included women and children. Smart’s source added that the warplanes “targeted the village despite there being no military headquarters for the organization [ISIL] there”.…
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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