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Incident Date
28 August 2016
Incident Code
TS003
Location
ﺍﻟﻌﻤﺎﺭﻧﺔ, Al Armana, Aleppo, Syria
Fifteen to 24 civilians were reported killed in Turkish airstrikes on the town of Al Armana, as invading Turkish forces were said to have turned their attention to Kurdish YPG fighters. Al Hayat newspaper reported as many as twenty civilians were killed. However, Turkey denied it had killed any non-combatants in the action. According to Reuters…
Summary
Published
28 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–24
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2016
Incident Codes
CS300 TS002
Location
جب الكوسا, Jeb el Kussa, Aleppo, Syria
Twenty people were reported killed and 50 injured after clashes at Jeb el Kussa, south of Jarabulus. According to Al Alam “these people fell during battles between militants and extremist groups backed by Turkey and the so-called “democratic forces of Syria” and armed groups backed by America. The Syrian Observatory confirmed casualties in the ranks of…
Summary
Published
28 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 July 2016
Incident Code
TI005
Location
الفاضلية, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A local MP complained that a number of civilians had been killed and injured in fresh Turkish shelling of Fadhiliya village. Salim Juma told NRN News that artillery strikes from a nearby Turkish base at Bashiqa “killed and injured a number of civilians, including women and children.” The MP called on the regional Kurdish government…
Summary
Published
17 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2016
Incident Code
TS001
Location
جكة, Jakka, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, the Daesh-linked propaganda outlet Al A’amaq Media, reported an alleged ‘friendly fire’ event in the village of al Jakka: “An American plane carries out a raid by mistake on a position for the armed opposition on the outskirts of the village of Jakka in the northern Aleppo countryside, leading to deaths in…
Summary
Published
14 March 2016
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 February 2016
Incident Code
TI004
Location
قرية الفاضلية, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Fadhiliya. According to the Iraqi National News Agency, "the bombardment of Fadhiliya village at the foot of Mount Bachik, resulted in the deaths of three civilians and the wounding of two others." There is currently no other known source available.
Summary
Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 January 2016
Incident Code
TS038
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, 11 civilians were killed and 26 injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Al Bab, Syria. Al Jazeera posted on Twitter that "11 people were killed and 26 wounded and an ambulance destroyed after Turkish bombardment of the city of Bab in the countryside of eastern Aleppo." Al Bab Al Hadath…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
26
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2015
Incident Code
TI003
Location
قنديل, اقشين, الزاب, Qandil, Avashin and Zap, Nineveh, Iraq
Turkish air forces bombed positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the army said in a statement. Airstrikes hit mountainous areas in northern Iraq, including Qandil, Avashin and Zap. Turkish authorities said their strikes hit locations of the PKK rebels. However, Kurdish sources in northern Iraq reported via a single source that…
Summary
Published
11 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2015
Incident Code
TI002
Location
زرجيلي, Zergele, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Multiple Turkish airstrikes reportedly killed eight or more residents and injured at least eight others – including a child - in an attack on the village of Zergele in the Kandil Mountains. Alusmaria reported: "Turkish planes today bombed the village of Zergele north of the border, killing eight civilians, wounding ten others and destroying seven…
Summary
Published
1 August 2015
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
8–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2015
Incident Code
TI001
Location
العمادية, Amadiyah, Duhok, Iraq
Three civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Amadiyah, Iraq. Iraqhurr reported intensive bombing on PKK positions in the area and said that it "led to the wounding of three civilians." Sputnik News also reported Turkish airstrikes in the area but did not mention civilian harm. No additional details are presently known regarding…
Summary
Published
25 July 2015
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2015
Incident Code
CS104
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A reported Coalition airstrike at 3.45pm killed up to seven civilians including two children, at Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo. One young victim, Mohammad Jassen Al Abou Rakan, was decapitated in the incident, with graphic images of his body widely distributed on social media. Islamic State later published a propaganda video of the event, including interviews…
Summary
Published
23 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
TS644
Location
الخالدية, Khalidiya village, Ain Essa countryside, Raqqa, Syria
On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, an alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Khalidiya village, located in the Ain Essa countryside, Syria, reportedly killed an elderly woman and injured at least one other person, her husband. Numerous sources, such as Facebook page Ehlê Qamişlo, have named the deceased woman as Amsha Muhammad Hilal Al-Baqer, aged 65, and her…
Summary
Published
7 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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