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Incident Date
25 October 2016
Incident Code
CI310
Location
Mosul, Buwayd, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition admitted in its February 2017 civilian casualty report that it had killed one civilian during a strike on a moving vehicle. The report noted "During a strike on ISIL fighters in a moving vehicle it is assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when the…
Summary
Published
25 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1507
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between four and 10 civilians including one child and one woman died and as any as 30 more were wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on Douma, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame for the deaths, with sources reporting that both parties carried…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1508
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Between six and eight civilians including a child and two women died and as many as dozens more were wounded in multiple airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The lowest death count was given as one by Halab Today…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1509
Location
Al Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one civilian died and up to four more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the al Hamidiya neighborhood in the city of Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground. Most sources didn’t specify the number of victims, referring only to “martyrs” and “civilian casualties”. But Euphrates Post…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1510
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Three or four civilians including two girls and one woman died and as many as dozens more were injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Urma al Kubra, according to local media. The White Helmets gave the lowest death count of four civilians. But all other sources put the number at four,…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CI306
Location
تل كيف, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
Eight members of the same family were killed followed an alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. Multiple local outlets reported that 8 civilians – all members of the same family – were killed on October 24th in Tel Kepe, a town less than 15km north of Mosul. Yagen identified the father of the family…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS346
Location
الجرنية, Al Jarnia, Raqqa, Syria
Coalition raids in the vicinity of ground fighting left at least 2 civilians dead, according to local sources. Initial reports from ISIS-controlled Al A’amaq Agency blamed the Coalition for the deaths of two civilians. Subsequent reporting echoed that account (they may have been based on Al A’amaq);Al Jarnia and several other outlets named the two…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS347
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
3 civilians were killed when a garage was bombed by the Coalition, according to a local source. Smart News reported that 3 civilians were killed when a garage belonging to ISIL was struck by the Coalition. According to the account, six cars belonging to ISIL were also destroyed. The report noted other raids on that…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS348
Location
تل أسود, Tall Aswad, Aleppo, Syria
Manbij Mother of All the World initially reported what it said were Coalition strikes on Tal Aswad, targeting a reservoir. In a subsequent report, it said a “massacre” had been committed “against two familes as a result of wrong information from the Kurdish units in the village.” It named four victims. A report by the…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CI307
Location
أبو جربوعة, Abu Jarbua, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source told Airwars’ Iraq-based field researcher that three families have died in the village of Abu Jarbuha, followed Coalition airstrikes allegedly destroyed their homes. With British airstrikes confirmed in the area that day, Airwars reached out to the MoD, with information which included geolocates within 1km of the likely vicinity of the event…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CI308
Location
طوبزاوة, Tubzawa, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source reported that An adult civilian male killed followed an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Tubzawa. According to a single source, Mr Shihab’s two sons Younis aged 7 and Mustafa aged 2 years old were also severely injured in the incident – and were being treated in the intensive care unit at Irbil…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
LC047
Location
الجيزة, Giza, Surt, Libya
The US conducted four airstrikes in the Giza neighbourhood in Sirte. One source on Facebook mentioned that Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous soldiers found seven dead bodies of civilians in a house. The bodies were apparently charred. According to Madridi Aween, “Our rebels found a number of bodies in several houses in the camp during a search by the…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1504
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians – a father and his son or daughter – died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on Maarat al Numan – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “two victims (a child and…
Summary
Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1503
Location
Al Teeba, Homs, Syria
One girl died and several more civilians were wounded in Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the Al Teeba area in Homs, according to sources on the ground. According to the Syrian Press Center ,"Russian air strikes on Sunday [Oct 23rd] targeted a camp for the displaced in the area of Taybeh in rural northern…
Summary
Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1505
Location
حي المرجة, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between three and five civilians including two children and a woman died and up to 10 more were wounded in an airstrike or artillery shelling of a residential area in Aleppo’s Marjah neighbourhood, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Shaam…
Summary
Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1506
Location
كفرتخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that up to seven civilians - six of whom were named - including children and women died and dozens more were wounded in night-time airstrikes on Kafr Tkharim. The strikes reportedly hit a council building and a sports center. The majority of sources attributed this casualty event to Russia, though one report…
Summary
Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2016
Incident Code
CI305
Location
بخديدا (Bakhdida), Qaraqosh, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced it was conducting an assessment of a possible civilian casualty event: Currently, three reports received in October are still being assessed… 3. Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq. A Coalition report issued the following month noted: Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq: Insufficient information provided or available to…
Summary
Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1502
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
At least one member of the civil defence died and up to five more were wounded in an airstrike on Anadan, according to local media. One source – LCCSY – reported that there had been “16 martyrs in Aleppo following Russian raids on the town of Anadan and in clashes with what is referred to…
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–16
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
CS344
Location
حاجي كوسا, Haji Koussa, Aleppo, Syria
Several outlets including Halab Today TV reported that a 15 year old girl named Iman Sillo was killed “following Coalition raids.” One report, from Hara FM, indicated that two civilians were killed.
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Codes
CS345 TS005d
Location
الطويحينة, Al Tweihina, Aleppo, Syria
Airstrikes, possibly carried out by Turkish forces, killed one civilian according to one local report. Others referred only to violent clashes between non state actors. Smart News Agency reported that “international Coalition aircraft” targeting ISIS in Al Tweihina which it said killed one civilian and two members of the terror group. However, the report identified…
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
CI303
Location
فايده, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of eight was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Fadhiliya. CENTCOM later confirmed it had carried out the airstrikes and had killed all eight civilians. Iraq based reporter Fazel Hawramy spoke by phone with family members in the village shortly after the event, who confirmed that eight people had…
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
CI304
Location
بخديدا (Bakhdida), Qaraqosh, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced in December 2016 it was conducting an assessment of a possible civilian casualty event: Currently, three reports received in October are still being assessed… Oct. 22, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq. On January 2nd 2017 a new Coalition report noted: No Coalition strikes were conducted on structures in the geographic area…
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1500
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria
Seven civilians including up to five children – reportedly mostly from the same family – died and up to dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Jisr al Shoughour, according to sources on the ground – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Among sources attributing the event to…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1501
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians died in a strike on farmland near Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Step News Agency, LCCSY, @Sy_Reporter and Shahba Press all blamed Russia – and put the number of civilians killed at…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1498
Location
Al Nakir, Idlib, Syria
One or two children died and two other civilians were wounded in an airstrike on Al Nakir, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Step News Agency was among sources blaming Russia, reporting that one child died in the strike. But a…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1499
Location
Tarei, Idlib, Syria
In what looks to have been a Syrian regime action, an elderly man and his son were reported killed by an airstrike in Tarei village, Idlib. LCCSY initially appeared to blame Russia, but in a later post attributed the deaths to the Syrian regime. Most other sources also pointed to the regime. According to the…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
CI301
Location
داقوق, Duquq, Kirkuk, Iraq
At least 15 civilians – most or all women – were killed and 45 or more wounded by an airstrike which hit a Shi’ite shrine in Duquq, according to local sources. The Coalition later categorically denied that it was responsible for the event, with Iraqi aircraft most likely at fault. Local official Amir Huda Karam…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
45–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
CI302
Location
الموصل, Mosul, South, girls' school, Nineveh, Iraq
The 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…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1488
Location
Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
A member of the White Helmets died and five of his colleagues were wounded, along with “dozens more civilians” in a strike on the Civil Defence center in the city of Maarat al Numan, according to local media. Sources noted that the Civil Defence Center – “the most important center in the southern Idlib countryside”…
Summary
Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1489
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Two children, a brother and a sister, died and up to dozens more civilians were injured in airstrikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. The majority of sources reported that this was the work of the Syrian regime. One source, LCCSY, blamed Russian, reporting that the children died when cluster bombs were dropped…
Summary
Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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