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30 October 2016

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تل كيف‎, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq

A local outlet reported that numerous civilians have fallen victim to daily bombardments neighbourhoods in Telkaif north of Mosul. Mosul Youth and Girls, State and Flag reported that 15 people died, including children and six women. It attributed the violence to daily bombardment carried out by the besieging forces. Given reported British actions in the area…

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30 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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29 October 2016

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الجطل, Al Jatal, Aleppo, Syria

At least one person was killed by alleged Coalition raids in the vicinity of al Jatal, according to sparse local reports. However a Turkish assault on the village was also reported at the time. Halab News named one male victim who it also said was a victim of “coalition raids.” The only other specific report…

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29 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition, Turkish Military

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29 October 2016

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العريمة, Al `A'rīma, Aleppo, Syria

One person was killed by coalition raids, according to a single local source.

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29 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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28 October 2016

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دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

A woman and her unborn child died in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strike on Douma, according to sources on the ground. According to the Step News Agency, “a woman and her foetus were killed and a number of more people wounded when Russian planes targeted residential areas in Douma Eastern…

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28 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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28 October 2016

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Abeen Sama'an, Aleppo, Syria

One child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime strike on Abeen Sama’an, according to sources on the ground. According to the Shaam News Network,”in the evening [of Oct 28th] Russian and Assad enemy planes launched air strikes targeting Aleppo neighborhoods, cities and towns in the western and…

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28 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

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Russian Military

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28 October 2016

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سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

A single source, Halab News, reported the deaths of “Abdallah al Hasan al Khalaf and his two children, following the explosion of a cluster bomb left by Russia planes following a bombing of Sarmin in Idlib”. The source added that the victims were from the town of al Eiss. No further details are currently available.

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28 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Russian Military

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28 October 2016

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سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

Libya’s Channel and Libya Akhbar reported on October 28th that ISIS was using civilians as human shields and that the evacuation of civilians was causing delay to the GNA campaign. The outlets both referred to Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous spokesman Rida Issa: “A member of the media centre of the Chamber of Operation, Rida Issa, said that…

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28 October 2016

U.S. Forces, Government of National Accord

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27 October 2016

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دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

Eight named civilians died and up to 30 more were injured in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. Reports blamed both Russian airstrikes and artillery/ mortar shelling by Syrian regime forces. Some reports also pointed to regime warplanes. Among targets hit was a primary school, prompting the Directorate of…

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27 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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27 October 2016

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بريهة, Bariha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

At least 10 civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded from airstrikes, according to local reports. Shaam News Network cited activists who reported warplanes “thought to belong to the international coalition” launched airstrikes on a house, resulting in “martyrs and wounded among civilians, most of them children.” At the time, it reported five…

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27 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

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U.S.-led Coalition

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26 October 2016

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الرستن‬, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria

Colonel Shawqi Ayoub, “commander of the Homs operations room of the Free Syrian Army”, died in an alleged Syrian regime airstrike on Al Rastan, according to local media. According to Qasioun, Ayoub (pictured below) died “while inspecting the field situation in Ain Hussein’s front. The engineer Faisal Awad also died”. Qasioun added that the regime…

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26 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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26 October 2016

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حاس, Haas, Idlib, Syria

In a major casualty incident, which UNICEF called “tragic, shocking, outrageous and a war crime”, 38 named civilians including 18 children and up to six women died in multiple airstrikes on the Martyr Kamal Qal’aji school complex in the village of Haas, which was under the joint control of Armed opposition factions and the Fateh…

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26 October 2016

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Russian Military

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26 October 2016

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بارة, Bara, Idlib, Syria

Three or four civilians included women and children died in an airstrikes on Bara, according to local media. Most sources blamed the Syrian regime; there were no direct allegations against Russia, but a number of sources didn’t identify the warplane responsible. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “three victims including two women died…

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26 October 2016

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Russian Military

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26 October 2016

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نعمان, Nu'man, Aleppo, Syria

Ten civilians were killed by alleged Turkish or Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of Nu'man, according to local sources. The US-led alliance later denied conducing strikes in the vicinity on this date. An initial report by ISIS-controlled propaganda unit Al A’amaq said that “10 civilians [were] killed in American raids on a group of fuel…

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26 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition

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26 October 2016

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بعشيقة‎, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq

An Iraq-based journalist told Airwars he had been informed by a peshmerga contact of four civilian deaths near Bashiqa. According to the reporter, A peshmerga called me and said he saw three wounded and four were crushed to death when their house was hit by either a missile or a bomb. Anadolu reported a military…

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26 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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26 October 2016

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حي القاهرة, Mosul, Cairo, Nineveh, Iraq

Five civilians were killed and seven others injured – Furthermore, 8 ISIL fighters killed – Followed an alleged Coalition on an ISIL web media office in the Cairo neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. According to LBC, Maj. Younis Khalil al-Taie, a Special Forces (Gold Division of the Ministry of Defense), quoting medical sources, that the forensic…

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26 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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25 October 2016

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الحمر الشرقية, Al Hamar al Sharqiya, Aleppo, Syria

Syria News Desk quoted a resident of the twon who said “planes launched more than three raids on the villages of Al Hamar al Sharqiya and al Madoura and Tal Asward… which led to the killing of two civilians and wounding six others in Hamar al Sharquiya.” Another report from a local facebook page said…

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25 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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25 October 2016

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ليلان, Lylan, Kirkuk, Iraq

Five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strikes in the Lylan area south of Kirkuk. The Baghdad Post cited a local source as saying that an air strike carried out by international coalition aircraft near the village of Lylan killed five civilians. Iraq Amsi said the strikes took place in the evening.

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25 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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25 October 2016

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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…

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25 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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24 October 2016

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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,…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 October 2016

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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…

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24 October 2016

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23 October 2016

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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…

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23 October 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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