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Incident Date
12 February 2017
Incident Code
CI457
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians during an attack on an IED facility in Mosul. In their April 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED facility, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed when they…
Summary
Published
12 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 February 2017
Incident Code
CI454
Location
الحضر, Hatra, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three children and a woman were killed and and five other people were injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted the Hatra region, south of Mosul. Yaqein said its sources added that “the bombing also caused significant damage to a number of civilian houses in the affected areas.” While all sources blamed the…
Summary
Published
10 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10–20 February, 2017
Incident Code
CI455
Location
Mosul: Near Saffi Rahman mosque, Tal Roman, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unreported incident, local eyewitnesses told Amnesty International researchers of an event at Tal Roman in ‘mid February’ which killed eight civilians. The description of a ‘smart missile’ indicated a Coalition action. According to a detailed incident report shared with Airwars: “The house behind our house was hit in the middle of February [not sure…
Summary
Published
10 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 February 2017
Incident Code
CI453
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said that seven civilians were killed and many others injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted the city of Al Qa’im, in the west of Anbar province. While two sources blamed the Coalition for the raids, Al Mayadeen Alhadath (Facebook) said “planes of [the] Iraqi forces were committing a massacre in the bombing of the…
Summary
Published
9 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 February 2017
Incident Code
LC060
Location
قاعدة الجفرة الجوية, Jufra air base, Al Jufrah, Libya
The Libya Observer reported that LNA warplanes bombed the Al-Jufra airbase, “killing two and wounding 12.” It was not clear from the report if the victims were civilians or combatants. EAN Libya reported that six people were killed and wounded, but again did not provide a breakdown. Libya News reported that two members of the…
Summary
Published
9 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
6–14
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 February 2017
Incident Code
CI451
Location
قصر المطران, Mosul, Qasr al-Mataraan, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that four children, all from the same family, were killed and their parents seriously injured after unspecified airstrikes allegedly targeted their house in the Qasr al-Mataraan or “Bishop Palace” area at the right side of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center spoke of three children killed, while Ajel Al Mosul put the death…
Summary
Published
8 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI452
Location
near Mosul, Iraq
Summary
Published
8 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 February 2017
Incident Code
CI449
Location
Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that between 20 and 42 civilians were killed, including women and children, and dozens injured after Coalition airstrikes and governmental forces targeted residential neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. While Iraq Amsi spoke of “about 20 civilians dead and wounded”, Iraqi Spring put the death toll much higher, at 42, and…
Summary
Published
6 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
20–42
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 February 2017
Incident Code
CI450
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously reported by so-called Islamic State, the Coalition confirmed on April 1st that it had accidentally injured three non-combatants in an attack. ISIS had reported five deaths and 29 injuries. Locals also said at least five people had died. The Coalition noted in its April 2017 casualty report: “near Mosul, Iraq, via…
Summary
Published
6 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3–29
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 February 2017
Incident Code
CI448
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in April that a self-assessment had concluded no civilian casualties had occured in a February 4th action at Mosul. According to the report: “Feb. 4, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
4 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 February 2017
Incident Code
CI447
Location
Al Abyad, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in April that a self-assessment had concluded no civilian casualties had occured in a February 3rd action at Mosul. According to the report: “Feb. 3, 2017, near Al-Abyad, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
3 February 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 February 2017
Incident Code
LC059
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi: Ganfouda 12 building complex, Benghazi, Libya
Two sources reported an LNA airstrike in Benghazi’s Ganfouda neighbourhood. A Twitter source said it hit the 12 Building complex. The Libya Herald reported that soldiers discovered a mass grave in the heavily sieged area: “Soldiers have also today uncovered a mass grave in Ganfouda which contains an unknown number of bodies. Forensic experts are…
Summary
Published
1 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI446
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously known to Airwars researchers, the Coalition reported on March 4th that it was assessing an event at Mosul. According to the release “Currently, 19 reports of civilian casualties are still being assessed… Jan. 31, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report.” No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
31 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Code
CI445
Location
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
It was reported that 11 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike at Tanak in western Mosul. The Coalition later admitted a US strike in the near area, noting in their April 2017 civilian casualty report that “During a strike on an ISIS weapons manufacturing facility, it was assessed that one civilian in the building was…
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
CI442
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that a child was killed and his parents were injured in Coalition airstrikes on Farouk neighbourhood at the right side of Mosul. A government source told Yaqein that a four-year-old boy was killed and his parents seriously injured after an explosive missile was dropped from an aircraft near the al-Farouk neighbourhood,…
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI443
Location
الإصلاح الزراعي, Mosul, Isilah Zeraei / Agragarian Reform, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that seven civilians were killed and 19 others injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted a flour mill in the Agrarian Reform district at the right side of Mosul. Press sources had also reported that “the bombing caused considerable material damage to a number of civilian houses in the area (..)”
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
19
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
CI444
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources reported that a woman and a child were killed and 12 other civilians injured after Coalition raids had targeted the Husaybah area in Al Qa’im, in the west of Anbar province. Most sources said US aircraft had carried out the airstrikes, while one blamed the Coalition. However, no Coalition strikes were publicly eported…
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 January 2017
Incident Code
CI440
Location
Mosul: West, Nineveh, Iraq
There were claims that up to 34 civilians died and 20 or more were injured following Coalition or Iraqi strikes on western Mosul. The Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that airstrikes had targeted residential neighborhoods and killed 32 people, including women and children. Yaqein news also put the death toll at 32. Shebab newsagency said…
Summary
Published
26 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
27–32
Civilians reported injured
5–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 January 2017
Incident Code
CI439
Location
الدواسة, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq
Baghdadia and Muez Al Ubiedi (Facebook) said that in the Wells and Dawasa neighborhoods two people were killed and fifteen wounded, mostly children. They blamed the US for the bombing. The Coalition has conceded the casualties. Al Rawed posted an Al A’Amaq [ISIL propaganda] video showing “the damage left behind by US aircraft [as it]…
Summary
Published
26 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 January 2017
Incident Code
CI441
Location
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that 20 civilians were killed and 17 injured – mostly women and children – in Coalition airstrikes on residential areas at the right side of Mosul. Several sources reported that “US strikes” had targeted the neighbourhoods of Dawasa and Farouk, western Mosul.
Summary
Published
27 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 January 2017
Incident Code
CI438
Location
Wadi Hajjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Three civilians were reportedly injured by ISF (or possibly Coalition) mortars according to eyewitness interviews by Amnesty International. A previously unpublished assessment which Amnesty shared with Airwars reads as follows: “On 25 January an ISF mortar [Airwars note: presumed – but possibly US, see below] landed on their house in Wadi Hajjar and caused it…
Summary
Published
25 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
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
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
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
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
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
17 January 2017
Incident Code
CI428
Location
الصديق الثانيه, Mosul, 7 Nisan (April) or Baysan, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that six civilians were killed and eight injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Baysan neighborhood, in the northeast of Mosul. Relatives of the dead later said that eight had in fact died, all from the family of Qasan Abdul Kadir and including four children. According to Yaqein and News of Iraq, the…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
CI429
Location
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that more than 30 civilians were killed or injured by an air or drone strike on a funeral in al Shifa, and in other neighborhoods west of Mosul. Iraqyoon quoted witnesses saying that “aircraft had bombed a funeral for the Sangaree family in Shifa neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul”. People…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–21
Civilians reported injured
11–22
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI430
Location
الرشيدية, Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that many civilians were killed or injured by Coalition airstrikes on Rashidiyah neighborhood in the north east of Mosul. Iraqi Turkmen Front Mosul reported that their bodies were still under the rubble. It made appeal to the international Coalition “not to target civilians through inaccurate air raids or indiscriminate shelling of…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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