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September 24, 2015
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سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, IraqIn a previously unknown incident, the US confirmed in January 2016 that its aircraft had killed two civilians in a strike at Sinjar four months earlier. According to CENTCOM, “On Sept. 24, 2015, near Sinjar, Iraq, during strikes against an ISIL vehicle, it was assessed two civilians were killed. An assessed enemy combatant on a
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September 21, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAn adult male named as Muhammad Khalifa al Hasan – a civil engineer from Bokros in Deir Ezzor – was allegedly killed in a Coalition strike according to some sources. Others said he had died in a regime attack. A Facebook page covering the locality of Deir Ezzor, where the victim is from, noted that
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September 20, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAn internally displaced person, a young girl named as Fatima Hasan Al Steif from Aleppo, was allegedly killed by a Coalition strike according to sources. Fatima was said to be the daughter of Hasan Al Steif, and the family had been displaced from the town of Al Safira, in Aleppo province, to Raqaa. In its
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Incident date
September 20, 2015
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA US airstrike on an ‘ISIS headquarters’ in Mosul in fact killed four members of one family – named as university professor Mohannad Al Rezzo (pictured below); his 18-year old son Najib Mohannad Al Rezzo (pictured below); his brother Bassim’s wife Miyada Rezzo and their 21-year old daughter Tuka Rezzo. The Coalition admitted the deaths
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Incident date
September 20, 2015
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA reported coalition airstrike on an ISIL IED factory [see CI109] injured ‘dozens’ of civilians, it was claimed, after a chemical cloud spread across local areas. Waradana cited Ghias Surja of the Nineveh Union of Kurdistan National Center as saying: “The lab was used by the criminal organization for terrorist activities against the innocent and
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Incident date
September 20, 2015
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جزيرة الخالدية, Khalidiya island, Al Anbar, IraqAn alleged Coalition strike at Khalidiya island, to the east of Ramadi, reportedly killed seven civilians including two cildren. Thirteen people were also reported injured, described as ‘mostly women and children.’ A Coalition report issued in December 2016 stated the following: “After a thorough review of the facts and circumstances of each alleged civilian casualty
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Incident date
September 19, 2015
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كبيسة, Kabaisa, Al Anbar, IraqA family home was reported destroyed in an airstrike at Kubais in Anbar province. Photographs showed a number of injured children, although there were no confirmed overall casualty figures. One of the images used, however, had already been posted by a source in incident CI103. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition said it
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September 19, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaTwo women, sharing the same surname, al-Naji, were reported by a single source as having been killed in a Coalition strike at Raqaa. They are listed as originally from Talbissa is Homs. No other details about this even are presently known. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for November 2019 – published on January
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September 18, 2015
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الصينيه, Senjah, Salah Al Din, IraqA mass casualty incident was reported in Iraq, with at least 43 civilians killed and a further 68 injured, after aircraft were said to have bombed the Senyah region north west of Bayji. The target appeared to have been a former Iraq Army logistics base, while those killed were living nearby in tin shacks. Locals
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Incident date
September 17, 2015
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الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, IraqA reported evening airstrike by a drone or other Coalition aircraft at Hawijah was said to have killed five civilians and injured a further seven or more people. Al Amaaq, the media wing of ISIS, reported the “Killing [of] five civilians and wounding of seven others in the bombing by a US aircraft in the
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September 16, 2015
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جديد عقيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaSix civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in either a Coalition or Assad regime airstrike. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Six civilians were killed including children while no less than 10 others were wounded by the aerial bombardment by the U.S led coalition warplanes in Jadid Akidat in the eastern countryside
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Incident date
September 14, 2015
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الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, IraqThe marketplace in Ar Rutbah was hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike according to reports, killing up to five people and injuring eight more. An adult male and a young male child were pictured among the dead. Iraqi Revolution for example reported that “heavy shelling targeted Rutba focused on the market and fuel station and
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Incident date
September 13, 2015
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معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 15 Islamic State fighters, including two aged under 16, were reported killed by a Coalition airstrike 10km west of Ma’dan. The teenage boys were said to be members of the ISIL youth movement ‘Cubs of the Caliphate.’ One report said that a checkpoint was targeted. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the
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Incident date
September 11, 2015
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الطوب, Al Toub, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that three non-combatant males, sharing the same surname of al Khoudar, died in an alleged Coalition strike at Al Toub. No further details were given. Syrian Martyrs also listed the dead while quoting the same source. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for
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September 11, 2015
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قنديل, اقشين, الزاب, Qandil, Avashin and Zap, Nineveh, IraqTurkish 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
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Incident date
September 10, 2015
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كبيسة, Kabaisa, Al Anbar, IraqIn a casualty event previously unknown to Airwars, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that two civilians were killed and four injured during a US airstrike at Kubaisah. According to the official release, “On Sept. 10, 2015, in Kubaysah, Iraq, near Hit, during a strike on an ISIL checkpoint, it is assessed that two civilians
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Incident date
September 9, 2015
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الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, SyriaUp to 20 adult civilians were reported killed and injured alongside 15 children after Coalition aircraft reportedly bombed forcibly-engaged civilians who were being forced to dig ditches by Islamic State. The children reportedly belonged to ISIL’s Cubs of Al Khilafa youth organisation. The casualties occurred in the morning at the village of Krin, west of
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September 6, 2015
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA single source, Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that a non-combatant male named as Khitab al Zaher Al Hussein died in an alleged Coalition strike on Dayr ez Zawr. Mr al Hussein was reportedly from al Kharita in the province. The two sources were unclear as to whether he had died in Deir
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September 5, 2015
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تل براك, Tall Birak, or villages to the south, Al Hassakah, SyriaReports emerged on the evening of September 5th that a 13-year old boy named as Abboud Al Kharnoub may have died in a Coalition strike in the vicinity of Tal Brak near al Hassakah. Baladi News also reported that a number of women were injured, without giving further details. It also said that the casualties
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Incident date
September 5, 2015
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عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, IraqThe Iraqi Revolution site reported that “NATO planes” [sic] carried out two overnight raids on the town of Ana, which allegedly injured women and children. According to the claims, one of the two strikes targeted a residential neighbourhood. NINA also reported civilian fatalities from a strike in the area, describing the fatalities as occurring when
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September 3, 2015
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA single source, NINA, alleged that the Coalition had killed 13 civilians during airstrikes on ISIS targets in the south of Mosul city. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, “33 civilians were martyred and wounded, including women and children, following aerial bombardment by the international Coalition which targeted residential areas in the south of Mosul,
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Incident date
September 3, 2015
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بين جزيرة الخالدية, حصيبة والبوعبيد, Between Khalidiya Island, Husaybah and Albu Obaid, Al Anbar, IraqThe United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq noted in January 2016 that two possible civilian casualty incidents had taken place in Ramadi. The Coalition has confirmed carrying out strikes in the vicinity that day. According to UNAMI, “On 3 September an airstrike hit a bridge in Jazeera al-Khaldiya, around 20 kilometres east of Ramadi, Anbar,
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Incident date
September 3, 2015
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الرمادي, Ramadi city: eastern area, Al Anbar, IraqThe United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq noted in January 2016 that two possible civilian casualty incidents had taken place in the vicinity of Ramadi on September 3rd of the previous year. The Coalition has confirmed carrying out strikes in the area on that day. According to UNAMI, “[an] airstrike reportedly hit a residential area
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Incident date
September 1, 2015
LOCATION
مكحول, Makhul, Salah Al Din, IraqReports alleged that a Coalition strike killed 11 civilians “including elderly people,” and injured 18 more. According to an activist Facebook page, “Coalition planes bombed the market in the village of Makhul, which was full of displaced people.” Another site attributed alleged civilian fatality estimates to the police, though said the airstrike responsible was by
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August 30, 2015
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أربيل, Near Irbil, Erbil, IraqThree or four possible civilians were reported killed in an airstrike in northern Iraq, carried out by two Danish F-16s which each dropped a 500lb GBU-12 bomb. The possible error was discovered after a Danish review of cockpit video: “In some parts of the footage showing four people and a vehicle, there were acts being
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Incident date
August 29, 2015
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الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaA six-months pregnant woman named as Ghafran Al Jabli was reported killed in an event at Al Bab along with her 10-year old nephew, Mohammad Al Waki. Syrian Martyrs reported that the deaths were caused by a Coalition strike on the outskirts of the city. However VDC described the cause of death as shooting, while
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Incident date
August 29, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA reported Coalition airstrike on a municipal stadium in Raqaa being used as a facility by Daesh may also have injured some civilian prisoners being held there. According to reports at least 8 alleged fighters died while the group’s local ’emir’ was injured. Claims were confused as to whether prisoners at the facility had escaped
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Incident date
August 29, 2015
LOCATION
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaA 45-year old non-combatant male named as Haji Al Jaabri was reported killed in a Coalition strike at Manbij. According to Manbij News, Hajji al Jaabri had been forcefully conscripted by Daesh to dig tunnels in the north of the town, which had then been bombed “by Coalition drones.” The Syrian Network later issued an
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Incident date
August 27, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA single source, the local news agency NINA, reported that 12 civilians were killed in a Coalition raid on the Rifai and Al-Najjar areas west of Mosul, including a child and four women. Four other people were said to have been critically injured. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the even as
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Incident date
August 25, 2015
LOCATION
درنة الفتايح, Derna: Al Fatayah, Darnah, LibyaLocal sources reported heavy LNA shelling on populated areas in Derna. Mohamed Alshiki posted on Twitter: “Heavy shelling by the Libyan air force now by using warplanes and vertical combat The shelling also included the valleys in Derna.” Ramaa_el_gd reported, “bombing by Haftar which hit three residential neighbourhoods, led to burning farms and the some