Civilian Casualties

(1 man)

درنة‎: ميناء درنه, Derna Port, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

GNC planes allegedly bombed a Greek oil tanker killing a Greek engine cadet and a Romanian seaman on board, according to local media. Two Filipinos aboard were injured according to The Telegraph. Shorouk News reported a third person had been wounded. The Telegraph provided significant details on the event, reporting that a 29-year old Greek engine

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2–3

Libyan National Army, General National Congress (GNC)

Suspected belligerents

ميناء السدرة, Port Sidra, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Alwasat reported armed clashes around the port of Sidra between fighters guarding the oil ports and the LNA which were accompanied by three LNA airstrikes. Alfakhiri claimed on Twitter that two children were killed in the attack but didn’t add further details.

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(2 children)

مصراتة: مصراتة ميناء, Misurata Port, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

According to various sources, LNA jets struck different positions in Misurata’s port, resulting in the injury of two civilians – reportedly employees at the port. Al Jazeera reported: The forces of the retired Libyan brigade General, Khalifa Haftar, announced responsibility for air strikes on the western port of Misurata on Saturday claiming that it was

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الفرحانية, Villages of Al-Farhaniya and al-Subaihat, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

An airstrike by an unspecified belligerent reportedly killed 12 civilians including women and children, and wounded an additional 23. The deaths occurred during an Iraqi government offensive against Islamic State.

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US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Suspected belligerents

سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Up to three senior members of al Shabaab were killed by a US military drone in Saakow, Middle Juba, international media reported. There were no known reports of associated civilian harm. The US military said that an airstrike had targeted a “senior leader” of the al Shabaab militant group. Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency later

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Airstrike, Drone Strike

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

2–3

جرابلس, Jarabulus, Cultural center, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An 8.30pm coalition bombing raid on Jarablos – a major Islamic State hub – destroyed a cultural centre being used as an ISIL headquarters in the town. According to Aleppo News, “According to activists, the strikes caused great devastation in the building in addition to the destruction of two civilian houses in the vicinity. Witnesses

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(2 women1 man)

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In one of the the worst known incidents of mass civilian casualties reportedly caused by coalition bombings, at least 51 non-combatants were killed when aircraft struck an Islamic State local headquarters, which was also being used as a temporary prison. Somewhere between 150 and 400 people were being held by ISIL on petty charges at

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51 – 65

(2–4 women30 men)

بن جواد, Bin Jawad, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Two physicians were killed and seven more people were reported wounded in an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike at a field hospital in Bin Jawad, according to local sources. James Wheeler tweeted: Two physicians were reported killed and 7 other people injured by an airstrike near a field hospital at Bin Jawad. Multiple sources have identified

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General National Congress (GNC)

Named victims

2 named

LOCATION

الباب, Aleppo, Syria

An internal CENTCOM review reported unnamed open sources as claiming civilian casualties had occurred as a result of Coalition airstrikes. A provisional review found that there had been no international airstrikes in the vicinity of the city on that date. Airwars researchers later identified coverage from the time of Assad regime attacks on Aleppo on

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4 – 45

الموصل‎, Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.

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(5 women)

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, two civilians were reported as having been possibly killed by a Dutch airstrike on December 26th, after motorbikes strayed into the kill zone during an attack on Fallujah. According to an internal CENTCOM document, it was self-reported the following day that “while conducting dynamic coalition airstrikes on

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دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor: Ziban street, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Syrian Martyrs and other monitoring sites listed three civilian males as being the victims of a coalition strike. They were named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. All three men were listed as residents of Dayr az Zawr, and as having been killed in Ziban Street (شارع زيبان) in the city

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(3 men)

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and

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0 – 13

(2–8 children)

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian men were reported killed in an event near the town of Al Bab, after a US aircraft dropped a 500lb bomb on a fleeing ISIL suspect. They were later named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. Social media also reported civilian deaths, with one tweet noting: “At least two civilians martyred in the

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(2 children3 men)

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

A single source, Libya in Heart, reported that “nearly 20 people” died in alleged LNA airstrike in Sirte but did not specify if they were civilians. According to the source, Nearly 20 people were killed in the bombing of the Sirte air force in Libya. Eyewitnesses confirmed that ambulances were being heard heavily. After further

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الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not

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(4 children)

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded

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(1 child)

كشيش, Kashish, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two unnamed civilian males were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Kashish,

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(2 men)

مسكنة, Jirah Military Airbase, al Maskana, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A shepherd boy aged 10, 14 or 15, and named as Muhammad Qasim (or sometimes Mohammed Abd al Kareem), was reportedly killed in a coalition airstrike on a nearby Islamic State military base. An investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later concluded: “Around 2:45 in the afternoon an international alliance warplane raided over

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(1 child)

ابوكماش, Abu Kammash, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

LOCATION

Local media reported an airstrike in Abu Kammash without naming the belligerent. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Hafez Muammar, a plane bombed a citizen’s farm near the residential buildings in Abu Kamash area, without causing casualties or material damage. The sound of the missile explosion terrified the residents of the area,

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الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to 9 civilians were reported killed and 32 injured in what NINA described as a “coalition airstrike” on people queuing for fuel in the city. On the following day Al Jazeera, Rudaw, NINA and Mobtaba all described attacks on the districts of “Al Jolan north of the city, Nizal in the centre of the

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8 – 9

(2–3 children)

زوارة بورت , Zuwara Port, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

LOCATION

LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted the port area in Zuwara. Most sources claimed there were no civilian casualties, though one report said that seven people were killed and 25 injured – but didn’t specify if they were civilians or combatants. Ean Libya reported that the security official Spokesman (Hafed Muamer) confirmed that no casualties occurred during

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0 – 7

0–25

المريعية, Marbaʼīyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian males, both residents of the village of Al-Mrey’iya, were reported by SOHR to have been killed in a coalition airstrike. They were named as Hassan Al Ali Al Zahiya and Moyyed Mohammad Al Assaf. The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, Freedoms and Human Rights also named the two men as civilians –

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(2 men)

زوارة, Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

LOCATION

Between three and five civilians died and up to 15 more were wounded in an alleged LNA airstrike on a food supply storage depot in Zuwara. Three or four foreign nationals were reportedly included in the death toll. Fox News provided the most detail on the event, reporting: A Libyan official says airstrikes have hit

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3 – 5

10–15

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

There were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة, Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

As part of a wave of raids on the city (see previous cases) LNA planes reportedly targeted Mitiga airport damaging the building and injuring two civilians – a woman and her daughter. Alwasat provided the most detail on the event, reporting: “A woman and her daughter were injured on Monday evening [Nov 24th] when a warplane

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يت, Hit, hospital and Zohour, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple airstrikes reportedly targeted Hit, allegedly leading to significant civilian casualties. News agency Herak reported one eyewitness as saying that five airstrikes had struck the city: “The first targeted outside a hospital building, and the other targeted a house near the mosque. A further air strike targeted a house in the Qadisiyah district, leading to

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5 – 8

(3 children)

9–35

US-led Coalition, Unknown

Suspected belligerents

بئر الغنم, Bi'r al Ghanam, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted Libya Dawn at several locations in the south and west of the Libyan capital including Gheryan, Chalghouda, Nasser, Mazraq Al Qanqa, the Botteh Sorman farm, Bir Hwaisa, the Khuwaildi reserve, Bi’r Al Ghanam, Buaisa, Al Rabeta and the Shamalat factory. There were no public reports of civilian harm. Sky News reported:

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