Civilian Casualties

سلوك, Slouk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three alleged Coalition incidents were clustered together in most news reports: the killing of a family of five at Slouk; the death of a child near Ma’adan; and up to 15 further civilian deaths in other airstrikes in the vicinity. According to SOHR, “international coalition aircraft last night carried out several strikes in

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6 – 20

(1 child2 women)

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Reports claimed that a second major airstrike in a matter of days struck the town of al-Hawijah south of Kirkuk, killing many non-combatants at the marketplace and a nearby bridge. A related peshmerga offensive against Islamic State was reported in the area. Video images show the devastated market area, with many areas left burning. Almost

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10 – 60

24–80

US-led Coalition, Unknown, Iraq Government Forces

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians were killed by US aircraft at Slouk in Raqaa’s suburbs. Al Hal quoted Abu Ibrahim Al Raquaou of the group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently as saying that as part of an operation to clear Slouk of Daesh militants, Coalition planes had “targeted IS machinery near the Slouk Front and its

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(3–5 children2 women2 men)

5 – 9

9 named, 1 familiy identified

عربيد, A'rbeed, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Coalition strike near the ISIL-occupied village of A’rbeed was said by the Syrian Network for Human Rights to have killed three civilians in a farmhouse – a 43 year old man and his two wives. Two other sites described Coalition strikes in the vicinity, though did not refer to civilian deaths. In February

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(2 women1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

درنة, Darnah, Libya

Four civilians were reported killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on Darnah. Majed wrote on Twitter that “the number of martyrs killed by the Haftar airliner has risen to four in the city of Darnah, the same number of civilians killed by ISIS.” Mohamed Tarbah also reported the targeting of civilians: “A military aircraft bombard

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الموصل‎, Mosul, Zuhour and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In January 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq reported that it had learned of a major civilian casualty incident in Mosul on June 8th 2015, though had been unable either to verify the claim or attribute responsibility to any party: “On 8 June, local sources reported that an airstrike in Mosul, Ninewa, caused

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20 – 23

(7–8 children9–10 women)

13–21

دالي حسن, Dali Hasan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Network for Human Rights posted a video which it said showed “the destruction caused by an international Coalition air strike on a house in Dali Hasan killing seven civilians from one family, including 5 children and a woman.” In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: “Coalition aircraft engaged ISIS fighters

Summary

(6 children1 woman1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A young man, Mustafa Tarif Habib al-Ani (pictured below) was reportedly killed along with three or four of his relatives in an alleged coalition airstrike. According to the Iraqi Spring site, the family home was struck “near Rabe’e Sooq in the Rasil Gharbi area of Anah district, in western Anbar.”

Summary

4 – 5

(3 women1 man)

1 named

أم حجرة, Umm Hajarah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian men were reported killed in a combined ground and air assault on the village of Umm Hajra. The Hassakah Youth Union blamed the attack jointly on Kurdish ground forces – which it said had mortared the town – as well as Coalition airstrikes: “This is even though the village is free from the

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(3 men)

3 named

الحويجة, Hawijah, industrial district, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

A Coalition airstrike on an Islamic State depot levelled a significant number of buildings, killing an estimated 85 civilians and a large number of militants. A large supply of TNT explosive detonated after the IED-making facility was struck. Bas News described the attack as one of the worst mass casualty incidents in Iraq since the

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(26 children22 women2 men)

70 – 85

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

80–100

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

80–100

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source claimed that 11 civilians “including women and children” died when coalition aircraft struck targets to the east of Mosul. No further details were given. In July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence: “May 31, 2015, near Mosul, Iraq, via Airwars report: The report contained

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

During a series of Coalition airstrikes against Islamic State in the vicinity of Ar Raqqah, a checkpoint was bombed at around 2pm. According to reports, a minibus carrying female agricultural workers was caught in the blast, killing between 6 and 10 women and reportedly injuring at least four. All of the female victims were reported

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6 – 12

(6–10 women)

4–10

رأس العين, Road between Al I'dwania and Raja’an, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources reported that a “civilian car” was struck “on the road between Al I’dwania and Raja’an,” near Al Hassakah, killing a family of four. Those killed were described as a man, his wife, mother and daughter – all from the village of Raja A’an in Ras al-Ain.

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(1 child2 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

ميناء سرت, Port of Sirte, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian died and up to four others wounded in two alleged LNA airstrikes on an oil tanker off the coast of Sirte, local media reported. The casualties – all crew members, two of whom were hospitalised – reportedly occurred as the tanker was set on fire. According to Japan Times, “The Anwaar Afriqya, a

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1–4

أبو شاخات, Abu Sheikhat, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A Kurdish ground offensive backed by Coalition strikes reportedly killed six civilians in Abu Sheikhat and Tal Nass villages, to the west of Ras al-Ain. Among those reported killed at Abu Sheikhat were a young female child and three non combatant men. At nearby Tal Nass village, Adalah also alleged that two children were killed

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(3 children3 men)

زعفران, Zaafran, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

A father and one or two of his daughters were reported killed as a result of an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike on Sirte. Most sources claim that a father with his two daughters were killed in an airstrike on their family home. However, some sources reported that only one of his daughters died and they were in

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2 – 3

(1–2 children1 man)

0–1

General National Congress (GNC)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, near Bahauddin mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Summary: A devastating airstrike on the Mosul neighbourhood of Rifai reportedly killed numerous non-combatants and injured up to 150 people. Among those killed in the event was Ayman al Hayali (who ran a clothing shop) and his family, including his wife and young son. Other sources claimed that 5 women and at least 3 children

Summary

(2–3 children1–5 women1 man)

12 – 50

30–150

التوامة, Tawama, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to Al Jazeera and others, a Coalition strike on the al Nusra Front at al Tawama destroyed a number of civilian buildings, killing as many as seven inhabitants. Fifteen alleged militants – most described as ‘Turks’ – also died in the attack which reportedly struck two separate locations in the village. According to Sana

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1 – 11

(1 child)

تل مجدل, Tal Majdal, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged 10am Coalition targeted strike on a vehicle carrying ISIL militants (including prominent Egyptian Abu Abdul Rahman) also killed three nearby civilians, according to SN4HR. However another source described the attack as being carried out by a booby-trapped motorbike. One victim was identified as the owner of a generator repair shop in the marketplace where

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(2–3 men)

2 named

السلام, Al Salam, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Between seven and eight people, most of them children were reported killed in an LNA airstrike on the Al Salam neighbourhood of Benghazi. Alwasat News wrote: “Eight people were killed, including seven children, when a rocket hit a residential area in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday (May 14, 2015), a Reuters reporter

Summary

7 – 8

(6–7 children1 man)

بيجي‎, Masahag, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

Six members of one family were reported killed when a Coalition drone allegedly struck a vehicle distributing oil products to local people. Responding to questions from Airwars, an MoD spokesman said that no British Reaper drone strike took place in the vicinity of al Masahag on that date. Bayji’s Mayor, Mohamed Mahmoud said in an

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طبرق, Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya

LOCATION

According to international and local sources, a Turkish ship was hit by both airstrikes and artillery shelling from the LNA. A deputy captain was reportedly killed in the attack, and another crew member injured. The incident took place 16km off the coast from Tobruk on the way to Derna. Al Jazeera quoted the second captain

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تل مجدل, Tal Majdal, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A 10 year old boy from the village of Tal Majdal, was reported killed at around noon in a Coalition airstrike according to a number of sources, after being hit by shrapnel. In February 2019, the Coalition assessed this event as non-credible. Their report noted: “After review of all available strike records it was determined

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(1 child)

الغرة, Al-Gharah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A 65-year old man was killed in an alleged Coalition strike according to two separate investigations by international news organisations. According to his son Ahmed, Mr Hassan was walking to work in his village when shrapnel from a Coalition strike punctured his heart and leg and killed him: “He didn’t support any group,” Hassan told

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درنة, Darnah, Libya

One child died in an alleged LNA airstrike on Darnah, according to local media. The Libya Observer reported: “A baby from the Al-Harir family was killed in a dignity operation airstrike in Darnah. The airstrike targeted the Shabia apartment buildings causing extensive damage to Musa Al-Harir’s apartment and destroying cars parked on the street below.”

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بئر محلي, Jubb Mahli (Ber Mahli), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In one of the worst reported incidents in nine months of bombings by the US-led Ccoalition, 64 civilians were said to have died in an attack on the village of Ber Mahli near Sareen – the majority of them women (19) and children (32). It remains disputed as to whether the village was partly or

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(32 children19 women13 men)

64 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الجغيفي, Fallujah, Jughaifi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

According to local reports, coalition airstrikes killed nine civilian non-combatants and injured three more in Al Sharika Street, Aljughaifi neighborhood. The dead were named by the Iraqi Revolution website as “belonging to the family of Khamis Sufook al-Jumaili, killing him and his wife and her sister, their sons and daughters, as well as his brother

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(5 children3 women1 man)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

الرمانة, Roumana, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Four coalition strikes allegedly hit the village of Roumana near al Qaim, in Anbar province. According to the Baghdad Center for Human Rights, an unspecified number of non-combatants died in the event. Islamic State may have been the source for those claims, which it made on one of its websites.

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