Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Suspected belligerents

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, claims that one civilian, from Al Shadadi, Hasaka, in a coalition airstrike.

Summary

(1 man)

المريعية, Mrey'iya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Damascus Centre for Human Rights two civilian males – both members of the same family – died in an airstrike on the village of Al Maya’iya. Syrian Martyrs also named the two victims, while the DinSyr twitter feed reported “Hamza Ahmad al-Abd Al Jalil Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Jalil. Their bodies were identified among

Summary

(0–2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Named victims

بنغازي‎, Bosnib, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Several local sources reported that the LNA targeted the Shura Council in Benghazi – though one source blamed Egypt. The strike reportedly hit the area in the west of Benghazi called Bosnib. Nöor çoröğlü posted pictures of destroyed civilian homes due to the strikes but did not mention civilian harm. According to @zicotarhuni, the Egyptian

Summary

Egyptian Military, Libyan National Army

Suspected belligerents

عوينات, Awinat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to news agency NINA, a “US air strike on the village of Aouinat northwest of Mosul killed five civilians, according to a source in forensic medicine in Mosul.” The Al Rafidain website (in a report dated ten days after the event) placed the death toll higher at between 10 and 20, saying two houses

Summary

5 – 20

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An airstrike on a gas station near the Konoco gas refinery reportedly killed between three and four civilians. A subsequent investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted: “Around 7:00pm the international alliance warplanes targeted a gas station and an oil well in Deir Ezzor countryside which is located near Khasham town. the

Summary

3 – 4

(4 men)

البوعجيل, Bojeel, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

Reports claimed that Coalition strike hit a mosque during Friday prayers in the town of Al Bojeel, to the east of Tikrit.

Summary

كبيبة, Kabiba, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

In a major night time coalition air raid targeting oil facilities used by Islamic State, five civilians including a 7- or 10-year old boy were reported killed. The dead were later named by various sources. In a detailed report on the event, SN4HR later noted: “Those civilians are from Kabiba town and they work on

Summary

(1 child2–3 men)

كۆبانی, Kobanî, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A Kobanî official reported that a civilian – an 87 year old woman – and six Kurdish fighters from the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) died in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in the besieged city.It was also reported that two hospitals in the town had been destroyed. According to Sky News Arabia, Kurdish sources said that

Summary

(1 woman)

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike on an ‘ISIL checkpoint’ west of Ramadi, which appears to have been carried out by Australian aircraft. According to the internal CENTCOM document, “On reviewing WSV [weapon system video] from AUS F18F” – an Australian Super Hornet – “it was apparent that a

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to an unidentified international news agency cited in Foreign Policy, there were unconfirmed reports of possible civilian casualties at Mosul after coalition aircraft heavily targeted the city – though the agency was unable to verify further given the security situation: “We were never able to confirm it.” Perhaps linked to the above, CENTCOM noted

Summary

حمام, Hamam, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources named Khalil Ibrahim Al Sheikho.as a victim of a coalition strike on a village near Raqqah. Some of the sources mention another male [listed by Airwars as CS011] but it’s not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claimed that both males were in fact ISIS members –

Summary

(1 man)

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources reported that a named civilian male as being killed in a coalition strike on Slouk near Ar Raqqah. The sources mention another male [CS010] but it’s not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claims both males were ISIL members but the rest of the sources say they

Summary

(1 man)

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

It was reported by several sources in Hit that Coalition or Iraqi jets struck a number of civilian houses, killing up to 22 persons. Eight children and 3 women were reportedly among the dead. One of those quoted on the event was Nabil Souri, an Iraqi citizen working at Hit hospital, who learned that many

Summary

18 – 24

(8 children3 women)

بنغازي‎, Bu Jazirah, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

According to multiple local sources, airstrikes from an unknown belligerent reportedly hit Benghazi University and the February 17 camp targeting Ansar al-Sharia, which were described by some sources as “terrorist sites”. Entisar Shinib reported that some civilians houses have affected by the strike, however, no civilian harms are reported. There were no known reports of civilian

Summary

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources including the Syrian Martyrs website reported that a woman was killed in a Coalition airstrike on Ar Raqqah. She was reported as being a resident of the city. The3 Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported her death fropm Coalition actions – though said this occured on September 24th: ” Fawzia

Summary

(1 woman)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Report of one civilian death as a result of coalition strike. Currently one source only. In July 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event as non credible based on no evidence of civilian harm: “After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find

Summary

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The US (possibly with Jordan and/or the UAE) bombed grain silos near Manjib. While CENTCOM insisted that the grain facilities were occupied by Islamic State forces, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that only civilians – workers at the silos – had been killed, although militants were also wounded. According to the Syrian

Summary

جرابلس, Road between Manbij and Jarabulus (Road 216), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a coalition airstrike “on Islamic State buildings” killed “several” civilians who were being held captive, as well as five Islamic State militants. The full translated quote from SOHR reads as follows: “Also at least five members of the Islamic State were killed and others wounded following a

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

Suspected target

ISIS

الجسر العتيق, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged early morning coalition airstrike hit a small plastics factory on the Old Bridge Road in Ar Raqqah, the headquarters town of Islamic State in Syria. The strike reportedly killed the factory site’s young night watchman (or alternatively the owner). In what may be a separate incident in the city, the Syrian Martyrs website

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

الفدغمي, Fadghami, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Six male civilians, all cousins were killed in the village of Al Fadghami, Al Hassakah “as a result of Coalition strikes” it was reported. Local activist Siraj al Hasskawi published details of the event on the day: “At 10:30 on Friday morning the Western/Arab alliance jets committed a massacre against six unarmed civilians and wounded

Summary

(6 men)

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that three named men were killed in a Coalition airstrike. On its summary page Syrian Martyrs listed the trio as civilians. However, their individual pages describe them as fighters. According to a video tribute, Akta’a was an opponent of the Assad regime who had also fought the Kurds in Syria’s

Summary

2 – 4

(0–3 men)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Tahrir, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

“Seven civilians including two children” were reported by two local news agencies as being killed in a coalition airstrike in the eastern part of Mosul, in al-Tahrir Street. Alternatively, the Baghdad Centre for Human Rights claimed that two separate coalition strikes – in the Fadhiliyah and Ba’shika neighbourhoods of Mosul – killed four civilians each.

Summary

7 – 8

(2 children)

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that six unnamed civilian males were killed in a Coalition airstrike on Al Hassakah. It said it had obtained the news via the Syrian Network for Human Rights, though that original report cannot presently be traced. In July 2017 the Coalition classed the event as Non-Credible, saying there was too

Summary

(6 men)

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the first night of US airstrikes in Syria, the United States carried out a sequence of attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front.) For the only recorded occasion during the allied air war, the US deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets in the vicinity of Aleppo. Locals also

Summary

(5 children5 women4–6 men)

13 – 18

13 named, 3 families identified

Named victims

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike in “northern Iraq.” The only location for this date which matches is Sinjar. The incident was not previously tracked by Airwars. According to a declassified CENTCOM document, “A review of FMV from a RECOIL feed revealed unknown individuals moving into a target area

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, Houses neighboring the Turkish Consulate, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Sources in the city claimed that an airstrike carried out at approximately 10pm in the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Mosul had killed Ridwan Akram, his wife and their child. According to a commemorative Facebook page, the family had only recently returned after three months in Turkey when they died. While a number of

Summary

(1 child1 man)

الوحدة, Mosul, Al Wahda, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A reported aerial bombardment (at 2200hrs local time) near an ISIL HQ east of Mosul, allegedly left up to seven members of the same family dead and injured in the al-Wadha Street area. At least three women were reported killed and a man and child injured. While Baghdad TV attributed the strike to US aircraft,

Summary

3 – 7

(3 women)

Sablaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In this strike in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, up to six al Shabaab militants were killed, including the the group’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane (aka Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr or Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed), international and local media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. The strike was the first known US attack in Somalia for some

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

1–6

القيارة, Qayyarah, Al Shuhadaa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local news service Al Sumaria claimed that “11 civilians from one family” died after coalition airstrikes hit the village of al Qayyarah south of Mosul on the morning of August 24th. Other sources, placing the death count slightly lower at 8-9 killed, reported that the attack had been carried out by a helicopter, possibly a

Summary

8 – 11

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Suspected belligerents