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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
TI031
Location
خانصور, Khanasor, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that a Turkish drone attacked areas in Shingal region in Iraq on November 19th, 2019 causing deaths and injuries among civilians and YPG fighters. @murad_ismael reported "Another Turkish airstrike today [Nov 19th] on town of Khanesor. Reportedly there are civilian victims which are yet to be confirmed." @ameddicleT added that "Turkish armed…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
TI030
Location
خانصور, Khanasor, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that three civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Khanasor.
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 September 2019
Incident Code
TI029
Location
زيوكة, Zaywakah, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Between two and five civilians including two children were wounded in alleged Turkish strikes on Zaywakah village, according to local media. Basnews reported: "Five civilians, including two children, were injured in Turkish air strikes which have been going on for two days inside the Kurdistan Region". ANF said two civilians were wounded. The Christian Peacemaker…
Summary
Published
25 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 September 2019
Incident Code
TI028
Location
كانى مازێ, Kani Mazi, Duhok, Iraq
One civilian, 19 or 20 years old, named as Yousef Jamal, died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Kani Mazi village, Jammak, Amedi, sources said. According to ANF, "A 20-year-old teenager was seriously injured in the bombing and died in hospital despite doctors tried everything to save his life." Ninanews added that five other civilians…
Summary
Published
25 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2019
Incident Code
TI027
Location
شران, Sherane, Duhok, Iraq
One civilian was reportedly injured in a Turkish airstrike on Sherane. ANF said: "Turkish fighter jets shelled the village of Sherane in Duhok’s Amadiya district in South Kurdistan today noon. The bombardment has reportedly left a civilian wounded." RojNews wrote: "On Thursday, Turkish warplanes bombed an area belonging to the Amedi (Amadiyah) district of Dohuk…
Summary
Published
29 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2019
Incident Code
TI026a
Location
بملة, Bole, Erbil, Iraq
Three or four civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Bole village, according to sources. ANF reported: "Two houses were greatly damaged by the bombardments in Bole village and four civilians were wounded. One of these, named Ehmed Ebdullah, is reported to be in a critical condition." Kurdistan 24 said three civilians were…
Summary
Published
19 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2019
Incident Code
TI026
Location
مخيم الشهيد روستم جودي, Martyr Rustam Jodi Camp, Nineveh, Iraq
Alleged Turkish forces shelled Martyr Rustam Joudi refugee camp in Makhmour and wounded two people around 3.15 am on July 19th, according to local sources. Dwarozh News reported that Laila Arzou, the Joint Chief of Martyr Rostam Jodi camp, called on the United Nations and the federal government to protect civilians from Turkish shelling. No other…
Summary
Published
19 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2019
Incident Code
TI025
Location
سبيتدار, Spindar, Duhok, Iraq
Between three and five civilians were reported injured when Turkish airstrikes struck the village of Spindar in the evening of July 18th. Bas News reported that Turkish warplanes shelled several positions in the village Spindar with rockets, while "chasing a car for the militants of the Kurdistan Workers, where the gunmen hid in the village".…
Summary
Published
18 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10 July 2019
Incident Codes
TI024a IRI002
Location
ديري, Dere, Erbil, Iraq
One to two civilians, including an 18-year-old girl, were killed and up to four others injured in alleged Turkish or Iranian artillery strikes in the Bradost region of Iraqi Kurdistan on July 10th, 2019 according to local media reports. Al-Monitor reported that Iranian artillery shelled the Sidakan border area in Erbil province on July 10th…
Summary
Published
10 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Iranian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2019
Incident Code
TI024
Location
سنكاسار, Sangasar, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Three or four civilians of the same family were reportedly killed by an alleged Turkish airstrike on a civilian car on Berker near Sangasar on June 27th, 2019, according to local sources. According to ANF, "Three civilians, including children and women, lost their lives and 5 civilians were injured in the attack. Among those who…
Summary
Published
27 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2019
Incident Code
TI023
Location
زين خليل, Zain Khalil, Duhok, Iraq
One civilian was killed and as many as three others wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike in the Bradost region of Iraqi Kurdistan on June 26th, 2019 according to local media reports. 25-year-old Mansour Nafie lost his life in the attack, while his brother Bashiu Nafie was injured according to Rudaw. ANF reported that as…
Summary
Published
26 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 June 2019
Incident Code
TI022b
Location
Kany Motel, Kany Motel, Duhok, Iraq
The Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraqi Kurdistan reported that two workers of a plant shop were injured in Turkish airstrikes on the town of Amadiya on June 12th, 2019. CPTIK reported: "On June 12, 2019, The Turkish Military dropped a bomb within Amadiya, just a few blocks from The Kany Motel and Tahini Factory. The…
Summary
Published
12 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 June 2019
Incident Code
TI022
Location
سدكان, Sedkan, Erbil, Iraq
Three Peshmergas, potentially civilian combatants at the time, were injured by an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sedkan. Rudaw said: "Three militants from the Peshmerga were wounded, one of them in a serious condition, as a result of Turkish shelling on Wednesday around the town of "Sedkan" of the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region.…
Summary
Published
5 June 2019
Civilians reported injured
0–3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 June 2019
Incident Code
TI022a
Location
Xakurkê, Erbil, Iraq
Four civilians were reportedly injured in Turkish airstrike on Xakurkê in the Qandil mountains. ANF reported: "The villagers, who rushed out to extinguish the fire at 6 am this morning were targeted by Turkish warplanes. Four villagers were wounded in the attack, one of them seriously. Two of the villagers were named locally as Jabir…
Summary
Published
5 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 May 2019
Incident Code
TI021a
Location
برزان, Mount Butin, Erbil, Iraq
A 50-year-old male civilian died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Barzan, according to multiple local sources. ANF reported: "Turkish fighter jets carried out a bombardment on Mount Bote located in Barzan region in the countryside of Hewler (Erbil) Governorate. "A 50-year-old civilian by the name of Kazım Eli was killed in the attack. The…
Summary
Published
15 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2019
Incident Code
TI021
Location
رشاوة, Rashawa, Duhok, Iraq
Four men were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the area of Deraluk, Dohuk province, on January 22nd or 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. Two men remain missing: it is unknown if they were also killed or arrested or kidnapped. It is unclear if the men were civilians or Peshmerga. A local "security source"…
Summary
Published
22 January 2019
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2018
Incident Code
TI020
Location
مخمور, Makhmour refugee camp, Erbil, Iraq
Four women were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the Rustam Jodi refugee camp in Makhmour, south of Erbil on December 13th 2018, according to local media reports. Rustom Joudi, the governor of Rastam Jodi camp, said that the Turkish shelling, which took place at 21:00 on Thursday, killed four women, three of them from…
Summary
Published
13 December 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 November 2018
Incident Code
TI019
Location
عمادية, Amadiyah, Duhok, Iraq
At least three civilian men were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes targeting the Kurdish district of Amadiyah, Dohuk. No sources mentioned the number of wounded. Several sources identified three victims by name. Ramadan Rikani, a local official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) added that the victims were "sons of one village, two of them…
Summary
Published
14 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
TI018
Location
دهوك, Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
Several sources reported that an alleged Turkish airstrike killed a civilian near the province of Duhok. A "security source" quoted in reports from Almaalhomah, Iraqhbar and Alahdnews, mentions that "the bombing killed a farmer near the place of the fall of a missile." He reportedly added that "the body was transferred to the Department of…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 August 2018
Incident Code
TI017
Location
سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
A former leader (Zaki Shankali) of the PKK in Sinjar reportedly died along with four Yazidi people in alleged Turkish airstrikes on their convoy in Sinjar at 5 p.m on August 15th, according to sources on the ground. The combat status of the Yazidi people is in question, however, as one source referred to them…
Summary
Published
15 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 April 2018
Incident Code
TI015
Location
سدكان, Sedkan, Erbil, Iraq
Two civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish artillery strike on Sedkan, according to local sources. Basnews reported that "on Friday [April 6th], Turkish artillery continued to bombard the area of Bradust and its villages in Siddakan (northeast of Erbil), injuring two civilians and displacing about 120 others from their villages. According to information received…
Summary
Published
6 April 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2018
Incident Code
TI014
Location
شيلاديزي, Shiladeza, Duhok, Iraq
According to local sources, one civilian was killed and one or two more were injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on the Shiladeza area, north of Duhok province in Iraqi Kurdistan. One local source told Roj News Agency that the raids began in the afternoon, striking the village of Hillah, “in the area between Rikani…
Summary
Published
25 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 March 2018
Incident Code
TI012
Location
Villages in Choman district, Erbil, Iraq
Four civilians died and 10 more were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on villages in the Choman area of Iraqi Kurdistan, local sources reported. According to IC Afrin Resistance, the “Turkish army’s attacks and #TurkishWarCrimes are spreading: Yesterday night at 1:05 am Turkish air-forces bombarded villages in the district Qesre of Erbil (South #Kurdistan /…
Summary
Published
22 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2017
Incident Code
TI011
Location
سيدكان, Barmiza village, Sidkan, Erbil, Iraq
One civilian was killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Barmiza village, Sidkan area, on November 13th, 2017, according to local sources. A local Kurdish outlet, Yaqein Agency, reported the day of the incident that one civilian was killed by alleged Turkish airstrikes on Sidkan, north of Erbil. In January 2019, Christian Peacemaker Teams Iraqi Kurdistan…
Summary
Published
13 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
TI009
Location
شمال العراق, North of Iraq, Erbil, Iraq
Local media reported that the Turkish air force had bombed sites belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party in north Iraq - though there was no information available on civilian harm as a result of these actions. RT reported that "the Turkish army said on Thursday that the shelling hit targets in the mountainous regions of…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
TI010
Location
دهوك, Dohuk, Duhok, Iraq
The Kurdistan Regional Government said that seven civilians were killed by Turkish airstrikes on Dohuk village. Skyiraq reported: "The air strikes launched by the Turkish warplanes targeted areas in the province of Dohuk and killed seven civilians." The government said in a statement that while the citizens were going to do their work on their…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2017
Incident Code
TI008
Location
نهيل, Nahil area of Al-Amadiya, Duhok, Iraq
A single source, Iraqi Spring Media, reported an alleged bombing by "the Turkish air force" of the Nahil area of the Al-Amadiyah district, north of Dohuk - though the source said that there was no information on civilian harm. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
4 September 2017
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2017
Incident Code
TI007
Location
قنديل, افشين, الزاب, Zakho district, Duhok, Iraq
Local Kurdish media said that four civilians were injured by alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Zakho at the Iraqi-Turkish border. Asda News reported that "the shelling led to the injury of four civilians, who were taken to the hospital for treatment, noting that the health of the four injured people is stable." Rudaw added that…
Summary
Published
29 July 2017
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 October 2016
Incident Code
TI006
Location
فايده, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and governmental sources said Turkish artillery had targeted Al Fadhiliyah village in Bashiqa, north of Mosul, resulting in the deaths of two civilian brothers and four injuries. The Coalition later made clear it did not view Turkish actions in Iraq as being a part of the international alliance’s effort to defeat ISIL. According to…
Summary
Published
3 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2016
Incident Code
TI005
Location
الفاضلية, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A local MP complained that a number of civilians had been killed and injured in fresh Turkish shelling of Fadhiliya village. Salim Juma told NRN News that artillery strikes from a nearby Turkish base at Bashiqa “killed and injured a number of civilians, including women and children.” The MP called on the regional Kurdish government…
Summary
Published
17 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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