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14 September 2015

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Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

The 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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14 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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13 September 2015

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Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

Up 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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13 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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12 September 2015

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Four alleged AQAP were killed in a possible US drone strike on a vehicle crossing from Jawf province into Marib. Tribal and security sources described the attack as a drone strike, saying two missiles hit the vehicle. However Marib province was the site of an air and ground offensive by Gulf forces and their local…

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11 September 2015

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

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12 September 2015

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Al-Rayyan, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

Four or five alleged AQAP fighters were reportedly killed in a drone strike in Mukalla, in the south-eastern province of Hadramout. The attack hit at about 8pm local time (5pm GMT). It reportedly destroyed a vehicle near a military base on the outskirts of the coastal city, capital of Hadramout province. This was the fifth…

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12 September 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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11 September 2015

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Qandil, Avashin and Zap, Nineveh, Iraq

قنديل, اقشين, الزاب

Turkish 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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11 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Turkish Military

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11 September 2015

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Al Toub, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A 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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11 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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10 September 2015

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Kabaisa, Al Anbar, Iraq

In 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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10 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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9 September 2015

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Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria

الثورة‎

Up 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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9 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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9 September 2015

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Al-Rayyan, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

A US drone strike destroyed a four-wheel drive vehicle near the capital of the eastern province of Hadramout. How many people were killed, and who they were, remains unclear. Most media reports had three or four alleged AQAP fighters killed. However a local media source said only two AQAP perished, four others were civilians. The…

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9 September 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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6 September 2015

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Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

دير الزور‎

A 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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6 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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5 September 2015

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Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq

The 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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5 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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5 September 2015

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Tall Birak, or villages to the south, Al Hassakah, Syria

Reports 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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5 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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3 September 2015

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

A 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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3 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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3 September 2015

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Between Khalidiya Island, Husaybah and Albu Obaid, Al Anbar, Iraq

بين جزيرة الخالدية, حصيبة والبوعبيد

The 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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3 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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3 September 2015

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Ramadi city: eastern area, Al Anbar, Iraq

The 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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3 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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1 September 2015

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Makhul, Salah Al Din, Iraq

Reports 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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1 September 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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Karwanda village, Manzarkhel area, Dattakhel sub-division or Lawara Banga area of Shawal valley, North Waziristan, Pakistan

CIA drones killed five or six people in a strike at around 11pm local time. The attack destroyed part of a house and reportedly killed up to three foreigners believed to be Uzbeks.Two Pakistani intelligence officials said the targeted house belonged to fighters loyal to an Afghan warlord and was used by Uzbeks. A local…

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1 September 2015

Civilians reported injured

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Near Irbil, Erbil, Iraq

Three 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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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

U.S.-led Coalition

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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A 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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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

A 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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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

Five people were reported killed in the second suspected drone strike in Mukalla in as many days. Residents told Reuters that five suspected al Qaeda members were killed when a missile hit their car as they travelled in the middle of the night. A local official told AFP however that the militants were killed in…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

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Derna: Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya

درنة الفتايح

Local 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…

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Libyan National Army

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Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

The monitoring site Iraq Body Count reported seven civilians killed at Sinjar. While these were described as Daesh fighters in reports, IBC classifies all those aged under 18 as children. At least one of those killed in the alleged airstrike was described as aged 15. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the…

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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

A young man named as Muhannad Tariq was reported killed in a Coalition strike near the al Jandool restaurant in Mohandeseen neighbourhood. The Coalition later reported that one civilian was killed and three others were wounded in this incident. According to a comment posted on a tribute page, Muhannad died from shrapnel wounds to his…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Al Rayyan airport, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

Four suspected al Qaeda members were reported killed in an overnight strike in eastern city of Mukalla, an unnamed local official told AFP. According to the official, a drone fired a missile them as they drove across the tarmac of al Rayane airport. Two Saudis, a Yemen and an Afghan were killed, according to a…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Harib, Ma'rib, Yemen

Three suspected militants were reported killed in a strike in the central province of Marib. Unnamed tribal sources told AFP that a drone hit the men at dawn as they drove through the desert region of Harib.

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

A single source, NINA, reported that a Coalition strike on a house at Hamam al-Alil, near Mosul “led to the martyrdom of all the family that inhabited consisted of nine members, including three children and a woman.“ As NINA noted: "Local residents told the National Iraqi News Agency that the international coalition aircraft bombed a…

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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

Local sources claimed that a Coalition airstrike aimed at an ISIL vehicle instead hit nearby celebrations, killing 18 people including three medics. One was later named as dentist Dr. Samir Ibrahim while the UN noted that a father and child died in the reported event. According to NINA, the deaths occurred when a missile accidentally…

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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