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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A single source, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed that two civilians were killed and others wounded, “some of them injured badly.” In a possible linked event, Al Hurra reported that the coalition targeted and killed Daesh leader Abu Abdallah Al Ozbeki [‘the Uzbek’], outside a hotel in the centre of Raqaa. Citing SOHR’s…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

كفردريان

A US night time airstrike on a vehicle carrying alleged al-Nusra Front personnel also killed two passing civilian motorcyclists. They were later identified by the Syrian Network for Human Rights as two cousins aged 25 and 30. Both worked in the local shoe industry. In January 2016 CENTCOM confirmed that its airstrike had targeted “a…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In a casualty incident later confirmed by the US, its aircraft targeted a vehicle in the vicinity of Al Shefa Hospital in Raqaa, wounding seven civilians in the process. No fatalities were initially reported, but the hospital was reportedly damaged. In a Facebook posting marking the event, locals insisted that all of those injured were…

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Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

There were contradictory claims as to the status of Bassel Jassem Al Jirroh - reportedly killed in a Coalition or Assad regime strike at Hatla. While the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and al-Natiq described him as a young male non-combatant killed at Al Aziziah Street, the pro-government Tishreen claimed that al-Jirroh was a…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria

تل الجاير

Two civilians were reported killed in a Coalition strike at Hassakah which allegedly hit the Tal Al Jayer Medical Centre. It was also reported that “a number of women and children” were injured in the attack. However in July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian…

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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

The day of July 4th saw multiple allegations of civilian casualties reported in Raqqa. In one of them, an internally displaced family of seven living under a bridge was said to have been crushed to death following a Coalition airstrike. Buzzfeed cited a surviving close relative in Turkey, who declined to be named publicly but…

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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In the second confirmed civilian fatality incident of the day in Raqaa, the Coalition later declared that "during strikes against 16 ISIL bridges, it was assessed one civilian in a truck with a trailer was likely killed." US aircraft were responsible for the death, CENTCOM admitted some six months later. Reporting remains confused for the…

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Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In some of the heaviest coalition bombing reported for Syria to that time, US aircraft struck multiple Daesh targets in the strategic city of Raqaa – the beginning of a lengthy air campaign in which numerous civilians are now confirmed to have died. Between 7 and 8 civilians were reported as being among the 23…

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Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

A dawn strike killed four alleged AQAP members – two Yemenis, a Kuwait and a Saudi. The strike hit a car as it left the headquarters for the Yemen army’s 27 Mechanised Brigade. AQAP took control of the facility in April when the group moved into Mukalla, taking advantage of the growing instability in the…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Nofaliya, Surt, Libya

النوفلية

Three civilians from one family were reported killed in Nofaliya, Sirte in an LNA or NATO nation airstrike. Jalferjani posted on Twitter that "The Al Diab family house was shelled by a NATO aircraft and two children and their parent were killed in the city of Sirte." Presslibya said that the LNA had bombed in…

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Mosul, Tel Ruman, Nineveh, Iraq

تل الرمان

There were claims that up to 22 civilians were killed and 16 injured in Coalition airstrikes to the west of Mosul. Women and children were reported to be among the casualties. In a January 2016 report, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq noted: “According to a source, on 1 July, 17 civilians, including four…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Safra, Kirkuk, Iraq

An alleged strike by Coalition aircraft reportedly killed 18 civilians and injured a further 10, according to a single source. Al Gharbiya claimed that a number of villages south west of Hawija were hit. "About 30 civilians were killed and wounded on Wednesday in a bombardment by an international warplane in several areas of the…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

A civilian car was reported hit in a coalition airstrike 20km to the south of Suluk, killing those inside. The attack was described as occurring near Umm al Brameel, to the south east of Tal Abyad. Among the dead was a child named as Mohmmad Ali Ahmad Al Assaf.

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Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq

In a previously unknown case, CENTCOM reported on January 15th 2015 that US aircraft injured or possbily killed two or more civilians after an attack on an ISIL tactical unit and vehicles: According to the statement: “On June 29, 2015, near Haditha, Iraq, during strikes against one ISIL tactical unit and two ISIL vehicles, it…

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Hit, al Bakir, Al Anbar, Iraq

A reported coalition airstrike on a Daesh/ ISIL checkpoint also allegedly killed seven non-combatants, according to a single source. According to al Sharqiyah the civilians were caught up in the attack after being held at the checkpoint for an inspection.

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Road between Shadadi and Deir Ezzor (Road 7), Deir Ezzor, Syria

A civilian non-combatant was reported killed in a Coalition bombing on the road linking Shadadi with Deir az Zawr. The victim came from the town of Mayadeen.

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Rafadh, Shabwa, Yemen

US drones reportedly either a vehicle carrying AQAP fighters, killing them all according to a local official and tribesmen. Or it hit a training camp.

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

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Al Rayyan, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

A second strike of the day reportedly hit a “gathering” of al Qaeda fighters in Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout, around three hours after the previous attack in Shabwa. A source “close to Ansar al Sharia” told Mukalla Star the strike hit near the Yemeni army’s 27 Mechanised Brigade’s former headquarters. AQAP took control of…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

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Mahmoudiya, Kirkuk, Iraq

Although reporting was confused, there were claims of a fresh coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Hawija which killed a number of civilians. A Facebook page calling itself Hawija Now said that five women and 2 children died in the nearby village of Mahmoudiya. One extremely graphic image appears to show a woman survivor of…

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Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

‎القيارة

Up to 17 civilians were allegedly killed during a coalition air raid at Qayyarah near Mosul, two sources claimed. NINA reported that six women and four children were among the dead. And German news agency DPA gave identical casualty figures, citing a source as saying that “the bodies of the civilians have now reached the…

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Al Rayyan, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

Four or five alleged AQAP members were killed in a US drone strike. It hit a vehicle near Mukalla, the capital of the eastern province of Hadramout. None of the dead were named though a provincial official said “a local al Qaeda chief” was among the dead. Residents, and local and security officials said US…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Mosul, Rifai and Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

Iraqi news agency NINA claimed that multiple Coalition airstrikes on the city of Mosul killed 23 people and injured a further 21. Citing an ‘anonymous security source’ the news agency reported that “Around 23 civilians were killed, including ten women and eight children, and 21 injured in the coalition bombing” which included the neighbourhoods of…

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Ghil Bawazir, Hadramaut, Yemen

A single source reported a second drone strike on June 24th. Citing an unnamed provincial official, AFP reported: “A second Al-Qaeda vehicle was targeted Wednesday evening in a drone strike in the town of Ghil Bawazir in the same province but there was no word of casualties.”

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Mishak, Salah Al Din, Iraq

In a report published in January 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq cited an incident in Bayji which an alleged airstrike killed six civilians including four children. The Coalition has confirmed carrying out an airstrike in the vicinity. According to UNAMI, “On 23 June, a house was allegedly targeted by an airstrike in…

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Nofaliya, Sirte, Libya

النوفلية

On Saturday, June 20, 2015, one civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged General National Congress/Libya Dawn airstrike on a power station in Nofaliya, in the Sirte district of Libya. Russeifa News reported in a post on Facebook that Libya Dawn military aircraft strikes the electricity building in the Nofaliya area, resulting the death of…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

General National Congress (GNC)

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Arbeed, Raqqa, Syria

A reported 1am airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Arbeed was said to have killed two women at the home of Adel al Kharfan. Mr al Kharfan’s wife (a mother of six children) died along with her relative, the wife of Ismael al Kharfan and a mother of four. Mr al-Kharfan’s son later told SN4HR:…

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Road 6, near Khaneez village, north of Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Coalition aircraft allegedly struck a three-wheeled motorcycle or ‘tirterah’ which was carrying a vegetable farmer. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently later published a graphic image of the aftermath. The victim was identified as a resident of Hamam al-Turkman near Ar Raqqah. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: "Coalition aircraft conducted a…

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Al-'Adwaniyah, Al Hassakah, Syria

العدوانية

In a previously unreported incident, CENTCOM reported on January 2016 that the US had injured a non-combatant during an airstrike. The release stated: “On June 19, 2015, near Tall al Adwaniyah, Syria, during a strike against two ISIL vehicles, it is assessed that one civilian was injured when appearing in the target area after the…

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Tall Abyad, Raqqa, Syria

Two women were reported by a single source, the Syrian Observatory, as having been killed in a “Coalition airstrike” in the countryside around Tal Abiyad. In July 2017 the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian harm: “Jun. 18, 2015, near Tal Abyad, Syria, via Airwars report: After…

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Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Up to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of…

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