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Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Four or five people were killed in a CIA drone strike in the Shawal area of North Waziristan. The attack hit the same day Pakistan Air Force jets reportedly killed 10-22 people in nearby Datta Khel.The strike reportedly hit a vehicle or residential compound with two missiles late in the evening of June 1. The…

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

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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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Port of Sirte, Surt, Libya

ميناء سرت

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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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

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

رأس العين

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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Abu Sheikhat, Al Hassakah, Syria

أبو شاخات

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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Zaafran, Surt, Libya

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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A US drone strike on a vehicle in Shabwa reportedly killed three or five alleged members of AQAP. The strike was reported by local officials, tribal sources and security officials. It hit the same day as Saudi Arabia’s jets continued to strike Houthi positions. There were reported air raids outside Sanaa, in the second city…

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Mosul, near Bahauddin mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

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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…

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Tawama, Aleppo, Syria

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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Tal Majdal, Al Hassakah, Syria

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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Zoy Nari, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

CIA drones reportedly destroyed a residential compound in the Shawal area hours after the Pakistan government condemned the last drone strike in that area. At least three and as many as six people were killed.The drones hit at night in the same region as an attack on May 16 that Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned…

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Wara Mandi, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Between four and seven people were reportedly killed in a drone strike on a domestic compound reportedly being used by the Pakistan Taliban.The dead were unnamed however various media outlets quoted unnamed officials claiming both Pakistanis and foreigners were killed.This was the first strike for 34 days. It was the eighth strike this year and…

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A US drone strike reportedly killed three men in a vehicle in Shabwa governorate according to a tribal source and a Yemeni security official. The strike hit in a region that had been targeted by Saudi warplanes however it came on the final day of a five day humanitarian ceasefire in the ongoing civil war…

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Al Salam, Benghazi, Libya

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…

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Masahag, Salah Al Din, Iraq

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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Tobruk, Al Butnan, Libya

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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Presidential palace area, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

A third reported US drone strike in 36 hours hit Mukalla, a port on the southern coast of Yemen and capital of the eastern Hadramout province. The attack killed four AQAP members were reportedly killed. They were identified as: Maamoun Hatem, Abu Anwar al Kutheiri, Mohammed Saleh al Gharabi and Mabkhout Waqash al Sayeri. تم…

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Ataq, Shabwa, Yemen

A suspected US drone strike destroyed a car killing at least one and as many as four people. Sources believed the dead were members of AQAP. They were all reportedly part of the Awlaq tribe – a large and powerful family in Yemen. The attack destroyed a car in the city of Ataq, capital of…

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Tal Majdal, Al Hassakah, Syria

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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Mafraq, Shabwa, Yemen

A possible US drone strike reportedly killed three people in Shabwa governorate. Few details were reported about this strike.Type of attack: Possible US drone strike

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Al-Gharah, Al Hassakah, Syria

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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Darnah, 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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Jubb Mahli (Ber Mahli), Aleppo, Syria

بئر محلي

In one of the worst reported incidents in nine months of bombings by the US-led Coalition, 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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Fallujah, Jughaifi, Al Anbar, Iraq

حي الجغيفي

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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Roumana, Al Anbar, Iraq

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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Mitras, Aleppo, Syria

Reported Coalition airstrikes at 11 am on the village of Mitras killed three civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. These were identified as an adult male, a teenager and a child. This event bears a resemblance to an April 19th incident at the same location (CS063) in that the victims are from…

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Sirte, Surt, Libya

Dawa Alhaq reported a GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike in Sirte likely resulting in civilian harm: “A military aircraft belonging to the ‘Dawn of Libya’ militia, backed by Libya’s brothers who control Tripoli, launched air strikes on Thursday night on sites in the city of Sirte. ‘A Libyan warplane launched several air strikes on the sites of…

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Mosul, Bareed, Nineveh, Iraq

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At least four civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on the Bareed quarter of Mosul. A home was completely destroyed in the event, killing four members of one family. One report also named a fifth family member, a young disabled girl named Sadra (cousin to Abdullah) as being killed. However as the Fiscal Times noted,…

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Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

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A claimed coalition airstrike on the centre of Mosul killed up to 23 militants and five or more non-combatants according to reports, after four homes were destroyed. NINA cited a medical source as saying that 23 civilians died when aircraft struck the Mdaana neighbourhood – though this appears to be a mis-cite of other casualties…

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