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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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Airstrike and/or Artillery

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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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Airstrike and/or Artillery

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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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General National Congress (GNC)

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Mosul, Bareed, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

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

الموصل‎

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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Corniche Commercial Center, Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

Two significant AQAP figures were killed in a US drone strike in Mukalla – the capital of Hadramout province. Between five and seven people were killed in a strike that hit the Corniche on the sea front in Mukalla. One of AQAP’s key ideologues, Nasser al Ansi, and its chief spokesman, Mohanned Ghallab, were among…

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Mosul, Aden, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

A reported Coalition airstrike on an electricity generating facility reportedly killed up tp 35 civilians and injured 22 more when nearby apartments were caught in the blast, according to reports. The US led Coalition later conceded 18 deaths in this event. At the time of the incident, NINA cited a medical source at the hospital…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq

An airstrike on the village of Fadiliya near Bashiqa, north of Mosul, killed between 5 and 11 civilians according to reports. NINA, citing a peshmerga source, said that three Daesh militants and 11 non-combatants died in a coalition strike. In contrast Arb-q cited a security source as saying that an unidentified airstrike had killed “five…

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near Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

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Mitras, Aleppo, Syria

A shepherd was reported by the Syrian Network as having been killed in a Coalition airstrike near Mitras. Five other people were injured by shrapnel. The victim's son later described retrieving his father’s body: “The rocket caused a great hole in the ground, almost two metres deep. I buried my father’s body in the town.“…

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Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

In a likely US or British drone strike, a truck was inadvertently hit during an airstrike at Ar Rutbah, according to a declassified CENTCOM report. “2 seconds prior to weapon impact, a large truck inadvertently arrived at the checkpoint. The back section of the truck was possibly damaged during the strike.” The driver was observed…

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Saeed district, Shabwa, Yemen

At least three alleged members of al Qaeda were reportedly killed in a possible US drone strike in eastern Yemen. The attack killed the three as they transported weapons in Shabwa province, a local tribal chief told AFP. On April 24 the Washington Post confirmed this was a US strike when it reported unnamed officials…

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Habban, Shabwa, Yemen

A possible US drone strike killed two people, according to a tribal source quoted by AFP. The overnight strike was said to have targeted a vehicle in the southern province of Shabwa. The source said that both people were members of al Qaeda. An AQAP told the Bureau the strike took place but did not…

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Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Four people were reportedly killed in the first CIA drone strike in Pakistan for 25 days.None of the dead were identified but they were thought to belong to the Sajna faction of the Pakistan Taliban. They died when two missiles reportedly flattened a building in the thickly forested valleys of the Shawal area.Some sources reported…

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Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

Internal monitoring by the Coalition initially identified two possible civilian casualties from an airstrike at Hawijah. The attack, on a High Value target code-named ANDERS MESA, was carried out by an A-10 Warthog. According to a CENTCOM report declassified in September 2015, “2 civilians unseen in the collateral calls may have been killed or injured…

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Mukalla, Hadramaut, Yemen

A possible US drone strike killed Ibrahim al Rubaish, a senior AQAP figure, according to an al Qaeda statement. It was not clear how many other AQAP members were killed with local news website Yemen Alaan reported seven killed. Though the first reported drone strike for more than six weeks, it was not immediately clear…

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Mosul, Maydan neighborhood, Bab Lagash, Aqaydat, Wadi Hajar, Denden and Tayyaran, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

According to NINA, an intensive airstrike by the Coalition at dawn killed 11 civilians and injured a further four in Mosul. Strikes reportedly hit the neighbourhoods of Maydan, Bab Lagash, Aqaydat, Wadi Hajar, Denden and Tayyaran. The news website Ajyal reported that up to 30 people had died in an airstrike on a juvenile prison…

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Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq

Five Kurdish non-combatants, all from the same family, died in a reported Coalition strike on the village of Fadhiliyah, near Mosul. A major field investigation by the Guardian later identified the dead. Three family members survived the attack though were injured. Rahim, an eyewitness and relative, told the Guardian: “We wrapped the dead in blankets…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Al Waelyiah, Nineveh, Iraq

الوائلية

Abdarahman Alloizi MP, a deputy in the Iraqi parliament, claimed that as many as 26 civilians from one family died, when the coalition struck a house near Mosul, in the village of Al Waeliyah. No additional details are presently known.

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Zintan, Airport, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

According to several local sources, GNC/Libya Dawn planes bombed Zintan airport as well as the nearby village of Rujban. Most sources reported material damage, though there was no mention of civilian harm. Zintan Airport spokesperson Omar Maatouk, speaking to Libya Herald, said that the front of the airport building was damaged by the seven shells…

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General National Congress (GNC)

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