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18 February 2015

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Al Maryajib crossroads, in area 47, Al Hassakah, Syria

It was reported that one civilian male was killed in a coalition airstrike at al Shadadi. According to Thiqah he was in the area by chance when coalition aircraft struck: “One civilian was killed and others wounded yesterday (Thursday), when coalition aircraft bombed several areas of the rural southern city of Al-Hasakah.” Activists in the…

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18 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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17 February 2015

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Mosul, Cultural area, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

According to NINA, citing a security source, nine members of a family – including women and children – died after coalition warplanes “bombed a house at dawn in the Althaqafiyah residential complex area in the north of Mosul, suspected of being taking a den or a hideout by Daash terrorists.”

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17 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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17 February 2015

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Mosul, multiple neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

According to a single source, local eyewitness claimed one unnamed civilian was killed and five others were severely injured after the coalition allegedly bombed several areas in Makhmoor, south of Mosul

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17 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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15 February 2015

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Shiha, Darnah, Libya

درنة‎: شيحة

Various sources reported that Egyptian airstrikes hit two locations in East Derna. One strike hit the Bab Shiha neighbourhood, another one the former headquarters of the Jabal al-Akhdar Industrial Company. Local and international sources reported that seven civilians were killed, including three or four children and a woman – plus up to 50 members of…

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15 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military

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11 February 2015

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Kbeibah, Al Hassakah, Syria

Two oil workers were killed and two others injured in a reported Coalition airstrike on a house used by workers at Kbeibah, according to a number of sources The two dead men were buried at Hadida Cemetery in Hassakah. The Syrian Network for Human Rights published a detailed report on the event: "On Wednesday February…

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11 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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10 February 2015

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Wadi Sarr, Hadramaut, Yemen

Reports of a US drone strike in Hadramout were strongly contradicted by Yemeni and AQAP sources. AFP and Xinhua respectively reported that a drone strike killed four or five people, citing unnamed Yemeni officials. A military source told Xinhua: “The US drone fired three missiles on a gathering of al Qaeda operatives in the Sert…

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10 February 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

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8 February 2015

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100km South of Mosul on ‘Road 1’, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

An alleged coalition airstrike struck a vehicle on the road between Mosul and Baghdad, which was carrying Jordanian mosque janitor Ahmed Abdul Aqi [sometimes Baqi], his wife and daughter. All three died in the incident. The driver of the car Ahmed al Azzawi (pictured below) also died according to his family. In a detailed report…

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8 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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6 February 2015

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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A Jordanian airstrike against an “ISIL weapons compound” – in coordination with the US military – allegedly killed US aid worker and hostage Kayla Mueller, along with up to 30 militants from Islamic State. The US later said that “with the information that we have there’s no evidence of civilians in the target area prior…

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6 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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6 February 2015

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Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

A coalition airstrike allegedly killed four unnamed civilian males in the vicinity of Al Shadadi, according to VDC. The Step news agency reported multiple coalition strikes in the vicinity: “The Alliance today carried out a number of raids on ISIL targets south of Al Hassakah. Five missiles fell on the city of Shadadi followed by…

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6 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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4 February 2015

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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

An internal CENTCOM review cited claims from a redacted Twitter user that “Coalition aircraft killed an entire family in an airstrike on Ar Raqqah ‘in response to the killing of Jordanian pilot Mu’adh al-Kasasibah.’ The allegation was accompanied by an attached photo showing the alleged victims wrapped in white cloth.“ An internal review found that…

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4 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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3 February 2015

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Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

An internal post-strike review for CENTCOM of full-motion video revealed a “possible child entering a targeted bunker and then disappearing out of the field of view (FOV) approximately 19 minutes before Strike.” The dynamic strike, conducted by a French Mirage 2000 using a Bu-49 bomb, killed an estimated five enemy fighters. Claims that a child…

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3 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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2 February 2015

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Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

Major coalition air raids on the oil fields around Shadadi reportedly led to the deaths of up to four non-combatants. Residents described a significant attack, with one site reporting: “Among the most prominent oil fields targeted were Al Rawees and Al Howyaziah east of Shadadi. The fires are also still burning in Kabiba close to…

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2 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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2 February 2015

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Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

In a second alleged incident in the area for this night, it was reported that civilian oil workers died in a Coalition attack. According to Thiqa, “preliminary reports refer to the fall of the martyrs among civilians working in the oil, as well as a number of wounded civilians arrived at the field hospital located…

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2 February 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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2 February 2015

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Maswara, Al Bayda, Yemen

A third confirmed US drone strike in eight days killed at least three people. All were AQAP members, according to an AQAP source identified as Abu Turab al Maribi. This is the second reported US drone strike since gunmen from the Houthi faction ousted the president, prime minister and cabinet on January 26. There were…

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2 February 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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2 February 2015

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Diinsoor, Bay, Somalia

According to a Freedom of Information response obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, this previously unknown US strike took place in Dinsoor, Somalia against an "al-Shabaab Named Objective". It should be noted however that the last known declared US strike in Dinsoor prior to February 2nd 2015 was on January 31st 2015. There…

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2 February 2015

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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31 January 2015

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Dugule, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

A mystery airstrike reportedly killed between 40 and 60 alleged belligerents on January 31st 2015. Xinhua also reported that "scores of others were injured" in the attack, leaving it unclear whether those injured were civilians or militants. It was described by some as a US drone strike - thought the Pentagon denied this. Abdulkadir Mohamed…

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31 January 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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31 January 2015

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Al Saeed, Shabwa, Yemen

Sheikh Harith al Nadhari, from a AQAP propaganda, posted on January 23 2015 on Jihadology – an academic clearing house for Jihadist material US drones killed a senior AQAP figure along with three other members of the group. Al Qaeda confirmed their deaths in a release a week after the strike. It was the second…

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31 January 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

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31 January 2015

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Diinsoor, Bay, Somalia

At least four civilian casualties were reported injured or killed in a confirmed US attack on Dinsooor, though it was not clear if they were injured or killed. JSOC had targeted and killed Yusef Dheeqm, al Shabaab’s head of external operations in the drone strike. Rear Admiral John Kirby confirmed in two separate Pentagon press conferences…

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31 January 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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29 January 2015

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Eastern Al Buwaida or Kobane, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A non-combatant civilian male, Abd Al Rahman Ahmad Bkar, from the town of Al Kussair near Homs was reported killed in an airstrike. While Syrian Martyrs attributed the strike to the Coalition, VDC blamed the Assad regime. Other reports were unclear. The location of the man’s death was also confused, given variously as Kobane in…

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29 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Six or seven people were killed when CIA drones targeted a house in the Shawal area of North Waziristan.There strike either flattened a house, destroying a vehicle within the structure’s courtyard. Or the drones targeted a vehicle as it drove to a domestic building. The dead were reportedly loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahdur however their…

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28 January 2015

Civilians reported injured

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Mosul, Centre, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

Citing a police source in the city, NINA claimed that nine civilians were killed and seven injured in an international coalition airstrike: “The source said that ‘the international coalition targeted the homes of civilians which resulted in the killing and injuring of dozens of civilians’… He pointed out that ‘the bodies of the martyrs arrived…

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28 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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26 January 2015

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Harib district, Shabwa, Yemen

حريب، شبوة‎

At least one civilian, a child, was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a vehicle traveling in the Harib district of Shabwa governorate of Yemen on January 26, 2015. Sources said the victims died when a drone struck the vehicle they were travelling in central-southern Yemen. The combatant status of one of the victims…

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26 January 2015

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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26 January 2015

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Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported two alleged Coalition airstrikes, killing five and injuring two civilians called Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed and Ebtehalf Mohammed Yosef. The first attack took place at 7.40 AM local time on the highway close to the town of Umm al-Dheban at that time. The second airstrike was at 8.40 AM local time…

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26 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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25 January 2015

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Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

The Syrian Martyrs website identified a single non-combatant victim of a reported Coalition strike in Aleppo. He was also named by the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Research which said he was originally from Idlib, though didn't specify if he was a civilian or a militant. However, all other sources described al Jolani as a…

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25 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

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

The previously-secret CENTCOM file also noted reports by redacted “prominent anti-ISIL Twitter users” that “civilians are being killed in the bombardment.” With so few details to go on, CENTCOM concluded that there was “insufficient evidence to determine date and time of any specific allegation.”

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24 January 2015

U.S.-led Coalition

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23 January 2015

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Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet on January 23rd as claiming that 6 members of one family had been killed in a Coalition strike in Anbar province. The identity of the tweeter was redacted in a publicly-released version of the file, though they were described as “Pro-ISIL… reported coalition airstrikes killed 6 family members…

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23 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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22 January 2015

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Aski Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

An internal CENTCOM report identified concerns of civilian fatalities raised by local Nineveh MP Abd al Rahman al-Luwayzi. According to the MP, “Arab families, fleeing the area of Aski Musil were targeted by coalition aircraft, killing or wounding ‘scores of civilians.” The town is situated on the banks of the Tigris River to the north…

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22 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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22 January 2015

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet by an Iraqi “self proclaimed freelance journalist” (identified as Mr Zyad al-Senjary) who had posted a photograph of “a partially-destroyed house and claimed 2 children were killed and several Iraqis injured in a UAV [drone] strike.” An initial CENTCOM inquiry identified 32 total Coalition engagements in Nineveh for…

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22 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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21 January 2015

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Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq

A Canadian airstrike at Kisik Junction was alleged to have killed between 6 and 27 civilians, according to an internal CENTCOM report. The source was an English-speaking peshmerga fighter, who had passed on his concerns to Coalition Special Forces based in Iraq. The Canadian attack had targeted “an ISIL sniper/ HMG [havy machine gun] position…

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21 January 2015

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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Shahi Khel, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan

CIA drones targeted a house in Shawal area of North Waziristan killing five, six or seven people – including a US citizen.On April 22 the White House publicly acknowledged it had killed three US citizens and an Italian in two drone strikes in January 2015. Adam Gadahn was killed, according to the White House press…

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19 January 2015

Civilians reported injured

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