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Incident Date
31 January 2015
Incident Code
USSOM034-C
Location
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…
Summary
Published
31 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Civilians reported injured
0–5
Military actors reported killed
40–60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
31 January 2015
Incident Code
USYEM208
Location
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…
Summary
Published
31 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Military actors reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
31 January 2015
Incident Code
USSOM035-C
Location
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…
Summary
Published
31 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 January 2015
Incident Code
CS048
Location
Eastern Al Buwaida or Kobane, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الطيانة
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…
Summary
Published
29 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob362
Location
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…
Summary
Published
28 January 2015
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI035
Location
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…
Summary
Published
28 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 January 2015
Incident Code
USYEM207
Location
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…
Summary
Published
26 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
26 January 2015
Incident Code
CI034
Location
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…
Summary
Published
26 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 January 2015
Incident Code
CS047
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
ﺣﻠﺐ
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…
Summary
Published
25 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI033
Location
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.”
Summary
Published
24 January 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 January 2015
Incident Code
CI032
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
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…
Summary
Published
23 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2015
Incident Code
CI030
Location
Aski Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
خزيمة
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…
Summary
Published
22 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2015
Incident Code
CI031
Location
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…
Summary
Published
22 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2015
Incident Code
CI029
Location
Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq
الكسك
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…
Summary
Published
21 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–27
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob361
Location
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…
Summary
Published
19 January 2015
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 January 2015
Incident Code
CS046
Location
Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
الشدادي
An internal CENTCOM review cited reports from the ‘pro-opposition’ Step News Agency that three civilians had died when Coalition missiles struck homes in al-Shaddadi. According to the news site, “two civilian houses were targeted leading to the martyrdom of three from one family and several wounded including women and children.” The Coalition concluded that its…
Summary
Published
19 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 January 2015
Incident Code
CS045
Location
Tayyani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الطيانة
An adult civilian male, was reported by a number of sources as killed in a coalition airstrike on his neighbourhood.
Summary
Published
18 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob359
Location
Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The second strike of the year killed 5-7 people in a strike on a house. The CIA drones reportedly hit the building with two missiles, setting it on fire.Ahmed Farouq, a US citizen and senior al Qaeda leader, was confirmed killed by the White House in a January 2015 drone strike. President Obama said Farouq…
Summary
Published
15 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob360
Location
Ladha district, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A second strike of the day killed 4-7 people according to anonymous Pakistani sources. At least two of the dead were reportedly Uzbeks. According to Express Tribune five people died when the strike hit and two more later succumbed to injuries sustained in the attack.One unnamed Pakistan security official told AFP: “Two Uzbek and three…
Summary
Published
15 January 2015
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 January 2015
Incident Code
CS043
Location
Um al Nayr, Idlib, Syria
حماة
A female civilian, a civil engineer, was reported by Syrian Martyrs to have been killed in a Coalition airstrike. Confused reporting placed her death either at Umm Al Nayr near Hama, or at nearby Kaferzita. However, VDC - which named the victim - stated that a 25 year old instead died in an attack by…
Summary
Published
14 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2015
Incident Code
CS044
Location
Al Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الحسكة
The website Syrian Martyrs identifies one man it says was killed in a Coalition airstrike near Dayr Ezzawr. He was reported as a resident of Tayana, the village where he was killed. However Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies - which named him - said that although he was from Tayana, he was killed in Al…
Summary
Published
15 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2015
Incident Code
LQ006
Location
port, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي
Various sources reported that the LNA warplane attacked a trawler allegedly loaded with gasoline outside Benghazi. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Sky News, a military official said that a Libyan aircraft belonging to the internationally recognised government (HoR) attacked a fishing boat carrying a shipment of gasoline to the port of…
Summary
Published
14 January 2015
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CS042
Location
near al-Bo Omar, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In the January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near al-Bo Omar had been assessed as non credible: “#1 Jan. 12, 2015, near al-Bo Omar, Syria via regional human rights group report. After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in…
Summary
Published
12 January 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2015
Incident Code
CI028
Location
Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
A single source claimed that a coalition strike on the town of Qayyarah near Mosul killed and injured “dozens.”
Summary
Published
11 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2015
Incident Code
CS041
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
Extensive coalition air raids on Islamic State-controlled oil fields reportedly killed four civilian oil workers, according to a number of sources. Local website Step Agency listed what it said were the targets struck: “The alliance planes at dawn today launched more than five raids targeting Islamic State near the town of Abu Kamal in the…
Summary
Published
11 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 January 2015
Incident Code
LC013
Location
Derna Port, Darnah, Libya
درنة: ميناء درنه
GNC planes allegedly bombed a Greek oil tanker killing a Greek engine cadet and a Romanian seaman on board, according to local media. Two Filipinos aboard were injured according to The Telegraph. Shorouk News reported a third person had been wounded. The Telegraph provided significant details on the event, reporting that a 29-year old Greek engine…
Summary
Published
5 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date
5 January 2015
Incident Code
CS040
Location
Ma`arr Hitat, Idlib, Syria
معرحطاط
The Syrian Martyrs website, lists one civilian male as a victim of a coalition strike. It is unclear whether he was killed in his home town of Ma’ar Hatat in Idlib or in Raqqa. However, the original listing in Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies lists him as a militant from Idlib - and reports…
Summary
Published
5 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 January 2015
Incident Code
Ob358
Location
Alwara Mandi, Datta Khel or Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The first CIA strike of 2015 killed at least six and as many as 10 people. The dead were initially reportedly Uzbeks and members of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) associated group loyal to veteran commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur. There were no reports of civilian harm. However al Qaeda subsequently confirmed Qari Imran (aka Qari Ubaidullah)…
Summary
Published
4 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 January 2015
Incident Code
LC012
Location
Port Sidra, Surt, Libya
ميناء السدرة
Alwasat reported armed clashes around the port of Sidra between fighters guarding the oil ports and the LNA which were accompanied by three LNA airstrikes. Alfakhiri claimed on Twitter that two children were killed in the attack but didn’t add further details.
Summary
Published
3 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
3 January 2015
Incident Code
LC011
Location
Misurata Port, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة: مصراتة ميناء
According to various sources, LNA jets struck different positions in Misurata’s port, resulting in the injury of two civilians – reportedly employees at the port. Al Jazeera reported: The forces of the retired Libyan brigade General, Khalifa Haftar, announced responsibility for air strikes on the western port of Misurata on Saturday claiming that it was…
Summary
Published
3 January 2015
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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