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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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Incident Date
2 January 2015
Incident Code
CI027
Location
Villages of Al-Farhaniya and al-Subaihat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
الفرحانية
An airstrike by an unspecified belligerent reportedly killed 12 civilians including women and children, and wounded an additional 23. The deaths occurred during an Iraqi government offensive against Islamic State.
Summary
Published
2 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
23
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 December 2014
Incident Code
USSOM033
Location
Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
سااكوو
Up to three senior members of al Shabaab were killed by a US military drone in Saakow, Middle Juba, international media reported. There were no known reports of associated civilian harm. The US military said that an airstrike had targeted a “senior leader” of the al Shabaab militant group. Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency later…
Summary
Published
29 December 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 December 2014
Incident Code
CS038
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
In one of the the worst known incidents of mass civilian casualties reportedly caused by coalition bombings, at least 51 non-combatants were killed when aircraft struck an Islamic State local headquarters, which was also being used as a temporary prison. Somewhere between 150 and 400 people were being held by ISIL on petty charges at…
Summary
Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
51–65
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 December 2014
Incident Code
CS039
Location
Jarabulus, Cultural center, Aleppo, Syria
جرابلس
An 8.30pm coalition bombing raid on Jarablos – a major Islamic State hub – destroyed a cultural centre being used as an ISIL headquarters in the town. According to Aleppo News, “According to activists, the strikes caused great devastation in the building in addition to the destruction of two civilian houses in the vicinity. Witnesses…
Summary
Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 December 2014
Incident Code
LC010
Location
Bin Jawad, Surt, Libya
بن جواد
Two physicians were killed and seven more people were reported wounded in an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike at a field hospital in Bin Jawad, according to local sources. James Wheeler tweeted: Two physicians were reported killed and 7 other people injured by an airstrike near a field hospital at Bin Jawad. Multiple sources have identified…
Summary
Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date
26 December 2014
Incident Code
CI025
Location
Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.
Summary
Published
26 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 December 2014
Incident Code
CS037
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
An internal CENTCOM review reported unnamed open sources as claiming civilian casualties had occurred as a result of Coalition airstrikes. A provisional review found that there had been no international airstrikes in the vicinity of the city on that date. Airwars researchers later identified coverage from the time of Assad regime attacks on Aleppo on…
Summary
Published
26 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
4–45
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob356
Location
Kund/Kundghar village, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
CIA drones reportedly killed four or five people in a strike that hit a building in the Shawal valley. The strike reportedly killed members of the Punjabi Taliban.This was the first of two strikes that hit in quick succession. This was the first of the two according to most reports though the New York Times…
Summary
Published
26 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob357
Location
Kund/Kundghar village, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
This second strike of the day hit either a vehicle or a house “minutes” after the first. Every source for this strike said the dead were Uzbeks, though it is not clear if this refers to their ethnicity or their nationality.Sign up for monthly updates from the Bureau’s Covert War project and subscribe to our podcast, Drone News from…
Summary
Published
26 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 December 2014
Incident Code
CI024
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, two civilians were reported as having been possibly killed by a Dutch airstrike on December 26th, after motorbikes strayed into the kill zone during an attack on Fallujah. According to an internal CENTCOM document, it was self-reported the following day that “while conducting dynamic coalition airstrikes on…
Summary
Published
25 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2014
Incident Code
CS036
Location
Deir ez-Zor: Ziban street, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
Syrian Martyrs and other monitoring sites listed three civilian males as being the victims of a coalition strike. They were named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. All three men were listed as residents of Dayr az Zawr, and as having been killed in Ziban Street (شارع زيبان) in the city
Summary
Published
23 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2014
Incident Code
CI023
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and…
Summary
Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2014
Incident Code
CS035
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Three civilian men were reported killed in an event near the town of Al Bab, after a US aircraft dropped a 500lb bomb on a fleeing ISIL suspect. They were later named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. Social media also reported civilian deaths, with one tweet noting: “At least two civilians martyred in the…
Summary
Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2014
Incident Code
LC009
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
A single source, Libya in Heart, reported that “nearly 20 people” died in alleged LNA airstrike in Sirte but did not specify if they were civilians. According to the source, Nearly 20 people were killed in the bombing of the Sirte air force in Libya. Eyewitnesses confirmed that ambulances were being heard heavily. After further…
Summary
Published
20 December 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob355
Location
Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A US drone strike killed at least four militants, according to security officials. The strike reportedly killed militants who fought under local Pakistani taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur.According to several sources two missiles were fired at a compound. None of the dead have been identified, but there are reports that a high value target was killed in…
Summary
Published
20 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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