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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI022
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not…
Summary
Published
16 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI021
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded…
Summary
Published
13 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2014
Incident Code
CS034
Location
Kashish, Al Hassakah, Syria
كشيش
Two unnamed civilian males were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Kashish,
Summary
Published
12 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 December 2014
Incident Code
LQ005
Location
Abu Kammash, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
ابوكماش
Local media reported an airstrike in Abu Kammash without naming the belligerent. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Hafez Muammar, a plane bombed a citizen’s farm near the residential buildings in Abu Kamash area, without causing casualties or material damage. The sound of the missile explosion terrified the residents of the area,…
Summary
Published
11 December 2014
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
11 December 2014
Incident Code
CS033
Location
Jirah Military Airbase, al Maskana, Aleppo, Syria
مسكنة
A shepherd boy aged 10, 14 or 15, and named as Muhammad Qasim (or sometimes Mohammed Abd al Kareem), was reportedly killed in a coalition airstrike on a nearby Islamic State military base. An investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later concluded: “Around 2:45 in the afternoon an international alliance warplane raided over…
Summary
Published
11 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI020
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
Up to 9 civilians were reported killed and 32 injured in what NINA described as a “coalition airstrike” on people queuing for fuel in the city. On the following day Al Jazeera, Rudaw, NINA and Mobtaba all described attacks on the districts of “Al Jolan north of the city, Nizal in the centre of the…
Summary
Published
9 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
32
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob354
Location
Khar Tangi, Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
CIA drones reportedly killed at least four people possibly including a named, alleged senior al Qaeda fighter. However this has been rejected by the Pakistan military which denies a strike even took place.The attack reportedly came at 6am local time and destroyed a house and vehicle. Up to six were reported killed, four were described…
Summary
Published
7 December 2014
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6 December 2014
Incident Code
USYEM205
Location
Nisab District, Shabwa Governorate, Yemen
نصاب
During the morning of the 6th December 2014, the US confirmed that it conducted a joint airdrop operation with Yemeni special forces, a ground attack by marines and a bombardment to attempt a hostage rescue which resulted in the death of two of the hostages, reportedly at the hands of the al-Qaeda militants, along with…
Summary
Published
6 December 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6 December 2014
Incident Code
USYEM206
Location
Dafaar, Shabwa, Yemen
A night raid by US special forces mission failed to free two hostages from AQAP. Both hostages were reported killed by their captors while US soldiers attacked the house where they were being held. Eleven others were killed in the attack including a woman and 10-year old child. There are differing narratives of exactly what…
Summary
Published
6 December 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
8–13
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 December 2014
Incident Code
LC008
Location
Zuwara Port, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
زوارة بورت
LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted the port area in Zuwara. Most sources claimed there were no civilian casualties, though one report said that seven people were killed and 25 injured – but didn’t specify if they were civilians or combatants. Ean Libya reported that the security official Spokesman (Hafed Muamer) confirmed that no casualties occurred during…
Summary
Published
3 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–7
Civilians reported injured
0–25
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob353c
Location
Mada Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Summary
Published
3 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 December 2014
Incident Code
CS032
Location
Marbaʼīyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria
المريعية
Two civilian males, both residents of the village of Al-Mrey’iya, were reported by SOHR to have been killed in a coalition airstrike. They were named as Hassan Al Ali Al Zahiya and Moyyed Mohammad Al Assaf. The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, Freedoms and Human Rights also named the two men as civilians –…
Summary
Published
2 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2014
Incident Code
LC007
Location
Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
زوارة
Between three and five civilians died and up to 15 more were wounded in an alleged LNA airstrike on a food supply storage depot in Zuwara. Three or four foreign nationals were reportedly included in the death toll. Fox News provided the most detail on the event, reporting: A Libyan official says airstrikes have hit…
Summary
Published
2 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob353
Location
Garga, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A CIA drone strike killed between four and nine people in a strike on a house and possibly a vehicle in the Shawal area of North Waziristan.Two “foreigners” were thought to be among the dead, according to a local government official. They were described as “with al Qaeda” by an unnamed intelligence official. However a…
Summary
Published
26 November 2014
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
26 November 2014
Incident Code
USYEM204
Location
Hagr al Saiaar, Hadramaut, Yemen
US special forces carried out a hostage rescue mission in Hadramout, freeing eight captives and killing seven AQAP in the process. The US commandos, from the Joint Special Operations Command, rescued six Yemeni hostages as well as one Ethiopia and one Saudi. However it transpired a US citizen was the target of the rescue mission.…
Summary
Published
26 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Military actors reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 November 2014
Incident Code
CS031
Location
Binnish, Idlib, Syria
بنش
There were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later…
Summary
Published
25 November 2014
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
24 November 2014
Incident Code
LC006
Location
Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس: مطار معيتيقة
As part of a wave of raids on the city (see previous cases) LNA planes reportedly targeted Mitiga airport damaging the building and injuring two civilians – a woman and her daughter. Alwasat provided the most detail on the event, reporting: “A woman and her daughter were injured on Monday evening [Nov 24th] when a warplane…
Summary
Published
24 November 2014
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
24 November 2014
Incident Code
USYEM203
Location
Radaa, Al Bayda, Yemen
A possible drone strike reportedly failed to kill Mehdi Salah al-Mansouri, a “prominent tribal chief” according to an unnamed security official: The aerial raid targeted the tribal chief, along with two of his companions, but only the rear end of the car was damaged. This strike was not widely reported and was subsequently contradicted by…
Summary
Published
24 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
22 November 2014
Incident Code
LQ004
Location
Bi'r al Ghanam, Al Zawiyah, Libya
بئر الغنم
LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted Libya Dawn at several locations in the south and west of the Libyan capital including Gheryan, Chalghouda, Nasser, Mazraq Al Qanqa, the Botteh Sorman farm, Bir Hwaisa, the Khuwaildi reserve, Bi’r Al Ghanam, Buaisa, Al Rabeta and the Shamalat factory. There were no public reports of civilian harm. Sky News reported:…
Summary
Published
22 November 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
22 November 2014
Incident Code
CI019
Location
Hit, hospital and Zohour, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Multiple airstrikes reportedly targeted Hit, allegedly leading to significant civilian casualties. News agency Herak reported one eyewitness as saying that five airstrikes had struck the city: “The first targeted outside a hospital building, and the other targeted a house near the mosque. A further air strike targeted a house in the Qadisiyah district, leading to…
Summary
Published
22 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
9–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob352c
Location
South Waziristan, Pakistan
Summary
Published
21 November 2014
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob352
Location
Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
CIA drones killed at least five people in the latest strike on Datta Khel, according to initial strike reports. The attack reportedly hit a house and vehicle.A security official told Reuters six local and foreign fighters were killed, citing intercepted Taliban communications. The targeted house was reportedly occupied by fighters from the Islamic Movement of…
Summary
Published
20 November 2014
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI018
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
The FBI informed CENTCOM internally on November 21st 2014 that a source had alleged the deaths of “41 Yezidi captive females killed in a strike on a named OBJ IVO [objective in the vicinity of] Mosul.” The closest strike, number 999, was identified by CENTCOM as having taken place some 3.2km from the site of…
Summary
Published
19 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
41
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 November 2014
Incident Code
CI017
Location
Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
Multiple civilians were reported killed as a result of air raids launched by the coalition south of Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency cited forensic sources as saying that 16 people, including six women and children, were killed. Other media reported that up to “22 Daesh militants” were also killed in coalition airstrikes in the…
Summary
Published
17 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2014
Incident Code
CS029
Location
Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
الحسكة
Three civilian males were reportedly killed in an alleged coalition airstrike on the city of Al Hassakah, according to a single source.
Summary
Published
13 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2014
Incident Code
CS030
Location
Deir Ez Zor Oil Collection Point, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An internal Coalition report noted that civilians may have been killed near an oil collection point in Deir Ez Zor. The Coalition assessed the incident as non-credible: “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ. 13 Nov 2014: Review could not determine that…
Summary
Published
13 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 November 2014
Incident Code
CI016
Location
Mosul, Jawsag, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Iraqi news agency NINA and others reported that seven civilians – including children – died in “international coalition raids” in the vicinity of both Denden and Jawsaq, south of Mosul city. An additional strike by the Iraq military at nearby Mithaq in eastern Mosul reportedly killed an additional 15 civilians.
Summary
Published
12 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 November 2014
Incident Code
USYEM202
Location
Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
Six, seven or eight alleged AQAP fighters were killed in southern Yemen. The target of the strike varied depending on the source. The men were killed either when driving in a Toyota Hilux to carry out an attack, while gathered under a tree before setting off to carry out an attack, or when US drones…
Summary
Published
12 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
6–8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob351
Location
Dawa Toi, Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Between four and seven people were killed in a CIA drones strike in the Datta Khel area.Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) said two of their fighters were killed in this strike. Pakistan Army Major Adil Abdul Quddus and Dr Sarbuland (aka Abu Khalid). They were both members of AQIS according to Osama Mahmood,…
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS026
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
According to some sources, a civilian man was killed alongside two militants in an alleged coalition airstrike on Islamic State’s headquarters town of Ar Raqqah. The slain civilian was identified as a resident of Ma’ar Shoureen in Idlib. Two ‘Daesh militants’ were reportedly killed with him, one named as Mohammad Said Al Kaddour Nasser. In contrast,…
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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