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Incident Date

9 March 2016

Incident Code

LC026

Location

Zaafran, Surt, Libya
الزعفران
Two female children and their mother from Hamad Hamed Al-Sayah Hambali were among up to eight victims who died in airstrikes on the area of Zafaran and the power station in Sirte, local media reported. The daughters were named as Isra and Wafaa. According to Mahmoud Mohamed Salem on March 9th, “there were frequent reports of…

Summary

Published
9 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

9 March 2016

Incident Code

LQ026

Location

Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
The LNA reported that it destroyed two sea vessels West of Benghazi near Al Jawhara resort. The statement says that the boats belonged to the Derna Shura Council and were carrying ‘fighters and ammunition’. In addition, the LNA launched strikes on reported positions of the terrorist militias in Qawarsheh and the perimeter of the cement factory…

Summary

Published
9 March 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

CI198

Location

Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
According to a local source, six civilians from the same family were killed after two missiles by allegedly Coalition jets struck their home in the Shura district south of Mosul. According to Yaqen News, the local Mosul source who reported the deaths also added that “indiscriminate bombardment by Coalition aircraft operations has increased dramatically recently,…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

CI199

Location

Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2016

Incident Code

LC025

Location

Jarf, Surt, Libya
جارف
One man died and his son and another man were wounded in an airstrike on the village of Jarf, local media reported. Multiple sources, including Ewan Libya, named the fatality as Muhammad Hessar Amouri, adding that his son Abu-Shiba Abdulrahman Abustah was wounded, as was a third man, named as Omran Zerouq Khattari. According to @AbuzeidSultan, the Muhammad Hessar…

Summary

Published
6 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date

5 March 2016

Incident Code

CI197

Location

Mosul, Industrial area in Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq
شركة البناء الجاهز
At least 21 civilians including 13 children reportedly died after an alleged night time Coalition strike on an abandoned factory in Mosul, which was being used by Daesh. The Coalition later said it had targeted an ‘ISIL weapons production facility’ in the city. This may also have been linked to the terror group’s chemical weapons…

Summary

Published
5 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
21–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 February 2016

Incident Code

CI196

Location

Mosul, Baghdad Street, Nineveh, Iraq
شارع بغداد
Local sources reported that up to 5 civilians died, including children, when more than 30 Daesh fighters were killed and injured in alleged Coalitions strike on the Mayer garage near Baghdad Street in eastern Mosul. According to NRN News, the night time attack targeted 40 trucks being used by Daesh to transport goods between Syria…

Summary

Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 February 2016

Incident Code

CI195

Location

Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
Local sources claimed that at least 13 and as many as 46 civilians from ‘ISIS families’ – including children and women – were killed when their bus was bombed between Qayarrah and Shura south of Mosul as it was trying to cross the Iraqi-Syrian border. The bodies were reportedly transferred to the Forensic Medicine institution…

Summary

Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–46
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 February 2016

Incident Code

LQ025a

Location

Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
The LNA launched “accurate” airstrikes against terrorist militias in Qawarsheh and Sabri according to their Facebook page.

Summary

Published
24 February 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

20 February 2016

Incident Code

CI194

Location

Ameriat al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
عامرية الفلوجة
Ameriat Al Fallujah council complained that a mistaken strike by undefined aircraft had hit a civilian house in the village 17km south of Fallujah, which resulted in the death of one civilian and the injuring of 7 others. According to Shaker Mahmoud, head of the council, the strike hit a house in the Heramat Amiriyah…

Summary

Published
20 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 February 2016

Incident Code

LC024

Location

Sabratha, Qasr Talil / Alalqa, Al Zawiyah, Libya
صبراتة‎: قصر تليل / علالقة
Two civilians of Serbian embassy staffers died along with a reported two or more women in a US airstrike in Sabratha which overall killed between 43 and 60 people – mostly Tunisians, who were allegedly training to carry out atrocities in Tunisia on behalf of ISIS. The strike also reportedly killed Noureddine Chouchane, a senior member of…

Summary

Published
19 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

18 February 2016

Incident Code

CI193

Location

Fatha, Nineveh, Iraq
الفتحة
Four civilians were reported killed and two injured during an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Fatha north of Mosul according to Al Araby, which said the bodies were transfered to a local morgue. No additional information is presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…

Summary

Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 February 2016

Incident Code

CI192

Location

Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرطبة
As many as 26 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Ar Rutbah, in Anbar province. A video released by Daesh-linked Al A’amaq showed an apparent ‘double-tap’ strike when the location was again bombed shortly afterwards. The Yagen agency reported that “aggressive Coalition strikes killed ten civilians and wounded…

Summary

Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–26
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 February 2016

Incident Code

CI191

Location

Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
According to multiple local sources, a Coalition or Iraqi government aircraft struck the Sina’i, Bakir and Jame’iya neighbourhoods in Hit district, western Anbar, resulting in the deaths of 2 or 3 civilians and the injuring of 5 more. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq said the strikes were the work of the Coalition. The Iraqi Spring Media Center…

Summary

Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 February 2016

Incident Code

CI190

Location

Ar Rayhaniyah, Nineveh, Iraq
الرحمانية
In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, CENTCOM issued a statement on July 28th 2016 saying that it had injured a civilian during an airstrike on Ar Rayhaniyah: The official release noted that “On February 16, 2016, in Ar Rayhaniyah, Iraq near Mosul, during a strike on an ISIL vehicle, it is assessed that one…

Summary

Published
16 February 2016
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 February 2016

Incident Code

CI189

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
As many as nine civilians were killed in a nighttime Coalition airstrike at Al Qaim. While the US has conceded three deaths, one site referred at the time to “nine dead along with the destruction of civilian property, due to heavy strikes by the international Coalition at midnight yesterday on the city of Al Qaim.”…

Summary

Published
15 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 February 2016

Incident Code

CI188

Location

Mahalabiya, Nineveh, Iraq
المحلبية
Three children reportedly died in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Mahalabiya, to the west of Mosul. An anonymous source cited by Face Iraq complained that there was “constant indiscriminate shelling on the villages and areas of the city of Mosul, under the pretext of the presence of criminal elements from Daesh.” In…

Summary

Published
13 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 February 2016

Incident Code

CI187

Location

Mosul, Mazari / Farms, Nineveh, Iraq
حي المزارع
An alleged Coalition targeted strike on a secret ISIL medical facility reportedly killed 16 doctors, seven Daesh fighters and an unspecified number of patients according to a single source. According to NINA, “the international Coalition carried out airstrikes in eastern Mosul which targeted a secret hospital for Daesh elements. The attack killed 16 Daesh doctors…

Summary

Published
10 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 February 2016

Incident Code

CI186

Location

Mosul, Karama, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الكرامة
 A number of sources reported that at least seven civilian forced labourers were killed in an alleged Coalition on a Daesh pickup truck. The incident took place in the main street area of Karama, a neighbourhood to the east of Mosul. NRN News said that the civilians were being used by Daesh as forced labourers to demolish graves…

Summary

Published
10 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 February 2016

Incident Code

LQ025

Location

Jawhara Resort, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
LNA and various sources reported that it targeted ‘terrorists strongholds’ in Sidi Faraj, Al-Laithi, Bouatni and Garyounis, near Nabous Square. It also hit a vessel 40 km off the Coast. According to Al Wasat, the vessel was loaded with ammunition. According to the LNA’s official site, “A Libyan Arab air force fighter on Wednesday targeted…

Summary

Published
10 February 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

8 February 2016

Incident Code

LQ024

Location

Derna, Darnah, Libya
درنة‎
A Libyan Air Force MIG-23 was shot down in the Sidi Khalid area, 35 km West of Derna, after conducting airstrikes in Derna according to various sources. Apparently, the plane had shelled the 400 neighbourhoods in retaliation for the killing of civilians on February 7th. The Libya Observer reported that the Derna Shura Council, which…

Summary

Published
8 February 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

7 February 2016

Incident Code

LC023

Location

Bab Tobruk, Darnah, Libya
درنة‎: باب طبرق
An unknown aircraft bombed the Bab Tobruk neighbourhood near the medical centre in Derna, which led to the death of a woman and her child, according to local and international sources. The three strikes, which reportedly targeted the Shura Council, damaged the Al Wahda hospital and the Omar bin Khattab mosque in the Zuhour district…

Summary

Published
7 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date

6 February 2016

Incident Code

CI185

Location

Ramadi (Al Bosaleh), Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
There were reports of two or three civilian homes in Al Bosaleh village east of Ramadi were struck by the Coalition in the morning, killing at least 17 civilians – including up to 13 from the Alibohvd clan. Yaqen included a reported image (right) of one of the destroyed homes. However, the site also suggested…

Summary

Published
6 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
17–21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 February 2016

Incident Code

CI184

Location

Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Several sources reported that an alleged Coalition air strike had hit the Qalqah area of Hit City, resulting in the deaths of up to six civilians and the wounding of 11 others, most of them women and children. Photographs obtained by the Iraqi Spring Media Center appeared to show significant damage, with a number of…

Summary

Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
8–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 February 2016

Incident Code

TI004

Location

Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
قرية الفاضلية
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Fadhiliya. According to the Iraqi National News Agency, "the bombardment of Fadhiliya village at the foot of Mount Bachik, resulted in the deaths of three civilians and the wounding of two others." There is currently no other known source available.

Summary

Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

31 January 2016

Incident Code

LQ023

Location

Leithi, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
LNA reported that it carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS targets in the Sabri, Bouatni, Al-Leithi, Hawari and Qawarsheh areas of Benghazi. However, despite the intensive attacks there were no known local reports of civilian harm.

Summary

Published
31 January 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

26 January 2016

Incident Code

CI183

Location

Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
According to multiple reports, an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hawijah resulted in at least 13 civilian deaths. Al Jazeera reported that 16 died in the incident, which it attributed to the Coalition. The Al Amaq Agency (which often distributes Islamic State propaganda) reported that 13 civilians died in a ‘Coalition strike’ while 11 were injured.…

Summary

Published
26 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–16
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 January 2016

Incident Code

CI181

Location

Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Several local sources claimed 10 civilians were killed and 20 injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul. According to anti-government site Yaqen, “the international airline alliance this morning carried out several air strikes” in central Mosul which in turn killed 10 civilians and ‘substantially damaged’ a number of homes. Meanwhile, the pro-government site Al Rassid…

Summary

Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 January 2016

Incident Code

CI182

Location

Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes had struck residential homes in Abu Teban village in Hit, west of Ramadi, resulting in the deaths of eight civilians and the injuring of a further 18 – described as mostly women and children. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes between Ramadi and…

Summary

Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 January 2016

Incident Code

CI180

Location

Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
The Iraqi Spring Media Centre claimed that “Coalition fighters” had struck civilians in north-west Ramadi, killing 13 civilians and injuring a further 18. Particular news described the alleged Coalition strike as ‘retaliatory’ though gave no further details while noting that there was also significant material damage to civilian houses in the area. Responding to a…

Summary

Published
20 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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