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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS027
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
A number of sources cited SN4HR (in a report now lost) as claiming that two unnamed civilian males and one ISIL militant were killed in a coalition airstrike at Manbij, near Aleppo.
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS028
Location
Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الشنان
The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from…
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11–12 November, 2014
Incident Code
USYEM201
Location
Shabwa, Yemen
French news agency AFP reported two possible extra US drone strikes late on November 11 or early November 12. The agency reported: "Tribal sources reported that two other drone strikes were carried out overnight in the same area but they were unable to say if the attacks caused any casualties."
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 November 2014
Incident Code
LQ003
Location
Sabri, Banghazi, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي, الصابري
According to several local sources, LNA air force conducted at least two airstrikes targeting the Shura Council in Sabri and Garyounis, Benghazi. Libya Channel Panorama LPC reported that the Jerusalem Mosque in Sabri area was damaged followed an alleged LNA strike, though no civilian casualties were publicly reported.
Summary
Published
10 November 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 November 2014
Incident Code
CS024
Location
Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الخريطة
Two civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.
Summary
Published
8 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS021
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
Five civilian men were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition strike on the city of Dayr az Zawr. They were named by the VDC.
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS022
Location
Sillu, Deir Ezzor, Syria
سعلو
Two non-combatant males were reported killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Sa’alo.
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS023
Location
near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In its January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near At-Tanak is currently being assessed: “#1 Nov. 7, 2014 near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria via regional human rights organization report.” Further research by our Syria team indicated that this incident was in fact previously known to Airwars, but had…
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2014
Incident Code
CS019
Location
Harim, Idlib, Syria
حارم
Six months after US air raids had targeted the Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front) and the militant group Ahrar al-Sham, the Coalition conceded that two children had “likely” died in the attack – the first public concession of any civilian deaths after 4,000 airstrikes against ISIS over nine months. The November 5th US-only…
Summary
Published
6 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2014
Incident Code
CS020
Location
Muqah, Idlib, Syria
موقة
The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that up to four unnamed children under the age of 10 died in a coalition airstrike on Mouka – described as one girl and two or three boys. In contrast, the VDC lists three unidentified bodies (two adult males and one female child) noting that they were “Martyred due to…
Summary
Published
6 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 November 2014
Incident Code
CS018
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
An internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify…
Summary
Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 November 2014
Incident Code
CI015
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Witnesses from Al-Qaim alleged that coalition airstrikes targeted a civilian house at midnight, killing a father and his three children and leaving the wife with severe injuries. The man’s name was given as Mohammed Hammad Alhialy. This may or may not be related to an incident cited by the United Nations in its quarterly report…
Summary
Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 November 2014
Incident Code
CI014
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
An alleged coalition airstrike reportedly hit a market at Al Qaim in western Anbar, killing at least 3 people and injuring up to 35. Two of the victims were named as as Mohamed Ahmed and Ahmed Munir Khitab. Significant damage was reported at the scene. However, the coalition denies carrying out any airstrike in the…
Summary
Published
4 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–15
Civilians reported injured
14–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 November 2014
Incident Code
USYEM200
Location
Radaa, Al Bayda, Yemen
Three US drone strikes left at least nine and as many as 20 people dead, including two named alleged senior AQAP fighters. The strikes hit several vehicles near Radaa, the main town in the central province of al Bayda. There was some discrepency around the combatant status of those killed, however sources which alleged tribesmen…
Summary
Published
4 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
9–20
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob350
Location
Nargas village, Azam Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
At least four and as many as seven people died in the ninth drone strike of the month and the fourth in South Waziristan. Four missiles from CIA drones reportedly hit a building around 15 miles (24km) from Wana, the area’s capital.Abdullah Haqqani, a senior member of the Haqqani Network, was reportedly killed. He “was…
Summary
Published
30 October 2014
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 October 2014
Incident Code
CS017
Location
Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
سلوك
An internal Coalition report, citing web sources, noted claims that civilian casualties had been alleged at Slouk “on a strike on some grain silos.” The aircraft was likely to have been a US armed drone, due to the Hellfire missile used. An initial investigation concluded that there had been no civilians injured: “The only strike…
Summary
Published
28 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 October 2014
Incident Code
CI013
Location
Uwaynat, Nineveh, Iraq
عوينات
There were claims that coalition air raids resulted in the deaths of between 10 and 20 civilians in a village 110km northwest of Mosul called Aouinat. Al Rafidain reported: "Press sources in Mosul confirmed that the bombing, which targeted the village of Aouinat killed ten civilians and destroyed at least two houses. The forensic medicine…
Summary
Published
26 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 October 2014
Incident Code
USYEM199
Location
Radaa, Al Bayda, Yemen
US drones reportedly hit near Radaa in al Bayda province for the second time in three days. Scores of US drone strikes, US air strikes with conventional jets, and Yemen Air Force strikes reportedly targeted the central al Bayda province on this day. However, it has not been possible to tally the full extent of…
Summary
Published
26 October 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Military actors reported killed
12–20
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 October 2014
Incident Code
CI012
Location
Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
حاج علي
Two civilians were reported by medical sources in the city to have been “accidentally killed” in an airstrike on a “Daesh stronghold in Qayyarah, Mosul“. However the Wameedh Sabah blog reported a security source as saying that the casualties were inflicted by an Iraq Army airstrike. Up to 81 alleged militants were also reported killed…
Summary
Published
25 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2014
Incident Code
USYEM198
Location
Radaa, Al Bayda, Yemen
Between three and ten people were reported killed when a suspected US drone struck near where clashes were taking place between al Qaeda-linked fighters, Sunni tribesmen, and the Shiite Houthi group. It was unclear whether those killed were combatants or civilian tribesmen caught in the action. Reuters put the death toll at three, citing tribal…
Summary
Published
24 October 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–10
Military actors reported killed
0–10
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18 October 2014
Incident Code
LQ002
Location
Bosnib, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي
Several local sources reported that the LNA targeted the Shura Council in Benghazi – though one source blamed Egypt. The strike reportedly hit the area in the west of Benghazi called Bosnib. Nöor çoröğlü posted pictures of destroyed civilian homes due to the strikes but did not mention civilian harm. According to @zicotarhuni, the Egyptian…
Summary
Published
18 October 2014
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
18 October 2014
Incident Code
CS015
Location
Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
الشدادي
A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, claims that one civilian, from Al Shadadi, Hasaka, in a coalition airstrike.
Summary
Published
18 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 October 2014
Incident Code
CS016
Location
Mrey'iya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
المريعية
According to the Damascus Centre for Human Rights two civilian males – both members of the same family – died in an airstrike on the village of Al Maya’iya. Syrian Martyrs also named the two victims, while the DinSyr twitter feed reported "Hamza Ahmad al-Abd Al Jalil Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Jalil. Their bodies were identified among…
Summary
Published
18 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 October 2014
Incident Code
CI010
Location
Awinat, Nineveh, Iraq
عوينات
According to news agency NINA, a “US air strike on the village of Aouinat northwest of Mosul killed five civilians, according to a source in forensic medicine in Mosul.” The Al Rafidain website (in a report dated ten days after the event) placed the death toll higher at between 10 and 20, saying two houses…
Summary
Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 October 2014
Incident Code
CS014
Location
Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
خشام
An airstrike on a gas station near the Konoco gas refinery reportedly killed between three and four civilians. A subsequent investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted: “Around 7:00pm the international alliance warplanes targeted a gas station and an oil well in Deir Ezzor countryside which is located near Khasham town. the…
Summary
Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 October 2014
Incident Code
CI011
Location
Bojeel, Salah Al Din, Iraq
البوعجيل
Reports claimed that Coalition strike hit a mosque during Friday prayers in the town of Al Bojeel, to the east of Tikrit.
Summary
Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 October 2014
Incident Code
CS013
Location
Kabiba, Al Hassakah, Syria
كبيبة
In a major night time coalition air raid targeting oil facilities used by Islamic State, five civilians including a 7- or 10-year old boy were reported killed. The dead were later named by various sources. In a detailed report on the event, SN4HR later noted: “Those civilians are from Kabiba town and they work on…
Summary
Published
16 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 October 2014
Incident Code
CS012
Location
Kobanî, Aleppo, Syria
كۆبانی
A Kobanî official reported that a civilian – an 87 year old woman – and six Kurdish fighters from the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) died in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in the besieged city.It was also reported that two hospitals in the town had been destroyed. According to Sky News Arabia, Kurdish sources said that…
Summary
Published
15 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 October 2014
Incident Code
USYEM197
Location
Bani Assaf, Mayfaa, Shabwa, Yemen
Four people were killed in an alleged US drone strike on a vehicle in the southern Shabwa province. The dead were allegedly al Qaeda members. One was identified as Mahdi Badas (aka Abu Hussein) by local sources and the Yemeni defence ministry. He was reportedly a local leader in the group. The others were identified…
Summary
Published
15 October 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Military actors reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob348
Location
Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency, Pakistan
The seventh of the recent spate of US drone strikes in a week reportedly killed at least four including a senior al Qaeda members and alleged Afghan Taliban fighters.The attack reportedly hit around noon, flattening the targeted house with two missiles. The strike targeted militants fleeing the ongoing Pakistan military offensive, according to the Express Tribune. The…
Summary
Published
11 October 2014
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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