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August 15, 2016
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الثقافية, Mosul, Cultural District, Nineveh, IraqIn a second alleged Coalition event in Mosul for the day, between 7 and 13 civilians reportedly died with 35 or more injured, after the Tamatim food distribution building was hit in the city. NRN, which published graphic photos, reported the fall of more than 48 civilians in the bombing by the Coalition in Mosul.
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September 19, 2016
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كبيسة, Kabaisa, Al Anbar, IraqIn an incident previously unknown to Airwars, according to a Coalition report, Sept. 19, 2016, near Kabaisa, Iraq: Report indicated civilians in a house were killed, but the only strike in the area that day was on a moving vehicle in a remote area. Given reported British actions in the near region that day, Airwars
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October 18, 2016
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لقوسيات والعربي, Mosul, Al-Qaysiyat and Al-Arabi, Nineveh, IraqUp to nine civilians, including a woman and one or more children, were killed in overnight bombing in Mosul according to local reports. Al Rafidain Network for Human Rights reported a bombing “killed or wounded innocent civilians, including women and children.” Al Hathalyoum placed the death toll at eight: “A security source and local residents
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November 2, 2016
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كفرتخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, SyriaTwo combatants were killed by an airstrike in Idlib, according to local sources. Baladi Network initially reported that a car carrying civilians was hit with three missiles, “leading to the burning of the car and the charring of the bodies of two people.” Images posted by the outlet showed a large fire and a burnt
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November 13, 2016
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القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqFive people, including 3 children and a woman, were killed following the alleged Coalition airstrike according to local accounts, including ISIL-controlled media. ISIL controlled Al-A’amaq reported that US airstrikes killed three children and a woman and a man, and a further eight children and four women were injured. More than five other reports, including one by the
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November 24, 2016
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شارع الجزائر, Mosul, Algeria Street, Nineveh, IraqA single outlet, Iraqyoon News, cited local sources and reported on Facebook that four civil defence employees were killed by an alleged Coalition strike on Algeria Street in the east of Mosul. In a January 2nd 2017 statement which may refer to this or the previous event, the Coalition noted: Nov. 24, 2016, near Mosul,
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December 8, 2016
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البحرة, Al Bahra, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAt least one named civilian was reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike on al Bahra. According to Al Nateq, “A Coalition airstrike in Al Bahra, in the countryside of Abu Kamal, killed civilians: one person was identified as Hassan Al-Jandeel.” In an emailed response to a report submitted by Airwars on this and other
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December 30, 2016
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دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, SyriaAt least five civilians were killed and as many as 22 injured after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed Debsi Afnan, a town 70km west of Raqqa city. Raialyaom News reported that “seven were killed including 3 children and 22 wounded including women and children with some in critical condition, due to coalition warplane strikes in Debsi
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January 9, 2017
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حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that three named civilians were killed after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted near a medical centre in the Officers neighbourhood near the Fourth Bridge. Mosul Ateka named Dr. Mohammed Tayyip ِِAl Leyla, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and his wife, Dr. Fatima Alhyial and their young daughter as victims of the
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January 17, 2017
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الصديق الثانيه, Mosul, 7 Nisan (April) or Baysan, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that six civilians were killed and eight injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Baysan neighborhood, in the northeast of Mosul. Relatives of the dead later said that eight had in fact died, all from the family of Qasan Abdul Kadir and including four children. According to Yaqein and News of Iraq, the
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January 30, 2017
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Western countryside of Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA single source reported the death of one civilian in an alleged Coalition strike. According to the Syrian Observatory, “SOHR documented the death of a person from the southeastern countryside of Homs, he was killed in bombing by warplanes of the International Coalition on areas in the western countryside al-Raqqah city.” No additional details are
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February 12, 2017
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الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaA Turkish or Coalition airstrike on al Bab killed up to 15 civilians, according to multiple reports. The Syrian Network blamed the US-led alliance, reporting that “8 civilians, including a child and 2 women, died in International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Al Bab city.” Syrian News Desk, Manbij Direct and Al Bab 24 all
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February 20, 2017
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الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, IraqLocal and press sources said that 89 civilians, including 32 children, were killed and 134 others injured due to Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling during the last 72 hours in the west of Mosul. We have reduced the figure to between 60-80 civilian deaths and 80-100 injuries for February 20th-21st in order to avoid double
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February 24, 2017
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Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “80. Feb. 24, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information and strike
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March 8, 2017
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الأحوس, Al Ahwas, Raqqa, SyriaOne named civilian was reported killed in a Coalition airstrike on al Ahwas. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered a young man named as Mu’taz Minwar al Ta’an died. The Syrian Observatory also reported that “a person was killed in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition, they targeted areas near the
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March 13, 2017
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Mosul, Rujm Hadid, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 13, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via international organisation: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there
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March 18, 2017
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Mosul, Risala, West Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it
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March 22, 2017
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رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians died and ten were reported injured in a claimed Coalition aerial attack on Ratla village, according to a single source. Smart News reported that “A local source told Smart the bombing targeted the village of Ratla, killing four civilians and wounding ten others, without details of the cases of the wounded and the
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March 27, 2017
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سد الفرات, Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, SyriaThe Director of the Euphrates Dam and two other staff members died in declared Coalition airstrikes a mile away from the dam on March 27, 2017, according to local sources. Baladi reported that “the director of the Euphrates Dam and his technical assistant were killed and a number of other technicians were injured as a
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March 30, 2017
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الصفصاف, Al Safsaf, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to the Smart News Agency, “a local source said on Thursday night that a civilian was killed and three others were injured in the village of Safsaf west of Raqqa in a bombardment likely to be from the French artillery stationed in the village of Ja’aber in the countryside under the control of SDF“.
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April 11, 2017
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سحاب, Mosul, al-Saha and al-Sham gate, Nineveh, IraqA single local source reported that over thirty civilians, including women and children, were killed in Coalition airstrikes on al-Saha and al-Sham neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Other sources reported that in total 73 civilians were killed and 200 wounded after three days of bombing by the international Coalition and Iraqi forces.
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April 17, 2017
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الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that Coalition and Iraqi government warplanes carried out airstrikes on Zanjili and other neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and wounding dozens. Iraqyoon and Yaqein spoke of more than 100 dead and wounded in the various western neighbourhoods of the city. Several other sources reported (possibly based on an ISIL press statement): “55
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April 22, 2017
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17 تموز, West Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that 59 civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens were injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling on 17 July neighbourhood, as well as on Old Mosul and a health centre in Oreibi neighbourhood, all in West Mosul. It was said that more than seven houses were destroyed “over the heads
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April 27, 2017
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مشيرفة, Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, IraqA local eyewitness resident said that three civilians were killed including a young boy as a result of unspecified mortar shelling on a house in Meshrifa at the western side of Mosul. An unpublished Amnesty International field report shared with Airwars cited a local resident: “A week before the liberation [27 April], a mortar landed
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May 1, 2017
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Mosul, Al Shifa, Nineveh, IraqOne woman was badly injured in an airstrike on her home – and was then caught up in further airstrikes as she receieved treatment in an ISIS hospital, it was reported. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: “A hit from a ‘Khanzira’- she described this as being an ‘F52’
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May 8, 2017
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حي الوهب, Tabaqah, Al Wahab (First Neighbourhood), Raqqa, SyriaAccording to the Smart News Network two civilians died and seven were injured – in addition to the death of one member of IS and the wounding of two more – in an alleged Coalition airstrike or artillery strike on Tabaqa. Other reports gave some context, with RFS noting that “Syrian Democratic Forces managed to
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May 11, 2017
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مزرعة القادسية, Al Qadissiya, Raqqa, SyriaAs many as three civilians died in an airstrike on Al Qadissiya village – including one adult male – according to local sources. There were reports of multiple strikes on the village. The allegations were against both the Coalition and Russian warplanes. A number of other sources didn’t identify the warplanes responsible. Only one source
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May 16, 2017
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ﺍﻟﻄﺒﻘﺔ, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Tabaqa, according to the Violations Documentation Center in Syria. The man was named as Waddah Gassan al Qassas by both sources. No further details are available.
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May 22, 2017
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ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAt least two children and one woman were reportedly killed and 13 civilians were injured in alleged Coalition strikes in Al Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, according to local media. Sharqiya Voice reported that the children were from the A’Llash family living in Al Arba’een Street (40th Street) and all nine
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May 27, 2017
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الرقة, Multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, SyriaThirteen named civilians including two children died in airstrikes and/or artillery shelling across multiple locations in Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports blamed both Coalition airstrikes and shelling by the SDF. Al Raqqa Truth reported that 78 shells were dropped on the city while planes circled the skies. It added that Kurdish units