Incident date
February 17, 2016
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يت, Hit, Al Anbar, IraqAccording 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
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April 3, 2017
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محلة الحمام, Mosul, Mahalet al Hammam / Bab Laksh, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that three civilians, including one woman, were killed and two children injured in Al-Hammam neighbourhood close to the al Nouri Mosque in the center of Mosul. Sources are conflicted as to whether this was due to mortar or rocket shelling, Coalition airstrikes or unidentified “military aircraft”.
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May 8, 2017
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Mosul, Al Hermat (nr al Haque mosque), Nineveh, IraqThree civilians were killed and three injured in a mortar strike by an unknown party during the battle for control of al Hermat, according to an Amnesty International field investigation. Amnesty shared the following eyewitness report with Airwars: “On 8 May, a mortar shell fell on my neighbour’s house, in Hermat 5, right next to
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May 16, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians were reportedly killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit an ISIL car belonging to the religious police, known as Hasba, killing four of its members. The men were reportedly arrested by the religious police and were being transported in their car when they were killed. A number of local sources named two of
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May 28, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaUp to three civilian men died as a result of a Coalition airstrike on Mansoura, local media said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on May 30th, “two men died following injuries they had sustained in shelling by the International Coalition’s warplanes on areas in al-Mansoura town in the western countryside of al-Raqqa”.
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November 2, 2017
LOCATION
Baghouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, SyriaIn an incident previously untracked by Airwars, the US-led Coalition admitted on February 22nd, 2018 that it had killed 3 civilians near Baghouz Fawqani. According to the official release, the incident came to light following self reporting by pilots or analysts: “During a Coalition strike which destroyed Daesh bed-down location and killed five Daesh members it was
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Incident date
August 7, 2018
LOCATION
السوسة , Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa, local media reported. The strike also reportedly killed an ISIS leader. According to the Step News Agency, “the International Coalition conducted a raid on the town of Soussa east of Deir al-Zour and there are reports of civilian casualties”. Zaman al Wasl reported that
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Incident date
November 11, 2014
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording 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,
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Incident date
January 19, 2015
LOCATION
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, SyriaAn 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
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Incident date
November 27, 2016
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الحاوي, Hawi, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA Coalition raid on oil infrastructure at Hawi in the Zebain area killed three civilians, according to multiple reports. The Coalition later confirmed the incident. According to Deir Ezzor 24 and others, those killed died when oil burners (primitive refineries) were targeted. Syria News Desk reported that “international coalition planes launched raids on primitive refineries
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Incident date
March 8, 2017
LOCATION
رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaTwo or more civilians were reported killed and five injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Ratlah and al Aekershi. According to Smart News, likely Coalition aircraft “launched raids on the villages of Ratlah (about 15 km south of Raqqa city) and al Aekershi (about 20 km east of Raqqa), killing two civilians and wounding five
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al Qaryah, Raqqa, SyriaA family was reportedly killed in continued air raids, alleged to be carried out by the Coalition, on the city of Tabaqa. Mohab Nasser named the victims. The victims were also named by Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently who blamed the Coalition. The source said that the raid was “on a residential home behind al
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August 25, 2017
LOCATION
Al Fadaghmi, Al Hassakah, SyriaTwo or three civilians were killed in alleged US airstrikes close to Al-Fadghami village near Hasaka City. Yusuf Ali al-Shawoush (12 years) and Hassan Ali al-Hamoud (55 years), and one unidentified person, were reportedly shepherds who were herding their flock when the airstrikes hit. According to local sources around 130 sheep were also killed in
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Incident date
February 27, 2016
LOCATION
محيميدة, Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to three civilians were killed in an airstrike on Mahimideh according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the US-led Coalition was responsible. Euphrates post named two fatalities including an unidentified victim. It said that Russia was responsible. However, Al Jazeera and Lebanon360 alleged this was a Coalition
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June 20, 2017
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المصرف التجاري, Commercial Bank, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAfter midnight, alleged Coalition airplanes carried out a number of strikes on areas in Al-Mayadeen city which was under ISIS control at the time of the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the airstrikes targeted the area where the Commercial Bank is located and struck a house in which an Iraqi family
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Incident date
April 1, 2017
LOCATION
البوعاصي, Al Bu A'ssi, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians died in alleged Coalition strikes on Al Bu A’ssi village, according to local strikes. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that the Coalition carried out strikes “on the outskirts of al Bu A’ssi village this morning and named one of the victims. The victim was also named by the Violations Documentation Center. RFS,
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Incident date
May 11, 2017
LOCATION
حمرة بلاسم, Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, SyriaThree named civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamra Blassem, according to local media. Smart News reported that there were clashes at the village that day between ISIL and advancing SDF forces. Al Raqqa Truth named three victims. The Syrian Network for Human Rights also put the death toll at three – and
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Incident date
June 13, 2017
LOCATION
بقرص تحتاني, Bokros Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAt least one civilian was killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Muntafa’a neighbourhood in Bokros Tahtani, to the east of Deir Ezzor. One local source, Qasioun, reported that two civilians were killed, meanwhile, Step News Agency reported that three people died as a result of the airstrikes, but were
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Incident date
June 19, 2017
LOCATION
التبني, Al Tabani, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al Tabani. local media reported. According to Baladi, “local media sources said three civilians, including two women, were martyred by the bombing of the international coalition airliner on the village of Tabani in the western suburb of Deir Ezzor.” Al-hokol reported that three
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Incident date
July 2, 2017
LOCATION
سوق الشعارين, Mosul, Sha'areen, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that three named civilians were killed – with others injured and still trapped in rubble – after their home was struck in the Sha’areen market area of Old Mosul. The Nineveh Librate Facebook page initially noted “The martyr and nurse Nabil Younis Said (Abu Saif) who died with his son’s wife. And
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July 23, 2017
LOCATION
الشميطية, Shumeteya, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians from one family died (a father, his son and his daughter) and up to 20 more people were wounded in airstrikes in Shumeteya, according to local sources. No reports pointed directly at the Coalition – though several referred to unidentified “warplanes”. Other sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of
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August 20, 2017
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السخاني, Ar Raqqah: Sukhani neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaOn January 31st, several local sources reported on the exhumation of the bodies of Mahmoud al-Dalli Abu Riyad (nicknamed Mahmoud al-Iraqi), his wife Suad al-Bayati and his daughter Mariam al-Dalli. According to most reports, the family was killed in a bombing by the “international Coalition”. It is currently unclear at what specific date during the
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Incident date
September 18, 2017
LOCATION
قریة السیال, Al Sayyal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to three civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Sayyal village, according to local media – though there was uncertainty regarding two of the victims’ combatant status. According to Jalaa, on man “of the village of Sayyal died after leaving Abu Kamal for Damascus. His family lost contact with him five days
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Incident date
November 1, 2017
LOCATION
سويعية, Al Suwei'iya village, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians died in an airstrike on al Suwei’yia village, according to local media. A number of parties were blamed. Euphrates Post didn’t say who was responsible for the airstrike, though Al Araby and Syrian Press Center blamed shelling by Iraqi forces. According to Alaraby, “three civilians, including two women, were killed and three others
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April 26, 2015
LOCATION
متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, SyriaReported Coalition airstrikes at 11 am on the village of Mitras killed three civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. These were identified as an adult male, a teenager and a child. This event bears a resemblance to an April 19th incident at the same location (CS063) in that the victims are from
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Incident date
June 3, 2016
LOCATION
صوران, Sawran, Aleppo, SyriaThree named civilians includng a woman and her daughter were killed in a reported Coalition airstrike at Sawran. According to the Syria Network: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces used heavy machine guns to target a civilian car on the road between Souran town and Ihtemlat town which resulted in the killing of three individuals including a
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Incident date
July 18, 2016
LOCATION
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaA single source reported the deaths of three named young children and the injuring of five more family members, in a fresh alleged Coalition casualty event at Manbij. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”,
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Incident date
November 13, 2016
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, East, Nineveh, IraqA father told the Norwegian Refugee Council that 3 family members were killed and mother and 2 children were badly burnt when their home in Eastern Mosul was shelled. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
February 18, 2017
LOCATION
حي الدرعية, Dir'iya, Raqqa, SyriaA single source, Smart, reported the deaths of three civilians including one woman and the injury of six others in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Dir’iyta neighbourhood of Raqqa. According to Smart, “a local source in the town of Raqqa said that two men and a woman were killed and six others seriously injured
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident,