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Incident Code
CS804
Location
near Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Summary
Published
11 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 May 2017
Incident Code
CI706
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, Tammuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
A local report said that a family was killed in shelling in the Tammuz neighborhood of western Mosul. Ninawa Media Center reported that a father, son and the son’s daughter were all killed by shelling in Tammuz. As the report noted, “My dear brother, a random bombardment of July near the Mufti Mosque claimed the…
Summary
Published
11 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 May 2017
Incident Code
CS805
Location
near Al Ramilah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Al Ramilah”. “104. May 11, 2017, near Al Ramilah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes…
Summary
Published
11 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CS795
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported the death of the entire family of Mohammad Yassin Mansour in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the gas factory north of Raqqa. According to Raqqa Post, a civilians from two families died and "two other young men" in an air died in an air raid on Raqqa – though the source didn’t say…
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CS796
Location
الحي الثاني, Tabaqah, al Thani, Raqqa, Syria
One woman was killed and two men were reportedly wounded in airstrikes “likely” carried out by the Coalition in Al Thani neighbourhood of Al Tabaqa city, a local source told Smart News Agency. A medical source told the agency that the victims were taken to medical checkpoints in the area. Baladi also reported that there…
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CS797
Location
الصور, Al Soor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least seven and as many 14 civilians were killed including four children and dozens more were reportedly injured in airstrikes on Al Soor, 55km northeast of Deir Ezzor city, according to local reports. The Coalition later confirmed killing one civilian in the town that day. There were conflicting reports at the time as to…
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–14
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CS798
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mayadeen, according to a single source. The Shaam News Network was the only source pointing directly towards the Coalition, reporting that “international coalition planes launched an air strike targeting an arms factory belonging to IS in the city of Mayadeen, which led to the explosion…
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CI704
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
At least 35 civilians were allegedly killed and over 100 wounded in attacks on eight west Mosul neighbourhoods blamed on both the Coalition and Iraqi government forces. Yaqein reported that 170 civilians were killed or wounded in several neighborhoods in western Mosul. Among those named were Rifai, Agrarian Reform, Industry and Oreibi. Other sources, including…
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
35
Civilians reported injured
133
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CS793
Location
شنينة, Shanina, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians including two children and one woman were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Shanina village, north of Raqqa city. Among the dead were one woman and two children, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the names of civilians killed. All three sources alleged the…
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 May 2017
Incident Code
CS794
Location
مساكن الادخار, Masaken al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed and seven others were injured in airstrikes “likely” carried out by the Coalition in Masaken al Iskhar neighbourhood, in Raqqa city, a local source told Smart News Agency. The victims were reportedly taken to Raqqa National Hospital. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CI699
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local press sources reported that ‘dozens of civilians were killed and injured’ in raids by the Iraqi government and/or the Coalition on Zanjili neighboordhood, in West Mosul. Yaqein Agency spoke of “heavy and indiscriminate shelling”. No further details are presently available.
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CI700
Location
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq
A father and son were caught in a bombing in western Mosul, according to local reports. Several sources, including Sawlf Ateka, reported that Dr. Nuri Saeed al-Rawaji was killed along with his son Omar in the Rifae neighborhood of western Mosul. Ajel Al Mosul blamed their deaths on Iraq security forces, as did Yaqein, which…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Codes
CI703
Location
July 17 neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source – a relative of the victim – said on Facebook that her cousin Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi died after an airstrike hit his house in July 17 neighbourhood in West Mosul. “My cousin was martyred on Monday. Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi, after he was hit on his house on July 17,…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CI701
Location
عنة والقائم, Al Qaim and Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq
At least 27 civilians were reportedly killed and dozens wounded by airstrikes in Anbar province, according to local sources. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that 27 civilians were killed and 50 wounded in strikes on the towns of Anah and Al Qaim, in western Anbar. Yaqein put the death toll at 38 – “mostly civilians”…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
27–37
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CI702
Location
مشيرفة, Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
A girl and a man were killed by mortar fire in western Mosul, according to local reports. Sawlf Ateka posted on Facebook that a girl named Rama was killed by a mortar which landed on their home in the Meshrfa neighborhood of western Mosul. The attack wounded “all members of her family” as well. Separately,…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CS789
Location
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
A child died and up to eight others were killed or wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mansoura village, according to local media. The alliance later accepted responsibility for one death. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said an air raid “targeted the house of Mahmoud al Yatim" killing a child. The source didn’t say…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CS790
Location
الصالحية, Al Salhiya, Raqqa, Syria
Twelve civilians including up to eight women and four children died and dozens more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Salhiya village, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at ten victims including four children and four women – and blamed the Coalition, while Bassam Jaara…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–14
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CS791
Location
الحي الثاني, Tabaqah, al Thani, Raqqa, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that a likely Coalition airstrike killed “a family of five people and wounded three others on Tuesday evening following raids on the consumer association in the Second [al Thani] district.” The VDC later named one adult civilian male “as a victim of international coalition raids on Tabaqa.”
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 May 2017
Incident Code
CS792
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A number of civilians were reported injured alongside ISIS fighters, after Coalition aircraft disrupted a public execution by ISIS in Abu Kamal's Fayhaa Square. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “the Coalition carried out airstrikes and targeted an Islamic State headquarters in al-Bokamal city on the border with Iraq. The bombing killed at…
Summary
Published
9 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
11–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CS787
Location
حي الاسكندرية, Tabaqah, Ishtiqariyah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in a strike on ISIS headquarters in al Tabaqah. Their August 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS headquarters, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian, who was not observed near…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CI697
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
A doctor reported to local media that up to 300 civilians had been killed and wounded in 48 hours of heavy fighting in West Mosul Farid Orfali, a doctor at a German field hospital on the western Mosul border, had told Alaraby news that “more than 300 civilians have been killed and wounded, and we…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
100–250
Civilians reported injured
100–250
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CI698
Location
Mosul, Al Hermat (nr al Haque mosque), Nineveh, Iraq
Three 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…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CS788
Location
near Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on August 4th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report,”102. May 8, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CI695
Location
الإصلاح الزراعي, Mosul, Islah al Zirai, Nineveh, Iraq
Two local sources reported that three children and their mother were killed after a either an airstrike or rocket attack hit their house in Islah Al Zerae neighborhood, in West Mosul. The Nineveh Media Centre reported that “Local source confirmed the martyrdom of three children and their mother when a rocket attack targeted their house.”…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CI696
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, Tammuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
In its July 2017 monthly casualty report, the Coalition said it had killed a civilian in the Tammuz 17 area of Mosul. The man’s family reported his name as Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi. According to the report, “during a strike on an ISIS command and control node, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CS780
Location
حي الوهب, Tabaqah, Al Wahab (First Neighbourhood), Raqqa, Syria
According 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…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CS781
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between seven and ten civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a vehicle carrying displaced civilians at the outskirts of Raqqa, according to local media. The Step News Agency reported: “On Monday, May 8, the International coalition committed a new massacre in Raqqa province after it targeted a convoy…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Codes
CS782 RS2213
Location
دبسي عفنان, Dibsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Two adult male civilians died - as well as one additional child casualty - and up to a dozen or more were wounded in an airstrike on the village of Dibsi Afnan, according to local media. Most sources blame Russia, while some alleged that the regime was responsible – though more than three commentators also…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Codes
CS783 RS2214
Location
دبسي فرج, Dibsi Faraj, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and four more were wounded in an airstrike on Dibsi Faraj village, local sources said – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The journalist Ahmad al Shibl reported the Coalition had been “targeting the main road between Dibsi Faraj and Dibsi…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 May 2017
Incident Code
CS784
Location
مزرعة الجلاء, Al Jalaa farm, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Jalaa farm, according to local sources. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “There is confirmed information about the death of three people of one family including two brothers who were killed due to bombing by warplanes believed to…
Summary
Published
8 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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