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Incident Date

17 February 2015

Incident Code

CI040

Location

Mosul, multiple neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
According to a single source, local eyewitness claimed one unnamed civilian was killed and five others were severely injured after the coalition allegedly bombed several areas in Makhmoor, south of Mosul  

Summary

Published
17 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 February 2015

Incident Code

LC014

Location

Shiha, Darnah, Libya
درنة‎: شيحة
Various sources reported that Egyptian airstrikes hit two locations in East Derna. One strike hit the Bab Shiha neighbourhood, another one the former headquarters of the Jabal al-Akhdar Industrial Company. Local and international sources reported that seven civilians were killed, including three or four children and a woman – plus up to 50 members of…

Summary

Published
15 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
17–21
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date

8 February 2015

Incident Code

CI038

Location

100km South of Mosul on ‘Road 1’, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
An alleged coalition airstrike struck a vehicle on the road between Mosul and Baghdad, which was carrying Jordanian mosque janitor Ahmed Abdul Aqi [sometimes Baqi], his wife and daughter. All three died in the incident. The driver of the car Ahmed al Azzawi (pictured below) also died according to his family. In a detailed report…

Summary

Published
8 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 February 2015

Incident Code

CI036

Location

Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
An internal post-strike review for CENTCOM of full-motion video revealed a “possible child entering a targeted bunker and then disappearing out of the field of view (FOV) approximately 19 minutes before Strike.” The dynamic strike, conducted by a French Mirage 2000 using a Bu-49 bomb, killed an estimated five enemy fighters. Claims that a child…

Summary

Published
3 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI035

Location

Mosul, Centre, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Citing a police source in the city, NINA claimed that nine civilians were killed and seven injured in an international coalition airstrike: “The source said that ‘the international coalition targeted the homes of civilians which resulted in the killing and injuring of dozens of civilians’… He pointed out that ‘the bodies of the martyrs arrived…

Summary

Published
28 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 January 2015

Incident Code

CI034

Location

Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported two alleged Coalition airstrikes, killing five and injuring two civilians called Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed and Ebtehalf Mohammed Yosef. The first attack took place at 7.40 AM local time on the highway close to the town of Umm al-Dheban at that time. The second airstrike was at 8.40 AM local time…

Summary

Published
26 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI033

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
The previously-secret CENTCOM file also noted reports by redacted “prominent anti-ISIL Twitter users” that “civilians are being killed in the bombardment.” With so few details to go on, CENTCOM concluded that there was “insufficient evidence to determine date and time of any specific allegation.”

Summary

Published
24 January 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 January 2015

Incident Code

CI032

Location

Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet on January 23rd as claiming that 6 members of one family had been killed in a Coalition strike in Anbar province. The identity of the tweeter was redacted in a publicly-released version of the file, though they were described as “Pro-ISIL… reported coalition airstrikes killed 6 family members…

Summary

Published
23 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 January 2015

Incident Code

CI030

Location

Aski Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
خزيمة
An internal CENTCOM report identified concerns of civilian fatalities raised by local Nineveh MP Abd al Rahman al-Luwayzi. According to the MP, “Arab families, fleeing the area of Aski Musil were targeted by coalition aircraft, killing or wounding ‘scores of civilians.” The town is situated on the banks of the Tigris River to the north…

Summary

Published
22 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 January 2015

Incident Code

CI031

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet by an Iraqi “self proclaimed freelance journalist” (identified as Mr Zyad al-Senjary) who had posted a photograph of “a partially-destroyed house and claimed 2 children were killed and several Iraqis injured in a UAV [drone] strike.” An initial CENTCOM inquiry identified 32 total Coalition engagements in Nineveh for…

Summary

Published
22 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 January 2015

Incident Code

CI029

Location

Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq
الكسك
A Canadian airstrike at Kisik Junction was alleged to have killed between 6 and 27 civilians, according to an internal CENTCOM report. The source was an English-speaking peshmerga fighter, who had passed on his concerns to Coalition Special Forces based in Iraq. The Canadian attack had targeted “an ISIL sniper/ HMG [havy machine gun] position…

Summary

Published
21 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–27
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2015

Incident Code

LQ006

Location

port, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
Various sources reported that the LNA warplane attacked a trawler allegedly loaded with gasoline outside Benghazi. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Sky News, a military official said that a Libyan aircraft belonging to the internationally recognised government (HoR) attacked a fishing boat carrying a shipment of gasoline to the port of…

Summary

Published
14 January 2015
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

11 January 2015

Incident Code

CI028

Location

Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
A single source claimed that a coalition strike on the town of Qayyarah near Mosul killed and injured “dozens.”  

Summary

Published
11 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 January 2015

Incident Code

LC013

Location

Derna Port, Darnah, Libya
درنة‎: ميناء درنه
GNC planes allegedly bombed a Greek oil tanker killing a Greek engine cadet and a Romanian seaman on board, according to local media. Two Filipinos aboard were injured according to The Telegraph. Shorouk News reported a third person had been wounded. The Telegraph provided significant details on the event, reporting that a 29-year old Greek engine…

Summary

Published
5 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army, General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date

3 January 2015

Incident Code

LC012

Location

Port Sidra, Surt, Libya
ميناء السدرة
Alwasat reported armed clashes around the port of Sidra between fighters guarding the oil ports and the LNA which were accompanied by three LNA airstrikes. Alfakhiri claimed on Twitter that two children were killed in the attack but didn’t add further details.

Summary

Published
3 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

3 January 2015

Incident Code

LC011

Location

Misurata Port, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة: مصراتة ميناء
According to various sources, LNA jets struck different positions in Misurata’s port, resulting in the injury of two civilians – reportedly employees at the port. Al Jazeera reported: The forces of the retired Libyan brigade General, Khalifa Haftar, announced responsibility for air strikes on the western port of Misurata on Saturday claiming that it was…

Summary

Published
3 January 2015
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

2 January 2015

Incident Code

CI027

Location

Villages of Al-Farhaniya and al-Subaihat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
الفرحانية
An airstrike by an unspecified belligerent reportedly killed 12 civilians including women and children, and wounded an additional 23. The deaths occurred during an Iraqi government offensive against Islamic State.

Summary

Published
2 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
23
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 December 2014

Incident Code

LC010

Location

Bin Jawad, Surt, Libya
بن جواد
Two physicians were killed and seven more people were reported wounded in an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike at a field hospital in Bin Jawad, according to local sources. James Wheeler tweeted: Two physicians were reported killed and 7 other people injured by an airstrike near a field hospital at Bin Jawad. Multiple sources have identified…

Summary

Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date

26 December 2014

Incident Code

CI025

Location

Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.  

Summary

Published
26 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 December 2014

Incident Code

CI024

Location

Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة‎
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, two civilians were reported as having been possibly killed by a Dutch airstrike on December 26th, after motorbikes strayed into the kill zone during an attack on Fallujah. According to an internal CENTCOM document, it was self-reported the following day that “while conducting dynamic coalition airstrikes on…

Summary

Published
25 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 December 2014

Incident Code

CI023

Location

Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة‎
A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and…

Summary

Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 December 2014

Incident Code

LC009

Location

Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت‎
A single source, Libya in Heart, reported that “nearly 20 people” died in alleged LNA airstrike in Sirte but did not specify if they were civilians. According to the source, Nearly 20 people were killed in the bombing of the Sirte air force in Libya. Eyewitnesses confirmed that ambulances were being heard heavily. After further…

Summary

Published
20 December 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI022

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not…

Summary

Published
16 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI021

Location

Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded…

Summary

Published
13 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 December 2014

Incident Code

LQ005

Location

Abu Kammash, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
ابوكماش
Local media reported an airstrike in Abu Kammash without naming the belligerent. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Hafez Muammar, a plane bombed a citizen’s farm near the residential buildings in Abu Kamash area, without causing casualties or material damage. The sound of the missile explosion terrified the residents of the area,…

Summary

Published
11 December 2014
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI020

Location

Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة‎
Up to 9 civilians were reported killed and 32 injured in what NINA described as a “coalition airstrike” on people queuing for fuel in the city. On the following day Al Jazeera, Rudaw, NINA and Mobtaba all described attacks on the districts of “Al Jolan north of the city, Nizal in the centre of the…

Summary

Published
9 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
32
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 December 2014

Incident Code

LC008

Location

Zuwara Port, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
زوارة بورت
LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted the port area in Zuwara. Most sources claimed there were no civilian casualties, though one report said that seven people were killed and 25 injured – but didn’t specify if they were civilians or combatants. Ean Libya reported that the security official Spokesman (Hafed Muamer) confirmed that no casualties occurred during…

Summary

Published
3 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–7
Civilians reported injured
0–25
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

2 December 2014

Incident Code

LC007

Location

Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
زوارة
Between three and five civilians died and up to 15 more were wounded in an alleged LNA airstrike on a food supply storage depot in Zuwara. Three or four foreign nationals were reportedly included in the death toll. Fox News provided the most detail on the event, reporting: A Libyan official says airstrikes have hit…

Summary

Published
2 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

24 November 2014

Incident Code

LC006

Location

Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة
As part of a wave of raids on the city (see previous cases) LNA planes reportedly targeted Mitiga airport damaging the building and injuring two civilians – a woman and her daughter. Alwasat provided the most detail on the event, reporting: “A woman and her daughter were injured on Monday evening [Nov 24th] when a warplane…

Summary

Published
24 November 2014
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

22 November 2014

Incident Code

CI019

Location

Hit, hospital and Zohour, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Multiple airstrikes reportedly targeted Hit, allegedly leading to significant civilian casualties. News agency Herak reported one eyewitness as saying that five airstrikes had struck the city: “The first targeted outside a hospital building, and the other targeted a house near the mosque. A further air strike targeted a house in the Qadisiyah district, leading to…

Summary

Published
22 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
9–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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