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Incident Date

3 January 2015

Incident Code

LC012

Location

ميناء السدرة, Port Sidra, Surt, Libya
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

مصراتة: مصراتة ميناء, Misurata Port, Misrata, Libya
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

الفرحانية, Villages of Al-Farhaniya and al-Subaihat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
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

بن جواد, Bin Jawad, Surt, Libya
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

الموصل‎, Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq
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

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
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

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
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

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya
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

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
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

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
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

ابوكماش, Abu Kammash, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
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

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
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

زوارة بورت, Zuwara Port, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
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

زوارة, Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
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

طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة, Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
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

يت, Hit, hospital and Zohour, Al Anbar, Iraq
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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Incident Date

22 November 2014

Incident Code

LQ004

Location

بئر الغنم, Bi'r al Ghanam, Al Zawiyah, Libya
LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted Libya Dawn at several locations in the south and west of the Libyan capital including Gheryan, Chalghouda, Nasser, Mazraq Al Qanqa, the Botteh Sorman farm, Bir Hwaisa, the Khuwaildi reserve, Bi’r Al Ghanam, Buaisa, Al Rabeta and the Shamalat factory. There were no public reports of civilian harm. Sky News reported:…

Summary

Published
22 November 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI018

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The FBI informed CENTCOM internally on November 21st 2014 that a source had alleged the deaths of “41 Yezidi captive females killed in a strike on a named OBJ IVO [objective in the vicinity of] Mosul.” The closest strike, number 999, was identified by CENTCOM as having taken place some 3.2km from the site of…

Summary

Published
19 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
41
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 November 2014

Incident Code

CI017

Location

القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple civilians were reported killed as a result of air raids launched by the coalition south of Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency cited forensic sources as saying that 16 people, including six women and children, were killed. Other media reported that up to “22 Daesh militants” were also killed in coalition airstrikes in the…

Summary

Published
17 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 November 2014

Incident Code

CI016

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Jawsag, Nineveh, Iraq
Iraqi news agency NINA and others reported that seven civilians – including children – died in “international coalition raids” in the vicinity of both Denden and Jawsaq, south of Mosul city. An additional strike by the Iraq military at nearby Mithaq in eastern Mosul reportedly killed an additional 15 civilians.  

Summary

Published
12 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 November 2014

Incident Code

LQ003

Location

بنغازي‎, الصابري, Sabri, Banghazi, Benghazi, Libya
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

5 November 2014

Incident Code

CI015

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
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

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
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

26 October 2014

Incident Code

CI013

Location

عوينات, Uwaynat, Nineveh, Iraq
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

25 October 2014

Incident Code

CI012

Location

حاج علي, Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
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

18 October 2014

Incident Code

LQ002

Location

بنغازي‎, Bosnib, Benghazi, Libya
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

17 October 2014

Incident Code

CI010

Location

عوينات, Awinat, Nineveh, Iraq
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

CI011

Location

البوعجيل, Bojeel, Salah Al Din, Iraq
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

8 October 2014

Incident Code

CI008

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
According to an unidentified international news agency cited in Foreign Policy, there were unconfirmed reports of possible civilian casualties at Mosul after coalition aircraft heavily targeted the city – though the agency was unable to verify further given the security situation: “We were never able to confirm it.” Perhaps linked to the above, CENTCOM noted…

Summary

Published
8 October 2014
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2014

Incident Code

CI009

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike on an ‘ISIL checkpoint’ west of Ramadi, which appears to have been carried out by Australian aircraft. According to the internal CENTCOM document, “On reviewing WSV [weapon system video] from AUS F18F” – an Australian Super Hornet – “it was apparent that a…

Summary

Published
8 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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