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Incident Date

30 March 2017

Incident Code

CI591

Location

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Dozens of civilians were reported killed or injured after Coalition airstrikes and possibly unidentified mortars hit houses in Zanjili neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Suhaib Al Mashhadany posted a video on Facebook showing a young girl, allegedly the only survivor of the family after shelling hit their home. Two sources, Iraqyoon and Yaqein, blamed the Coalition…

Summary

Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 March 2017

Incident Code

CI592

Location

الاقتصاديين, Mosul, Iqtishadeen, Nineveh, Iraq
A schoolboy named as Hassan Ali al-Hamdouni was reported killed in an airstrike near Awaleen mosque in Iktisadeen (Economists) neighborhood, in West Mosul.

Summary

Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 March 2017

Incident Code

CI591a

Location

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Al Zanjili, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS command and control node and VBIED staging position, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered…

Summary

Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 March 2017

Incident Code

CI593

Location

17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents reported that ‘indiscriminate’ ISF artillery shelling or possibly an airstrike hit the 17 July neighbourhood in West Mosul, causing civilian casualties. While Ninawa Media Center did not say who was responsible, Iraqi Spring Media Center blamed the Iraqi government forces. Urgent Mosul News blamed [Iraqi] security forces of shelling with “smart artillery, killing…

Summary

Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 March 2017

Incident Code

CI594

Location

حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of seven civilians in an event on the western outskirts of Mosul. The action was later revealed to be a US strike. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike against an ISIS formation, it was assessed that seven…

Summary

Published
30 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 March 2017

Incident Code

CI595

Location

Mosul, Matahin, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of seven civilians in an event in the al Matahin neighbourhood in western Mosul. The June 2017 civilian casualty report noted "During a strike on an ISIS headquarters, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered the…

Summary

Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS637

Location

شعيب الذكر, Shoa'ib Al-Zaker, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that Coalition warplanes carried out a strike on Shoa’ib Al-Zaker. According to Newsjorf, there were reports of deaths and injuries. Raqqa 24 reported “damage to residential houses.”  

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS638

Location

الرحيات, Al Rahiat, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians including a child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Rahiat village, according to local media. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that Coalition raids on the village hit a green car and then a second car in a car wash.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also put the death toll at…

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS639

Location

وادي شعبة, Wadi Sha'aba, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died and eight others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Wadi Sha’aba, according to local sources. Alalam, Addiyar and Almanar also produced the same report, saying that Coalition artillery killed four civilians including a woman and injured eight others. Smart News Agency also blamed Coalition artillery, reporting that “the artillery of…

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS640

Location

قسطل الغزالي, Al Qastal Al Ghazi, Hama, Syria
A local source told the Smart News Agency that “seven detainees and three elements of IS were killed by the bombing of warplanes likely belonging to the international coalition, on a school in the village of Qastal al Ghazi east of the city of Hama.” No other details are presently known.  

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS641

Location

الصبحة, Al Subha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Dozens of civilians were reported killed and injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a ferry crossing near the village of Al Subha, according to local sources. However the alliance later said its nearest airstrike that day had been 17km distant. Al Hilal reported: “Ghazi Said, a resident of the eastern village of Deir Al-Zour,…

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–50
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS642

Location

الصفصاف, Al Safsaf, Raqqa, Syria
According to Smart News Agency, which pointed towards the Coalition, a local source “pointed out that the aircraft launched two raids on the village of Safsaf, near the city of al Tabaqa (55 km west of the city), killing seven civilians, including two women and two children, and wounding 12 others”. Other sources reported Coalition…

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CI587

Location

دكة بركة, Mosul, Dakat Baraka, Nineveh, Iraq
City reports including MNN said that Mohamed Ismail Younis, a local swimming coach, was killed by mortar fire along with two more civilians. Shafaaq said that the mortar hit his home in the Dakat Baraka neighbourhood. The sources did not say who carried out the shelling, though said that Mr Younis and two others died.…

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2017

Incident Code

CS636

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
Eight civilians from one family – displaced from Maskanah – died when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their car in Mansoura, according to local sources. According to Jisr TV, six civilians from the same family died. Syria News Desk also reported: “The opposition media activist Mohammed Othman from al-Raqqa countryside told the Syria News Agency…

Summary

Published
29 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 March 2017

Incident Code

CI584

Location

17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that four family houses were destroyed on top of their residents when airstrikes targeted an ‘ISIL headquarters’ in Hawi Al Kaneesa (Church) at west of Mosul. Ninawa said that the houses fell on the heads of the four families living there. Nawar Nathim Ali said on Facebook there was news about civilian…

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–16
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 March 2017

Incident Code

CI585

Location

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that 19 civilians were killed and 22 injured when airstrikes hit the neighborhood of the Agrarian Reform (Islah Al Zeraei) and the neighborhood of Rifai, in West Mosul. It is unclear who carried out the raids. Yaqein spoke of both “military operations by the combined forces”, “military aircraft and the International Alliance.”…

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
19–53
Civilians reported injured
22–56
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 March 2017

Incident Code

CI586

Location

Mosul, Matahin, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian near Mosul, Iraq. The June 2017 civilian casualty report noted, “March 28, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike to crater roads used by ISIS VBIEDs against Iraqi Security Forces, it was assessed that one civilian was…

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 March 2017

Incident Code

CS631

Location

مضر, Mudar, Raqqa, Syria
Almanar, Syrialive54 and Sy_reporter claimed that Coalition jets killed eight civilians and wounded “many more” in an airstrike on Mudar. Other sources also put the death toll at eight, but didn’t identify the warplanes responsible.  

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 March 2017

Incident Code

CS632

Location

الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that six civilians died and 10 were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Al Khatuniya and Al Qahtaniya. According to the Smart News Agency, “A medical source from the hospital of the city of Raqqa said that six people were killed, including three…

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 March 2017

Incident Code

CS633

Location

غرب دير الزور, Western Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Several local reports said that an unspecified number of members from an IS family were killed – along with a member of IS – and another civilian was wounded when a vehicle was hit in an alleged Coalition strike in Deir Ezzor. According to RFS, “in the town of Abu Kamal the international Coalition targeted…

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CS634

Location

Maskanah, Raqqa, Syria

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CS635

Location

Tabaqah, al Nabablah, Raqqa, Syria

Summary

Published
28 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 March 2017

Incident Code

CS626

Location

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians were killed on the road between Sarmada and Kafr Daryan when their nearby motorcycle was hit in what appears to have been a unilateral US strike targeting members of Ahrar al Sham. The Coalition later admitted to the strike and reported that three civilians were killed and two were injured. According…

Summary

Published
27 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 March 2017

Incident Code

CS627

Location

سد الفرات, Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, Syria
The 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…

Summary

Published
27 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 March 2017

Incident Code

CS630

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians were killed and nine injured in Coalition strikes on Raqqa, according to a single source. According to Smart News, “Several sources told Smart Monday night that a number of civilians and elements of the Islamic State were killed and wounded by an aerial bombardment and by artillery of the International Coalition on the…

Summary

Published
27 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 March 2017

Incident Code

CI583

Location

البعاج, Mosul, Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
It was claimed that airstrikes targeted two sites in Baaj District, in the west of Mosul and led to several dead and wounded among individuals. A number of sources – all using the same words – reported that the first strike took place near the gas station and the second behind the General Hospital of…

Summary

Published
27 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 March 2017

Incident Code

CS629

Location

الزور, Al Zor, Raqqa, Syria
According to Sharqiya Voice, “one person was wounded and 50 sheep were killed in the Zor area east of Euphrates after being targeted by American artillery.” NRVR11 and Revolutionaries of Raqqa, however, reported that “many people” were injured in the incident.

Summary

Published
27 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 March 2017

Incident Code

CS626a

Location

Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians and the injury of another in an incident near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally killed and one…

Summary

Published
27 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 March 2017

Incident Code

CS625

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
According to a single source, Raqqa Post, one male civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqa. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
26 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 March 2017

Incident Code

CI578

Location

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source said that many women were killed or injured after a Coalition helicopter struck a flour shop where they were working at the time. This took place in Zanjili neighborhood in the west of Mosul. See also incident CI581.

Summary

Published
26 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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