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Incident Date
22 March 2017
Incident Code
CI570
Location
Mosul, Hawi al Kanassa, Nineveh, Iraq
حاوي الكنيسة
Local sources told Ninawa Media Center that civilians were killed and injured by indiscriminate shelling in the area of Hawi church (Hawi Al Kanissa), in the west of Mosul.
Summary
Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 March 2017
Incident Code
CI571
Location
Mosul, Isilah al Zeraei, Nineveh, Iraq
الإصلاح الزراعي
Local sources claimed that dozens of civilians were killed or injured by indiscriminate artillery shelling on Islah Al Zeraei (Agricultural Reform) neighbourhood.
Summary
Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI567
Location
Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل الجديدة
Local sources said that six civilians from the same family were killed in an assault on the New Mosul district in the western half of the city. Sayed Al Bajari reported on Facebook: “Six civilians of a single family were killed in Mosul, west of Mosul, after being bombed 40 minutes ago”
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI568
Location
Mosul, Zerai, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced on June 2nd 2017 that it had killed a civilian in the al Zerai area of West Mosul. A senior government official unofficially informed Airwars that the strike was Belgian. According to the civilian casualty report, “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS mortar position…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS600
Location
Al Akrad, Raqqa, Syria
حي الأكراد
One to two civilian members of an Islamic State family were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Akrad neighbourhood of Raqqa city, local media reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “A local source in the city of Al-Raqqa said raids likely carried out by the Coalition targeted the Al…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
0–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS601
Location
Al Jadida, Raqqa, Syria
الجديدة
Al Raqqa Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida. It named the victims. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS602
Location
Tabaqah, al Nabablah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians in an even near Tabqah, Syira. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, it was assessed that two civilians in an adjacent building were unintentionally injured when the target was…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS603
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Between 10 and 20 civilians were reported killed and dozens more injured in Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Tabaqa, according to local sources. Some reports confused this incident with a reported nearby mass casualty event at al Mansour. The Coalition later said it had killed ten civilians in the town that day. According to…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
2–36
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS604
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another in an event near Al-Thawarah, Tabqah. Their January 2018 civilian casualty report noted "During a Coalition strike that destroyed an ISIS weapons facility and headquarters reportedly under ISIS control for almost two years,…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI569
Location
Mosul, Bab Laksh, behind Watan school, Nineveh, Iraq
باب لكش
A local source said that twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed by airstrikes and/ or indiscriminate shelling on the area behind Watan school in Bab Laksh neighbourhood in West of Mosul, on the evening of March 21st-22nd. A family member later posted: “My wife moved to God (passed away) – the daughter of…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS605
Location
Al Jadida, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Jadida village, according to local sources. According to Halab Today, “The school of Al-Jadida village in the southern countryside of Aleppo was destroyed due to warplane shelling”. The source didn’t identify the warplanes responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – which blamed the Coalition –…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI566
Location
Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
A single source reported that seven civilians were killed and ten injured by a Coalition drone allegedly targeting a market in 17 July neighborhood, in West Mosul. The Coalition later conceded responsibility for the attack, noting: “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that one…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS594
Location
Tabaqah, Al A’rid street, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Three civilians died and up to 20 were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Tabaqa, according to local sources, in the second of three reported incident in the city that day. Reporters Talk and Q_Alenzy said that 12 civilians were wounded by “American warplanes”, while according to Qasioun 20 people were injured in Coalition…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS595
Location
Tabaqah, Multiple locations, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
In the third reported event at Tabaqa on March 20th, five civilians died and nine were injured in an airstrike in Tabaqa, though it was unclear from reports who was responsible. According to the Smart news agency, “five civilians were killed and nine others were injured on Monday evening following raids targeting the market car…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS596
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of ten civilians near Al Tabqah, Syria. Their October 2017 report noted: "During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS-held building, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed.” This confirmed strike might relate…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS597
Location
Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria
كسرة شيخ (جمعة)
Smart News, Syria Mirror and Rasd all reported that “A man and his son who are displaced from Aleppo were killed in Kasrat Sheikh village in the countryside of Raqqa when their car was targeted yesterday.” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition for the airstrike.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI562
Location
Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الزنجيلي
Local residents and press sources said that 43 civilians were killed in airstrikes and missile shelling by the International Coalition and Iraqi forces in Zanjili neighbourhood, in the west of Mosul. Mosul Eye reported: “Mosul witnessed 20/3/2017 wave of casualties in a large number, and the initial outcome that we were able to collect was…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
43
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI563
Location
Mosul, New Bab/ Farouq, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الفاروق
A single source reported that 55 civilians were killed by “military operations” in New Bab and Farouq neighborhoods in the west of Mosul. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI564
Location
Mosul, Nablus, Yarmouk, Old City, Haraj Market, Nineveh, Iraq
نابلس
Local residents and press sources said that 49 civilians were killed and 100 injured in the clashes and shelling in the neighborhoods of Nablus, Yarmouk, the Old City and the Haraj market in the West of Mosul. Ninawa Media Center put the number at 38 for the neigbourhoods of Zangali, Rifai and Najjar. Al Arabi…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
49–50
Civilians reported injured
24–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI565
Location
Ana Al Jadida, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنه
Local residents and press sources said that seven civilians were killed and seven injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Cairo neighbourhood in Ana, in the west of Anbar province. While Iraqi Spring blamed the Coalition, the other two sources also mentioned the Iraqi forces. Yaqein reported that “Seven civilians were killed and seven others were…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS598
Location
Al Mansoura, Al Badiya school, Raqqa, Syria
المنصورة
In a major casualty incident at least 40 civilians died (and as many as 420 according to some claims) with dozens more injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Badiya school in Mansoura, which was said to have housed up to 100 displaced families. Coalition commander Lt General Townsend later denied that the…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
40–420
Civilians reported injured
50–56
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS599
Location
Sabka, Raqqa, Syria
السبخة
Up to fourteen civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sabka village, according to multiple local sources. The Shaam News Network was among sources reporting the injury of 10 civilians in a Coalition strike, while Syria News Desk put the number of wounded at 14.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
10–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CS589
Location
Al Andalus Farm, Raqqa, Syria
مزرعة الأندلس
Nine civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Andalus Farms. According to Qasioun, the strike hit a residential neighbourhoods inhabited by displaced people from Maskana. Nation Defense, which also blamed the Coalition, put the death toll as high as 18. According to Shaam News “unidentified” warplanes targeted a farmhouse…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–18
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CS590
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Between ten and 15 civilians died and 20 or more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Qasioun reported: “According to A’maq [ISIL], Coalition warplanes raids in Tabaqa targeted the fire station and the bakery and killed 10 civilians and wounded 19. Coalition warplanes also targeted…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
7–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI559
Location
New Mosul/Abar, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل الجديدة/الآبار
Locals reported the deaths of 46 civilians including 28 children and 18 men and women with 80 others injured – mostly children and women – by different kind of shelling in many neighborhoods of Old Mosul. At least 26 bodies reportedly reached the local forensic medicine hospital. Iraq News Center spoke of two dozen civilians…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
46–47
Civilians reported injured
80
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI560
Location
Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
حي التنك
Amnesty International field researchers reported that 11 civilians died in a likely airstrike on al Tanak. The following account was published: “Amnesty International interviewed witnesses about an explosion in al-Tenak neighbourhood on 20 March which they attributed to an air strike. The explosion caused two houses to collapse just off Street 20, killing 11 civilians.…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CS591
Location
Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, Syria
حمرة بلاسم
At least one named civilian was reportedly killed in a Coalition airstrike which hit a bakery in the town of Hamra Blassem village. According to multiple sources, Mazid Adham Al-Mazid died in the raid and at least two other civilians were injured. One source claimed that ten people died in the attack – though this…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI553
Location
Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
المشاهدة
A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI554
Location
Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq
السرجخانة
At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods. Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–50
Civilians reported injured
17–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI555
Location
Mosul, Jawasaq, Nineveh, Iraq
الجوسق
In an event previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition said that no civilians were harmed on March 18th at Mosul, Jawasaq. The Coalition's November 2017 casualty reported said: "After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties."
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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