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كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

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.

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مزرعة الأندلس, Al Andalus Farm, Raqqa, Syria

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…

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الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

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…

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الموصل الجديدة/الآبار, New Mosul/Abar, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

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…

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حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq

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.…

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حمرة بلاسم, Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, Syria

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…

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شبهر, Shabhar, Raqqa, Syria

Seven named civilians including four women and a child died in a reported Coalition strike in Raqqah governorate – though there was confusion about whether they had died at Shabhar or Al Matar. Orient News, citing Raqqa Post, said that seven civilians – five from the Matar family – died. It blamed the Coalition. Raqqa…

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جسر المغلة, Al Maghla Bridge, Raqqa, Syria

Two or more civilians were reported killed near the al Maghla bridge after Coalition aircraft reportedly struck boats carrying civilians across the Euphrates River. There are no other details at this time.

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Mosul, Risala, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it…

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Mosul, Nahrawan, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that…

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المشاهدة, Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq

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…

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السرجخانة, Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq

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…

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الجوسق, Mosul, Jawasaq, Nineveh, Iraq

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."

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السرجخانة, Mosul, Aserjkhanh, Nineveh, Iraq

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عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria

The wife and child of an ISIL fighter reportedly died in a Coalition airstrike on al A’keirshi village. The militant – named as Abu Habibia Al-Maghribi – was either killed or injured in the attack. According to Arabs Today his wife was a member of Al-Khansa’a which is part of ISIL’s women’s police force. Their…

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Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq

According to local residents and the recently formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in Meydan neighbourhood in Old Mosul. According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre, 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers…

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مزرعة الصفصاف, Safsaf farms, Raqqa, Syria

According to reports one civilian male died and at least two others were injured following alleged Coalition strikes at Al Safsafa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and SHRC were among some sources who didn’t identify the warplanes responsible – though other reports blamed the Coalition. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed…

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زور شمر, Zor Shmar, Raqqa, Syria

Five civilians were reported killed and eight or more injured following reported Coalition strikes at Zor Shamr and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a. According to the Smart news agency, which also pointed towards the Coalition, “sources explained that the planes bombed the villages of Zor Shamr (45 km east of Raqqa city) and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a (8…

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الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

In the highest confirmed civilian casualty event of the war against ISIL, at least 105 and as many as 141 non-combatants were later confirmed by the Coalition as having been killed in a US airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area. At least 137 bodies were reportedly recovered from the scene. Locals…

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الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

The Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of between 105 and 141 civilians in an airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area on March 17th (event CI550). However, locals have claimed that as many as 230 or even 520 civilians were killed in the catastrophic event at al Jadida – though these…

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Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were…

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الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, West Mosul, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

Local sources said that at least 21 civilians were killed and 17 were injured, including women and children, because of airstrikes and artillery shelling in neighbourhoods of West Mosul. Iraq News Center placed the death toll even higher: “Many surviving civilians [and] witnesses from the right side [of Mosul] confirmed that Coalition airstrikes targeted civilian…

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جديدة كحيط, Jadida Kahit, Raqqa, Syria

Al Ragga Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Kahit. No further details are currently available

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Jadida Baladiya, Raqqa, Syria

Al Ragga truth reported the death of one unidentified male civilian in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Baladiya. No further details are currently available

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Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “110. May 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was…

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Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time,…

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الجينة, Al Jina, Aleppo, Syria

A unilateral US drone strike on a mosque complex near al Jina town killed between 37 and 62 civilians according to multiple reports and eyewitness statements. While the US has admitted it carried out the attack, officials have claimed that al Jina’s Omar Ibn al Khattab mosque where the casualties occurred was not targeted in…

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المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

The Smart news agency reported that likely Coalition airstrikes targeted the oil refinery area of Al Mansoura, “killing one worker and injuring others, in addition to destroying three burners and a car used to transport oil.” Madar News used identical language in its own report. No additional details are presently known.

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حي الثكنة, Al Thakana, Raqqa, Syria

The Shaam News Network reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely belonging to the coalition launched a raid on the Al Thakana neighborhood in Raqqa, near the Shariah Court, killing four civilians and two members of IS and wounding eight others, including one member of IS. The wounded were taken to the National Raqqa…

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سد الفرات, Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, Syria

An alleged Coalition airstrike at the Euphrates Dam near al Tabaqa reportedly killed one named civilian worker. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, “an air raid launched by the international coalition yesterday on the area around the Euphrates Dam in al Tabaqa killing Hamidi al Abd al Majid al Nayef one of the employees at…

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