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February 20, 2016
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عامرية الفلوجة, Ameriat al Fallujah, Al Anbar, IraqAmeriat Al Fallujah council complained that a mistaken strike by undefined aircraft had hit a civilian house in the village 17km south of Fallujah, which resulted in the death of one civilian and the injuring of 7 others. According to Shaker Mahmoud, head of the council, the strike hit a house in the Heramat Amiriyah
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April 5, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA likely targeted operation in Mosul killed ISIL’s media chief in the city when his car was struck – but also reportedly slew his wife and five children. The nighttime attack reportedly killed Daesh ‘Media Minister’ Abdel Qader in his car in the vicinity of the city’s Saddam Hospital. However, according to NRN News, “his
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May 6, 2016
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دابق, Dabiq, Aleppo, SyriaA 6-year old girl was reported killed in an alleged Coalition raid on the town of Dabiq, though the alliance has denied responsibility. VDC has named the victim as Sara al Naser. In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for the event, saying that it conducted no strikes nearby that day:
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June 13, 2016
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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaA reported Coalition airstrike on the agricultural secondary school in Manbij – being used as a temporary prison by so called Islamic State – led to the deaths of between 8 and 20 civilian captives according to local reports. Smart News reported: “Our reporter explained that raids carried out by international coalition aircraft targeted a
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Incident date
July 7, 2016
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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaIn what may be the same or a separate incident to the one above, a family of seven was reported killed after their house was destroyed in an alleged Coalition strike on Manbij on ‘the third day of Eid.’ Details of the deaths emerged in a letter received by Manbij Direct: “A humanitarian call regarding
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July 21, 2016
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الحمر الشرقية, Hamr ar Shaqiya, Aleppo, SyriaA number of sources reported the deaths of three civilians in an alleged Coalition event, with two alleged victims named as Abu Shaman and his father. However a local Facebook site insisted the claims were “totally untrue… Everything is normal and nothing is happening.” According to Shaam News, “In the eastern countryside, battles are at
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August 22, 2016
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القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, IraqAccording to various reports, 10 people were killed and 20 injured following an alleged Coalition strike at Qayyarah targeting by mistake civilians houses. Al Qayyarah Now – which described the strike as accidental – said children were among the dead. The Arabi Asad blog said two families died. Other local reports described heavy shelling of
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November 5, 2016
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حي الزهراء, Mosul, al-Zahra, Nineveh, IraqNine civilians were killed in alleged coalition strikes in eastern Mosul, according to local reports. Orient News cited an Iraqi security source and reported the killing of nine civilians in an air strike that hit two houses in the east of Mosul, and wrote that it was likely carried out by the Coalition. Al Manar and News
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Incident date
November 15, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Airport and Gizlani camp, Nineveh, IraqIn January 2017 the Coalition issued a statement denying responsibility for alleged civilian casualties in Mosul six weeks earlier. Nov. 15, 2016, near Mosul, Iraq: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that no civilians were harmed in this strike, the Coalition noted. A senior official later informed Airwars that the
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December 11, 2016
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الكور, Al Kour, Raqqa, SyriaReports emerged on December 15th of an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of al Kour which killed three civilians. However the original source for the claim suggested that the event took place two days earlier. According to Abd al Basset Ahmad al Khalaf, head of the political committee for local Syrian tribes, Habib al
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January 4, 2017
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حي المزارع, Mosul, Mazari / Farms, Nineveh, IraqA local source said that a named civilian, Imad Ahmed, was killed in the bombing of Farms district, north of Mosul. No other details were known at the time. On March 4th the Coalition confirmed that it had killed civilians that day in Mosul in two incidents. An official later confirmed to Airwars that the
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January 10, 2017
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn a previously unknown incident or incidents, the Coalition concluded after self-reporting by personnel that no civilians had been killed or injured in Coalition strikes on Mosul on January 10th. According to a March 4th statement, two separate incidents of concern occurred. In the first it was assessed that “no civilians were harmed in this
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January 19, 2017
LOCATION
سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, SyriaBetween one and five civilians died in an airstrike on Al Sweidiya Kabira according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or “PKK militants” were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered reported: “The international coalition launched three air raids on the village of al Sweidiya kabira in the northern Tabaqa
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February 3, 2017
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سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, SyriaA confirmed US airstrike on a militant group reportedly linked to Al Qaeda also possibly killed or injured a number of civilians. According to Step News, 12 or more members of new group Hai’at Tahrir al Sham were killed in a raid targeting a meeting on the edges of Sarmin. As Step News explained, “Hai’at
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February 14, 2017
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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an alleged civilian casualty event not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition announced in June 2017 that it had assessed a reported event near Raqqa as Non Credible, based on an assessment of video evidence. According to the June report “Feb. 14, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of
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February 21, 2017
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الازري, Uzri, Baghdad, IraqLocal and press sources said that up to three civilians were killed, including one women and at least one child, and up to two others were injured after an unknown warplane struck a family working in their fields in Uzri village, close to the Tigris river, on the “road to the coast” in Tarmiyah district,
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Incident date
February 25, 2017
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الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaFive civilians died and ten others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the maternity hospital in al Tabaqa, according to a single source. The Smart news agency reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely to be the Coalition launched a raid with three missiles targeting a street and a building near the
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Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, SyriaUp to four civilians were killed and a similar number injured after a reported Coalition strike targeted an oil well near al Rasafa. According to the Syrian Mirror “Coalition warplanes targeted Miksar oil well which is north of Rasafa, and killed four people.” Micro Syria reported similar. Smart News reported that “aircraft likely from the
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March 9, 2017
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السنجك, Sanjak, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources said that an airstrike targeted ISIL members on the Iraq-Syria border, which also resulted in the death of a civilian woman. Unusually, the incident was attributed to both sides of the border. Geolocation by Airwars volunteer Christiaan Triebert (see map below) has concluded that they are almost certainly the same incident. On the
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March 15, 2017
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Mosul, Hermat, IraqLocal eyewitnesses reported the deaths of 25 civilians following an air or artillery strike on the hermit area of West Mosul. An unpublished Amnesty International field investigation was shared with Airwars: ““On the street we were staying, in my uncle’s house, three houses were levelled by one attack, around 12pm on 15 March. I don’t
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March 23, 2017
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الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, IraqLocal medical sources reportedly claimed that three employees at a Mosul hospital in Shifa neighbourhood were killed when a missile hit the hospital. Shafaaq reported that “A medical source told Ashqaf News that a mortar landed near the first aid hall in the hospital, killing three medical personnel and damaging the hospital.” Another local blog
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March 28, 2017
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الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, SyriaA 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
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April 1, 2017
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رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to the Smart News Agency, “a local source said that warplanes likely belonging to the Coalition targeted an oil transport vehicle belonging to the Islamic State organization in the village of Ratla (12 km south of Raqqa), which resulted in the burning of the driver and his assistant.” Alaraby also produced a similar report,
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April 7, 2017
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رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaSmart News Agency reported the death of three civilians inlcuding two children and the injury of four more in an alleged Coalition strike on Rata. Other sources put the death toll at four including two children, though they did not identify who was responsible for the “raids”.
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April 12, 2017
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هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Smart News Agency and Microsyriua four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. There is no further information presently available.
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April 23, 2017
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بعاج, Mosul, Ba'aj, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that twelve civilians were killed and dozens wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Ba’aj in western Nineveh. A press source told Yaqein that “aircraft of the International Coalition launched intensive raids on the district of the western area of Nineveh province” and that it “resulted in the deaths of 12 civilians and
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April 26, 2017
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حاوي الكنيسة, Mosul, Hawi al Kanassa, Nineveh, IraqSeven family members – including five children – died in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Hawi Al Kanissa neighbourhood early on Wednesday, locals said. Sources furthermore reported to Yaqein Agency that “the military bombardment of the neighborhood has caused considerable material damage to the houses of citizens near the targeted house.” All sources said the Coalition
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
حي الوهب, Tabaqah, Al Wahab (First Neighbourhood), Raqqa, SyriaSeven civilians including a family of five died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Wahab neighbourhood of Al Tabaqa, according to local sources – though there is currently some uncertainty about the date of the event. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “the family of Ali al Mabrouk made up of five
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Incident date
May 5, 2017
LOCATION
رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, one child “died after he was hit with shrapnel when Coalition planes targeted Daesh trucks while they were setting up barriers on the edges of al Ballikh river near the village of Raqqa al Samra east of the city”. Al Raqqa Truth, SHRC and the Shaam News Network
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Incident date
May 11, 2017
LOCATION
17 تموز, Mosul, Tammuz / July 17th, Nineveh, IraqA local report said that a family was killed in shelling in the Tammuz neighborhood of western Mosul. Ninawa Media Center reported that a father, son and the son’s daughter were all killed by shelling in Tammuz. As the report noted, “My dear brother, a random bombardment of July near the Mufti Mosque claimed the