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21 April 2017

Incident Code

CI657

Location

Hatra, Kayrawan and Balij, Nineveh, Iraq
الحضر
A single source reported that about twenty civilians died when Iraqi forces, “backed by the Popular Populist militia and the US-led Coalition” launched an attack on Hatra, Qayrawan and Balij, South of Mosul, in Nineveh province.

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21 April 2017
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21 April 2017

Incident Code

CS713

Location

Al Haal Market, Al Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
سوق الهال
Five civilians including three children died and three more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Haal Market in Tabaqa, according to local media. Mohab Nasser, a journalist covering Al Tabaqa, named five victims of a Coalition raid. The victims were also named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. According to the Syrian…

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21 April 2017
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21 April 2017

Incident Code

CS712

Location

Al Qariya, Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة‎
One woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Wasat Street in Tabaqa, according to local media. According to Manartv and Al Ahed one person died and others were injured in a Coalition strike. According to Orient, “Activists said that Coalition aircraft launched several air raids on Friday on the Al Qariya area in…

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21 April 2017
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21 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2141

Location

Al-Tabayek, Idlib, Syria
الطبايق
Two children were killed and one other civilian was wounded - Smart reported a woman was wounded - following an airstrike on Al-Tabayek. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid.  Syrian Mirror reported  "targeting of residential areas and vital centres", resulting extensive destruction to property. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "two children were…

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21 April 2017
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21 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2143

Location

Lataminah, Hama, Syria
اللطامنة
A girl was killed and as many as six other civilians were wounded following a parachute missile attack on a residential neighbourhood in Lataminah, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some blaming the Syrian regime and others blaming Russian warplanes. Halab Today reported that huge fire broke out in a…

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21 April 2017
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21 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2144

Location

Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
Up to three civilians were killed, and others were wounded - including a child - following an air and artillery strike in Douma, according to local sources. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the raids. Some sources blamed Russia, while most blamed the Syrian regime. The Syrian Network for Human Rights…

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21 April 2017
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21 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2142

Location

Rakaya, Idlib, Syria
الركايا
Up to two civilians were killed and as many as seven more were wounded - including women and children - in an alleged Russian airstrike on Rakaya, local media reported. Two out of three sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid, while Kaes Idlby did not attribute any blame.  According to Syria Mirror, residential areas and "vital centres"…

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21 April 2017
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Incident Date

20 April 2017

Incident Code

CS711

Location

Maysaloun Farms, Raqqa, Syria
مزرعة ميسلون
Seven civilians reportedly died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Maysalon Farm, according to local media. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named three of the victims. The victims were also named by Q_Alenzy and Syrian PC, which also blamed the Coalition. According to Mohammed Al-Abbullah, “four young men from the Maysaloun farm died as a…

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20 April 2017
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20 April 2017

Incident Code

CI655

Location

Mosul, Al-Tanak, Zanjili, Farouk, Rifai, Old City and other neighborhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources reported that airstrikes of the Coalition and the Iraqi airforce on several neighbourhoods in Old Mosul, as well as artillery shelling, led to the deaths of 18 civilians. It was also reported that more than 41 civilians were injured. Correspondences Team and Al Rafidain reported 17 dead and more than 30 wounded in…

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20 April 2017
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Incident Code

CI656

Location

Mosul, Thawra, Nineveh, Iraq
الثورة
In what appeared to be a separate event to the previous day’s casualties, Amnesty field investigators spoke with survivors of an April 20th strike on Al Thawra which killed two people and injured dozens more. Amnesty’s published report reads as follows: “According to “Mustafa”, a young father displaced to al-Thawra neighbourhood from elsewhere in west…

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20 April 2017
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Incident Date

20 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2140

Location

Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
كفرزيتا
A woman was killed in the night, following an alleged Russian raid on Kafr Zita, according to local media. Two of the sources blamed Russia for the raids, and the third did not attribute any blame. There were no reports of any wounded civilians. There are no more details at this time.

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20 April 2017
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20 April 2017

Incident Code

LC069

Location

Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya
درنة الفتايح
Social media sources reported two LNA airstrikes in Al-Fatayih East of Derna with a MiG-21 and a MiG-23BN. Press Solidarity reported that the Irsa School for Girls in Al-Fatayih had to shut down temporarily as it was constantly hit by shrapnel from the bombing but didn’t mention any civilian harm: “The school administration explained on…

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20 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

CS710

Location

Second Neighbourhood, Al Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
حي الثاني
In a second reported incidcent in the city for the day, up to four civilians including a doctor and three patients died and between two and five more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Tabaqa, local media reported. According to Syria Mirror, there were several Coalition raids on Tabaqa, “one of which was on…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

CS709

Location

Al Iskanderia, Al Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
حي الاسكندرية
Between two and five civilians died and up to seven more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqa, local media reported. According to Syria Mirror, “field activists said that the Coalition aircraft launched several air raids on the residential communities in the city of Al Tabaqa, killing seven people, including two members of IS…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

CI653

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
Relatives reported that four or more members of the Al-Fakhri family were among those who died after airstrikes hit their house in Old Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Centre reported: “Eyewitnesses reported that nine civilians from two families were killed in aerial bombardment of coalition forces and artillery. The government forces targeted residential houses in the…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

CI654

Location

Mosul: Thawra neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
الثورة
Multiple sources reported that more than 90 civilians died in a major incident in Al Thawra (Revolution) neighbourhood in Old Mosul. As Reuters noted, “Dozens of civilians were killed on Saturday by air strikes targeting homes in the Thawra district on the western side of Mosul, a neighborhood declared by Iraqi forces restored overnight by…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

CI652

Location

Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources reported that 51 civilians were killed and 55 injured in airstrikes of the international Coalition and Iraqi government forces on several neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Sunnat Alliraq News spoke of the death and displacement of 106 residents of Mosul and called the government and Coalition raids an “unjust injustice”. Presently no further details…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2139

Location

Mardikh, Idlib, Syria
مرديخ,
Between eight and 10 civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes with cluster bombs on Mardikh, Syria, according to sources on the ground. The Smart News Agency reported: "eight civilians were wounded on Wednesday [April 29th] after an air strike on the town of Mardikh (20 km southeast of Idlib) in the north of the…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2138

Location

Anadan, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
عندان
There were an unspecific number of civilian deaths and wounded, in an air and artillery strike which targeted the Grand Mosque of Al-Zahra in Anadan, Aleppo, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed the Syrian regime, while others blamed Russia for the strikes. Sources reported that surface to surface missiles…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2137

Location

Al-Sokhna , Homs, Syria
السخنة
A girl was killed, and others were wounded in an airstrike on an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Al-Sokhna, local media reported. Both sources blamed Russia for the raids. Sources reported that Russian warplanes bombarded the vicinity with several raids. There are no other details at this time.

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2136

Location

Rasim Al-A'bid, Hama, Syria
رسم العبد
Four civilians were killed - including a child - and as many as three more were wounded - some seriously - following an airstrike on Rasim Al-A'bid. Sources  blamed Russian warplanes for the incident. Both sources reported that the area was held by ISIS. Additionally many of the civilians residing there were displaced from Raqqa. Civilian…

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

LQ042

Location

Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya
درنة الفتايح
According to local reports, an LNA airstrike hit the Al-Fatayih neighbourhood in East Derna. Reportedly the house of the Bouchiha family was destroyed and other buildings in the neighbour were damaged. There are no publicly known reports of deaths or injuries resulting from the attack.

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

19 April 2017

Incident Code

LQ041

Location

Sabri, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي‎
According to local sources UAE planes carried out between 13 and 20 fresh airstrikes near the fish market and Sabri areas of Benghazi. There were no public reports of civilian harm at the time.

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19 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2135

Location

Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
دارة عزة
Up to seven civilian including women and children were wounded in as many as ten alleged Russian airstrikes on Darat Izza, according to sources on the ground. EduRights Foundation said that a school was struck. It reported: "This morning [April 18th], a school in the city of Dara Azza in the countryside of western Aleppo was…

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18 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

CI651

Location

near Mosul, 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” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “83. April 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information it was…

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18 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

CS708

Location

Al Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة‎
In a second reported incident for the day, a single source, Smart News Agency, reported “warplanes targeted the Mohammed Al-Faris school in Al Tabaqa, killing two prisoners, one prisoner from SDF and the other a civilian, and wounding five others.” Smart said it was unable to identify the victims. A local source reported prisoners were…

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18 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

CI648

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
Local sources reported that heavy airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in Old Mosul on Tuesday, leading to ‘dozens of civilians killed and injured.’ One report suggested helicopters may have participated, though presently no further details are known. The Coalition later admitted it had killed one civilian in the area that day – see CI649.

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18 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

CI649

Location

Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in a strike in the Old Mosul area. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the target area after…

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18 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

CI650

Location

Mosul, Republican hospital, Nineveh, Iraq
المستشفى الجمهوري
Local sources reported that ‘US airstrikes’ hit the entrance of the emergency department of the Republican Hospital at the Medical Complex of West Mosul killing seven people. Some sources referred to a statement made by the ISIL press agency. No additional details are presently known.

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18 April 2017
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Incident Date

18 April 2017

Incident Code

CS707

Location

Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
معدان
Five civilians were allegedly killed and three injured following reported Coalition airstrikes on Ma’adan. According to Madar News, “likely coalition raids on the town of Ma'adan east of the city of Raqqa killed five people and injured three.” Other sources repeated the same formula.

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18 April 2017
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