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Incident Date

11 May 2017

Incident Code

CI707

Location

Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq
الرفاعي
Residents of West Mosul and local press sources reported that a named civilian – Khaled Nafie Hassan – was killed by mortar shelling on his house in Rifai neighbourhood, West Mosul. He used to work as a health worker/ nurse. It is unclear who was responsible for the raids. Moreover, Ahrar Ninawa (local Facebook group)…

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11 May 2017
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Incident Date

10 May 2017

Incident Code

CI704

Location

Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
At least 35 civilians were allegedly killed and over 100 wounded in attacks on eight west Mosul neighbourhoods blamed on both the Coalition and Iraqi government forces. Yaqein reported that 170 civilians were killed or wounded in several neighborhoods in western Mosul. Among those named were Rifai, Agrarian Reform, Industry and Oreibi. Other sources, including…

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10 May 2017
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Code

CI700

Location

Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq
الرفاعي
A father and son were caught in a bombing in western Mosul, according to local reports. Several sources, including Sawlf Ateka, reported that Dr. Nuri Saeed al-Rawaji was killed along with his son Omar in the Rifae neighborhood of western Mosul. Ajel Al Mosul blamed their deaths on Iraq security forces, as did Yaqein, which…

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9 May 2017
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Code

CI701

Location

Al Qaim and Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنة والقائم
At least 27 civilians were reportedly killed and dozens wounded by airstrikes in Anbar province, according to local sources. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that 27 civilians were killed and 50 wounded in strikes on the towns of Anah and Al Qaim, in western Anbar. Yaqein put the death toll at 38 – “mostly civilians”…

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9 May 2017
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Codes

CI703

Location

July 17 neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source – a relative of the victim – said on Facebook that her cousin Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi died after an airstrike hit his house in July 17 neighbourhood in West Mosul. “My cousin was martyred on Monday. Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi, after he was hit on his house on July 17,…

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9 May 2017
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Code

CI702

Location

Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
مشيرفة
A girl and a man were killed by mortar fire in western Mosul, according to local reports. Sawlf Ateka posted on Facebook that a girl named Rama was killed by a mortar which landed on their home in the Meshrfa neighborhood of western Mosul. The attack wounded “all members of her family” as well. Separately,…

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9 May 2017
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Code

CI699

Location

Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الزنجيلي
Local press sources reported that ‘dozens of civilians were killed and injured’ in raids by the Iraqi government and/or the Coalition on Zanjili neighboordhood, in West Mosul. Yaqein Agency spoke of “heavy and indiscriminate shelling”. No further details are presently available.

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9 May 2017
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Incident Date

8 May 2017

Incident Code

CI697

Location

Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
A doctor reported to local media that up to 300 civilians had been killed and wounded in 48 hours of heavy fighting in West Mosul Farid Orfali, a doctor at a German field hospital on the western Mosul border, had told Alaraby news that “more than 300 civilians have been killed and wounded, and we…

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8 May 2017
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Incident Date

8 May 2017

Incident Code

CI698

Location

Mosul, Al Hermat (nr al Haque mosque), Nineveh, Iraq
Three civilians were killed and three injured in a mortar strike by an unknown party during the battle for control of al Hermat, according to an Amnesty International field investigation. Amnesty shared the following eyewitness report with Airwars: “On 8 May, a mortar shell fell on my neighbour’s house, in Hermat 5, right next to…

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8 May 2017
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Incident Date

7 May 2017

Incident Code

CI693

Location

Mosul, Shalalat, Nineveh, Iraq
الشلالات
Residents and local media sources said that 34 civilians were killed and 77 (numbers reportedly mentioned by ISIL press agency) wounded after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces hit many neighbourhoods in West Mosul. @sh0_news said in a tweet that “more than 130 martyred civilians are the result of the bombing of the…

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7 May 2017
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Incident Date

7 May 2017

Incident Code

CI694

Location

Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
One report on social media said that an ISIS member named Ali Ubaid ‘Issa Dagher (Abujrajis) was killed with his “entire family” including his mother in an airstrike. It is presently unclear in which West Mosul neighbourhood the strike occurred. No further details are presently known.

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7 May 2017
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Incident Date

5 May 2017

Incident Code

CI690

Location

Mosul, Isilah Zeraei / Agrarian Reform, Nineveh, Iraq
الإصلاح الزراعي
Local media sources said – based on a statement issued by the Al Amaq (ISIL) press agency – that Coalition and Iraqi Air Force airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing 24 civilians and injuring 75 others. A local resident reported that Azzawi Haj Hamid was among the deadly victims in Agrarian Reform neighbourhood.…

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5 May 2017
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Incident Date

5 May 2017

Incident Code

CI691

Location

Mosul, Itkisadeen/ Economist, Nineveh, Iraq
الاقتصاديين
Residents and local media sources said that one civilian was killed and three others were injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted ISIL positions in Iktisadeen (Economists) neighborhood in West Mosul. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) reported that Mahmud Yassin Mahmood al-Mawla was killed after the raids hit houses next to his.

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5 May 2017
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Incident Date

5 May 2017

Incident Code

CI692

Location

Mosul, Al Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq
Heavy shelling of Hermat in West Mosul led to the deaths of five families, according to locals living in the street who were interviewd by Amnesty International. The following unpublished field report was shared with Airwars: “The bombing was random. There were airstrikes, helicopter strikes, artillery and rockets. There were 100s of strikes each day.…

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5 May 2017
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Incident Date

4 May 2017

Incident Code

CI686

Location

Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب
Local press sources reported that eleven civilians – all from the same family – died after a Coalition airstrike hit their house in North-West Mosul. Amnesty later revealed the dead were from two separate named families. According to Yaqein Agency, “International Coalition aircraft launched raids on a residential area on the right side, in the…

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4 May 2017
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Incident Date

4 May 2017

Incident Code

CI687

Location

Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Residents and local media sources said that Iraqi or Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces hit Al Walaa school, in the 17 July neighbourhood in West Mosul. This reportedly led to the death of up to 81 civilians – of whom 18 were children – and left 86 civilians injured. The school was said…

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4 May 2017
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Incident Date

4 May 2017

Incident Code

CI688

Location

Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرطبة
In a previously unknown allegation, the Coalition denied involvement in an incident that they said was reported on social media. In their July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition wrote: “May 4, 2017, near Ar Rutbah, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the…

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4 May 2017
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Incident Date

4 May 2017

Incident Code

CI689

Location

Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب
A field investigation by Amnesty International found that a number of civilians were injured or possibly killed in an air or ground attack on the 60th Street area of Msherfa in West Mosul. The following Amnesty field report citing an eyewitness was shared with Airwars: “My family and I were staying at my aunt’s house…

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4 May 2017
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Incident Date

3 May 2017

Incident Code

CI683

Location

Mosul, Islah al Zirai, Nineveh, Iraq
الإصلاح الزراعي
A newly married husband and wife were killed and two young children injured in an airstrike on al Islah al Zirae in West Mosul on May 3rd. The event was later confirmed to be an Australian action. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: “We were getting dressed to leave…

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3 May 2017
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Incident Date

3 May 2017

Incident Code

CI684

Location

Mosul, Al Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq
One civilian was injured in a mortar strike by an unknown party on al Hermat in West Mosul, according to an eyewitness. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: “At the time of the explosions and the bombings, the windows would shatter, and shrapnel would fly everywhere. Because of this,…

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Published
3 May 2017
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Incident Date

2 May 2017

Incident Code

CI682

Location

Mosul, Al Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq
Twenty five or more civilians were reported killed following a battle in the Hermat area of West Mosul. It was unclear whether Iraqi forces and/or the Coalition were responsible. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: “On 2 May, in the early morning, there was a big attack on my…

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2 May 2017
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Incident Date

1 May 2017

Incident Code

CI681

Location

Mosul, Al Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq
One child was killed and three others were injured in a suspected mortar strike by an unknown party on their family home. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: ”On 1 May, I was sitting in the house, which is about 600-700 metres away from al-Haq mosque. There were 16…

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1 May 2017
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Incident Date

1 May 2017

Incident Code

CI679

Location

Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب
According to local sources – which referred to a statement by Al Amaq (ISIL press agency) and residents of West Mosul – up to 79 civilians were killed and 159 wounded, mostly women and children, after airstrikes of the Coalition and Iraqi forces hit many neighbourhoods in West Mosul over a four day period. M.N.N.…

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Published
1 May 2017
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Incident Date

1–5 May, 2017

Incident Code

CI685

Location

Mosul, Al Shifa, Nineveh, Iraq
One woman was badly injured in an airstrike on her home – and was then caught up in further airstrikes as she receieved treatment in an ISIS hospital, it was reported. Amnesty International provided the following field report to Airwars citing an eyewitness: “A hit from a ‘Khanzira’- she described this as being an ‘F52’…

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Published
1 May 2017
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Incident Date

30 April 2017

Incident Code

CI678

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that it could not assess the credibility of an NGO report indicating civilian casualties in the vicinity of Mosul. In the report, the Coalition wrote: “April 30, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and details…

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30 April 2017
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Incident Date

29 April 2017

Incident Code

CI676

Location

Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
الرفاعي
Local residents reported on Facebook that four civilians were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Rifae neighborhood in West Mosul. Bab Al Toob (local Facebook group) said that the two brothers Rami Adel Said and Ahmed Adel Said were among the victims in Rifae. Iraqyoon Agency and Ninawa Media Center put the total death toll…

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29 April 2017
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Incident Date

29 April 2017

Incident Code

CI677

Location

Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
مشيرفة
Seven families – an estimated 20 to 40 people – reportedly died in a Coalition or ISF airstrike on a house on the outskirts of Msherfa in West Mosul. Amnesty International shared the following field report with Airwars, citing a local eyewitness: “I witnessed another airstrike (presumed) on 29 April in Msherfa. It was a…

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29 April 2017
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Incident Date

28 April 2017

Incident Code

CI672

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Several sources reported that seven civilians died and thirteen were wounded as a result of an airstrike – with sources so far not identifying who carried out the strike. Yaqein noted, however, “that the areas in the West of Anbar province have been exposed for days to military operations fought by the Joint Forces and…

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28 April 2017
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Incident Date

28 April 2017

Incident Code

CI673

Location

Mosul, Dajah, Nineveh, Iraq
الدجة
Two local sources reported on Facebook that twelve civilians – five children and seven women – died when airstrikes hit the Al-Waleed school in Dajah neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Reportedly, several houses in front of the school were destroyed, and residents reported that “people are still pulling the bodies from the rubble.”

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28 April 2017
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Incident Date

28 April 2017

Incident Code

CI674

Location

Mosul, Saha, Nineveh, Iraq
الصحة
Local press sources and an Iraqi activist said that fifteen civilians died and five were injured after airstrikes hit a house in Saha (Health) neighborhood in West Mosul. Mohammed Fadel al-Hayali, a civilian activist, told TRT Arabic TV: “An airstrike targeted a house in Saha neighbourhood at the western district of Mosul yesterday evening, killing…

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28 April 2017
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