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Incident Date

19 January 2017

Incident Code

CS449

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Smart News, reported that “IS members were killed and civilians injured on Thursday, in aerial bombardment likely to be by the international coalition which targeted an IS vehicle east of the city of Raqqa, according to witnesses and medical sources.” No further details are currently available.  

Summary

Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 January 2017

Incident Code

CS448

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and three others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local media. Shaam News Network said that three civilians were wounded in a Coalition strike. LCCSY named Nour Riyad al Ayyash, from Deir Ezzor, as a victim. An Eye on Raqqa also named the victim and blamed…

Summary

Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI432

Location

حي النجار, Mosul, Al-Najjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that up to 14 people, mostly from one family, were killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted the house of Khalil Ekrb at 3pm in Al-Najjar neighborhood, near Hawi, in the northwest of Mosul. Iraqyoon said the raids had targeted ISIL members in front of the house, but that the bombing “did not…

Summary

Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 January 2017

Incident Code

CI433

Location

الزاب, Al Zab, Kirkuk, Iraq
Multiple sources said that dozens of civilians were killed or injured when a Coalition airstrike hit a health center, a power station and a market in Zab town, southwest of Kirkuk. Raedlay posted a video showing the aftermath of the strikes and the destruction of the health center. Correspondences Team said that four strikes had…

Summary

Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 January 2017

Incident Code

CS447a

Location

near Idlib, Idlib, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted "Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike." The report also…

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 January 2017

Incident Code

CI428

Location

الصديق الثانيه, Mosul, 7 Nisan (April) or Baysan, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that six civilians were killed and eight injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Baysan neighborhood, in the northeast of Mosul. Relatives of the dead later said that eight had in fact died, all from the family of Qasan Abdul Kadir and including four children. According to Yaqein and News of Iraq, the…

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 January 2017

Incident Code

CI429

Location

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that more than 30 civilians were killed or injured by an air or drone strike on a funeral in al Shifa, and in other neighborhoods west of Mosul. Iraqyoon quoted witnesses saying that “aircraft had bombed a funeral for the Sangaree family in Shifa neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul”. People…

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–21
Civilians reported injured
11–22
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 January 2017

Incident Code

CS446

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”    

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI430

Location

الرشيدية, Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that many civilians were killed or injured by Coalition airstrikes on Rashidiyah neighborhood in the north east of Mosul. Iraqi Turkmen Front Mosul reported that their bodies were still under the rubble. It made appeal to the international Coalition “not to target civilians through inaccurate air raids or indiscriminate shelling of…

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 January 2017

Incident Codes

CS447 TS053 RS1839

Location

تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria
Up to thirteen civilians reportedly died in airstrikes at Tadef near al Bab, as heavy clashes continued with ISIL for control of the strategic city. Step News, Al Bab News, Syria News Desk and the Syrian Observatory blamed Turkey for the attack, while LCCSY said Russia was responsible. The Syrian Network instead said that “8…

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military, Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 January 2017

Incident Code

CI431

Location

الرشيدية, Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, Iraq

Summary

Published
17 January 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 January 2017

Incident Code

CI427

Location

Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that many civilians were killed or injured in Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces, in neigbourhoods at the left side of Mosul. The Iraqi Spring Media Center had tracked the bombings “from dawn until now” and said the raids targeted residential neighbourhoods. It said that hundreds of civilians were fleeing.

Summary

Published
16 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 January 2017

Incident Code

CS445

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Raqqa. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS compound, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian who was not observed near the target during the…

Summary

Published
16 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 January 2017

Incident Code

CI426

Location

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that 30 civilians were killed and dozens injured in Coalition and governmental airstrikes, as well as artillery and missile shelling, on New Mosul and other neighbourhoods at the right side of Mosul. A source told Yaqein that “at least three rockets landed in the New Mosul area on the right coast of…

Summary

Published
15 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2017

Incident Code

CI424

Location

حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that ‘hundreds of civilians’ were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes and shelling with artillery and missiles, which targeted the ‘Police and other neighborhoods’ in the East and North of Mosul. News of Iraq said 17 civilians were killed in two separate incidents in the Dhubat (Police) district of Mosul. It…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2017

Incident Code

CS444

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians died and up to eight others were reported injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a conserves factory and surrounding homes in Al Mayadeen, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory reported: “Four European warplanes of the international coalition targeted a conserves factory which was already destroyed and deserted in al-Mayadeen city east…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2017

Incident Code

CI425

Location

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, al-Jadid, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the afternoon of 14 January, airstrikes reportedly targeted the house of an ISIL local leader in the Mosul al Jadida neighbourhood of western Mosul. The attack resulted in the collapse of the targeted house…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI420

Location

العربي, Mosul, Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq
An Iraqi military source said that Coalition airstrikes bombed three civilian houses, killing 12 civilians and injuring 18 others in Al Arabi neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Alghad.tv cited a statement published by Turkish state news agency Anatolia, speaking of “about five airstrikes on three houses in the Arabi neighborhood” carried out by the international Coalition.…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2017

Incident Code

CI421

Location

الدركزلية, Mosul, Al-Darkazliyah, Nineveh, Iraq
A relative of a victim said that his nephew Fuad Ahmed Saeed was killed in Coalition raids on his house in Darkazliya neigbourhood, at the centre left side of Mosul. The relative confirmed to Airwars that he was killed on 14th January, in the Al Darkazliya district. Mosul Jantna (Facebook) also reported that “the father…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2017

Incident Code

CI422

Location

Mosul, Rashadiya, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition reported on March 4th that: “Jan. 14, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a counter-fire strike on an ISIS mortar team it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the target area after weapon was fired.” Officials later informed Airwars that…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 January 2017

Incident Code

CI423

Location

Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria, Nineveh, Iraq
Medical sources in Erbil confirmed that the child Marwa Duraid Younis Khalil was severely injured and her mother (Eman Jamal Kamber Ali) was killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Jaza’ir neighborhood, east of Mosul. News of Iraq posted two videos of the girl (who was found alone in the hospital after her…

Summary

Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 January 2017

Incident Codes

TS048 CS443 RS1828

Location

تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between two and 12 civilians were killed, and as many as 22 were wounded, in an air and artillery strike which hit the Daesh controlled area of Tadef, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with two sources blaming the International US led Coalition, two blaming Syrian regime helicopters, and many more…

Summary

Published
13 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
17–22
Military Actor
Russian Military, Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 January 2017

Incident Code

CI418

Location

الفيصلية, Mosul, Al-Faisiliyah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said Coalition airstrikes bombed a school inhabited by displaced people in Faisaliyah neighborhood in East Mosul, leaving up to 12 civilians dead or wounded. The Coalition subsequently confirmed responsibility. News of Iraq reported that the raids on Friday evening had killed and wounded “12 people, mostly women and children.” All sources said the…

Summary

Published
13 January 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
1–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 January 2017

Incident Code

CI419

Location

العربي, Mosul, Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said Coalition airstrikes struck civilian houses in Al Arabi neighborhood, northeast of Mosul, and left dozens of civilian casualties. The area targeted belongs to the Christian community and had been under ISIL control. Ajel Al Mosul reported that “one of the houses, which was bombed at Arabi neighborhood, is the house of Nurse…

Summary

Published
13 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–12
Civilians reported injured
1–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2017

Incident Codes

TS047 CS441

Location

بزاعة, Beza’a city, Aleppo, Syria
Up to nine civilians including two children from the same family died in an airstrike on Beza'a city, according to local media - though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Turkey or the US-led Coalition. Aleppo Media Center reported that “the child Hamdo al Bakir and an entire family made up…

Summary

Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2017

Incident Code

CI415

Location

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that the international Coalition and/or US aircraft had carried out airstrikes in New Mosul neighborhood, West Mosul, leaving up to 30 civilians dead and 14 others wounded. The Coalition later confirmed killing eight civilians in Mosul that day. Iraq News Center said that bombing by “international Coalition aircraft” had led to the…

Summary

Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–40
Civilians reported injured
3–21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2017

Incident Codes

CS440 RS1824

Location

جبل الاربعين, Al Arbaeen Mountains, Idlib, Syria
As many as 20 civilians were killed, and others were wounded, according to reports, following an alleged Russian and or Coalition airstrike on a militant-occupied building in the Al-Arba'een Mountains. Shaam News reported that seven civilians died including “four children and three women in addition in addition to others wounded.” Step News blamed the US-led…

Summary

Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–20
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2017

Incident Code

CI416

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said airstrikes targeted civilians houses in al Qaim west of Anbar which killed four civilians and injured seven others. Two sources spoke of “government aircraft”, but in a second report by Iraqi Spring Media Center it was later claimed that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the raids.  

Summary

Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2017

Incident Code

CI417

Location

قرب مسجد الخشاب ، العربي, Vicinity of Al Khashab Mosque, Al Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said heavy artillery shelling which targeted Al Arabi neighbourhood at the left side of Mosul had left dozens of civilians dead or wounded. In October 2020, the US-led Coalition conceded killing 12 civilians and injuring a further ten in this event. Iraqyoon said at the time that witnesses had reported to the Iraqi…

Summary

Published
12 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 January 2017

Incident Codes

CS442 RS1825

Location

شارع تل أبيض, Tal abyad Street, Ar Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians were killed - including a girl and a man - and others were wounded, following an airstrike on a bakery and a falafel restaurant in Raqqa, according to local sources. Sources were conflicted regarding who was to blame, some blaming the US led Coalition, and others blaming Russian warplanes. The Coalition later denied…

Summary

Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, Russian Military
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