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Incident Date

10 January 2017

Incident Code

CI410

Location

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that unspecified air raids targeted Hadbah neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that “three raids targeted the densely populated neighborhood of Hadbah on the left side of Mosul.” It did not say how many people died. Mosul Ateka said that Sinan Abdel-Islam was killed in the raids, with a…

Summary

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

10 January 2017

Incident Code

CI411

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In 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…

Summary

Published
10 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9–10 January, 2017

Incident Code

CI407

Location

حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named civilians were killed after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted near a medical centre in the Officers neighbourhood near the Fourth Bridge. Mosul Ateka named Dr. Mohammed Tayyip ِِAl Leyla, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and his wife, Dr. Fatima Alhyial and their young daughter as victims of the…

Summary

Published
9 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 January 2017

Incident Code

CI408

Location

حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and…

Summary

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

9 January 2017

Incident Code

CS433

Location

هتاش, Hattash, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Hattash. According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition aircraft caused the deaths of four other [civilians] last night, a result of four air raids targeting the village of Hattash which is under the control of Islamic state in eastern Raqqa, which also…

Summary

Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 January 2017

Incident Code

CS434

Location

حرملة, Harmala, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Harmala. The Shaam News Network reported that “international coalition planes launched air raids near Harmala village north west of Raqqa which led to the deaths of four martyrs and a number of wounded.” All other sources, including the Syrian Observatory…

Summary

Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 January 2017

Incident Code

CS435

Location

رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians including a mother and daughter were reported killed in an alleged Coalition morning strike on Raqqa al Samra, east of Raqqa city. Euphrates Post cited local civilian sources as saying that “Coalition aircraft targeted with highly explosive rockets residential homes in Raqqa al Samra which caused the deaths of four civilians, including a…

Summary

Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 January 2017

Incident Code

CS436

Location

كبش, Kabish, Raqqa, Syria
Up to three civilians died during a battle for control of Kabish. While most sources blamed SDF artillery, one claimed that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the deaths. A single source, Eldorar, reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition strike on Kabish. However according to Raqqa Post, one victim, Sadeq Qassem, was…

Summary

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

9 January 2017

Incident Code

CI409

Location

Mosul, Baladiyat / Al Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event in northeast Mosul. The event was later confirmed as a British airstrike. In its May 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "During a strike which destroyed Daesh vehicle-borne improvised explosive device used to attack…

Summary

Published
9 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 January 2017

Incident Code

CI403

Location

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
One civilian was reported killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes that targeted an ISIL member in a civilian vehicle, in the Hadbah neihbourhood in the northeast of Mosul.  

Summary

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

8 January 2017

Incident Code

CI404

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, East Side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local reports say that the streets in eastern Mosul were covered by the bodies of dozens of civilians – their deaths caused by Coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery. Fighting was particularly intense in the Sugar Hill and Muthanna neighborhoods. Alaraby reported that fighting and airstrikes by the Coalition forces and Iraqi forces killed and wounded…

Summary

Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
50
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 January 2017

Incident Code

CI405

Location

حي السكر, Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local reports indicated that shelling struck civilian homes in Sukkar, Talla and Mufthana neighborhoods in eastern Mosul, “resulting in the burying of dozens of civilians under the rubble,” according to an account in a report by Iraqi Spring Media Center. Ajel el Mosul later released a video it said related to the incident, claiming that…

Summary

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

Incident Code

CI406

Location

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Local sources said that civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Rashad and Riad regions Sunday evening in Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk. Only once source, News of Iraq, claimed there were civilian casualties.

Summary

Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CS432

Location

السوا, Sawa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between five and 40 civilians reportedly died following a Coalition airstrike at al Sa’wa, according to local sources. The Coalition later confirmed killing just two civilians. According to Step News, “international coalition planes targeted last night oil terminal wells near the town of Al Sa’awa in the western countryside with dozens of air strikes, killing…

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–40
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI402

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Dargizliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 7 January, 15 civilians, including two women and three children, were alleged to have been killed in an airstrike targeting ISIL vehicles at the Hamameel roundabout in the Dargizliya neighbourhood of eastern…

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CI398

Location

حي سومر, Mosul, Sumer, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said civilians were killed and injured after Coalition Apache helicopters targeted a market in Sumer neighborhood, southeast of Mosul, with machine guns. On the same day, a young man named as Mostafa al Lahibi was reported killed by unspecified shells in the same neighbourhood.

Summary

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

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CI399

Location

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
Five civilians were reported killed, including three children and two women in raids in West Mosul. Shafaaq reported that strikes of unknown origin had that “wrongly” targeted displaced people west of Mosul.  

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CI400

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and medical sources said that 15 civilians were killed and many others injured and children displaced, in an alleged Coalition airstrike. Al Jazeera said that as many as 27 civilians were killed on Saturday in an airstrike by the international coalition in the east of Mosul. A medical source, D. Raed Ahmed al-Hamdani, had…

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CI401

Location

ابن الهيثم, Mosul, ibn El Haithem new area, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and medical sources said that 12 civilians were killed and many others injured, mostly displaced women and children, in the locality of Ibn al-Haytham – new area of Mosul (the valley of the eye) due to Coalition airstrikes southeast of Mosul. Al Jazeera said that the Coalition strikes hit the area “where displaced families…

Summary

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

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CS429

Location

الغضبان, Al Ghadban, Raqqa, Syria
At least four civilians died in a reported Coalition airstrike on al Ghadban in support of SDF ground forces. According to the Syrian Network, “four civilians, including two children, died when International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Al Ghadban village.” LCCSY said six died. Baladi and Egypt Today were among all other sources who blamed…

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CS430

Location

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria
Up to five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition drone strike on Kasret al Sheikh Kom’a. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, the attack “targeted a car belonging to a leader in Daesh whose name is Hussein Abu Zeid. He was on crutches.” Shaam News said five civilians died in the attack. According…

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2017

Incident Code

CS431

Location

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As many as 19 civilians died following reported Coalition airstrikes on an oil market in central Khisham. The Euphrates Post initially reported six civilian deaths though later raised this to 14 civilians killed: “Coalition aircraft targeted the oil market in the town today with several raids. The first raid – at dawn – did not…

Summary

Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–19
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 January 2017

Incident Code

CI395

Location

حي الزراعي, Mosul, Agricultural, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources and relatives of victims said that more than 20 civilians from three families were killed, including children and women, after Coalition airstrikes targeted their houses in front of Saddam mosque at the entrance of Farms district, north of Mosul. Mosul Ateka reported that “18 people were killed in the Farms district after three…

Summary

Published
6 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17–20
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 January 2017

Incident Code

CS426

Location

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
A reported unilateral US airstrike targeted and possibly killed Sheikh Yones Shoaib, aka Abu Hassan Taftanaz – a key leader of Fatah al-Sham. However his 15-year old son Hasan Younes Shoeaib also reportedly died, along with at least one other relative. The Syrian Observatory later questioned whether Sheikh Yones Shoaib in fact died. In June…

Summary

Published
6 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 January 2017

Incident Code

CI396

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Up to eighteen people were killed and 24 injured – mostly women and children – in government and Coalition airstrikes, in Al Qaim, Anbar province. Yaqein reported the incident and added – quoting local sources – that “the raids focused on the areas of Karabila and Saada east of the city, and resulted in the…

Summary

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

6 January 2017

Incident Code

CI397

Location

حي الزراعي, Mosul: Agricultural District, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources initially said that a family of three children and their grandmother were killed after their house was hit by a missile during Coalition raids on the Agricultural residential neighbourhood in central Mosul area, which at the time was under ISIS control. The New York Times later put the overall death toll at 16.…

Summary

Published
6 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 January 2017

Incident Code

CS427

Location

سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, Syria
At least eight civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sowaydiya, as the US-led Coalition and its SDF ground proxies continued to battle ISIL in Raqqa governorate. According to Raqqah is Being Slaughtered, there were “nine martyrs and three injured in a massacre at the village of al Sowaydiya Kabira following targeting…

Summary

Published
6 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 January 2017

Incident Code

CS428

Location

الضبعان, Dabaan, Raqqa, Syria
At least two civilians were killed in a reported Coalition airstrike on Dabban village in Raqqa governorate. According to the Syrian Observatory, “the international coalition’s warplanes bombed places in Dabaan area in the countryside of Al-Raqqah, and confirmed information about the death of two people.” ISIL also said that “two people were killed in an…

Summary

Published
6 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 January 2017

Incident Code

CI392

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources told Mosul Ateka that 26 civilians from four families were killed when their home was bombed by Coalition strikes. There are no additional accounts of this alleged incident at the moment.  

Summary

Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 January 2017

Incident Code

CI393

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Fatih, Nineveh, Iraq
Fourteen people including women and children were killed, and 15 wounded by Coalition strikes in the Garage and Fatih areas, according to local reports. Several outlets, including Iraqi Spring Media Center, reported that 14 people, “mostly women and children” were killed and an additional 15 wounded by Coalition raids in eastern Mosul.  

Summary

Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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