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Incident Date
3 January 2017
Incident Code
CI387
Location
Mosul, Noor, Nineveh, Iraq
حي النور
Yaqein reported that one civilian was killed and 11 injured in the Noor neighborhood of eastern Mosul. It cited “government and international” strikes. Iraqi Spring Media Center meanwhile reported that 9 civilians were injured in addition to the one death. Among the injured were women and children. Sawlif Maslawia Ateka and Adhamiyah News named two children that reportedly…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 January 2017
Incident Code
CS425
Location
Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
سرمدا
A major US airstrike on an al Nusra Front headquarters – a unilateral action – killed a significant number of militants. However, up to 26 Free Syrian Army prisoners held in the building were also reported killed, along with three children. The US admitted responsibility for just one civilian death three years later. Fatah al…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 January 2017
Incident Code
CI388
Location
Mosul, Domiz, Nineveh, Iraq
دوميز
Five civilians were killed and four injured in the Domiz neighbourhood of Mosul, according to local media. A local source told Shafaaq news that an “unidentified warplane” opened fire from its on-board machine gun in the neighbourhood in south-east Mosul. The story was also reported by Nineveh Media Center, confirming the death of five and…
Summary
Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 January 2017
Incident Code
CI384
Location
Mosul, Haramat, Nineveh, Iraq
الهرمات
Four women and two or more children were killed and eight other civilians injured by Coalition strikes, according to local reports. Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that the women were killed and injured by Coalition strikes that hit a home in Haramat in eastern Mosul. ISIL-controlled Al A’amaq Media posted a video of the aftermath,…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI385
Location
Mosul, Mushirfan, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “(2.) Jan. 2, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 January 2017
Incident Code
CS424
Location
Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
سرمدا
Targeted air or drone strikes – most likely unilateral US actions – reportedly killed two high ranking militants along with a number of fighters. However sources also claimed there were civilian casualties. There were two reported evening attacks. In the first, a car was destroyed on the Sarmada-Bab al Hawa road, killing four people inside.…
Summary
Published
1 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 December 2016
Incident Code
CI381
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
An unnamed doctor at a local medical centre near Mosul told Iraqi Spring Media Centre that his facility had received 200 civilians over the preceding 24 hours, as a result of bombing and mortar shelling. In related news, Kurdistan’s health minister told reporters that health facilities in the region had so far received 13,000 injured…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported injured
200
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 December 2016
Incident Code
CI382
Location
Mosul, Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq
وادي حجر
Eleven civilians were reported killed and up to 80 injured when Coalition aircraft allegedly struck the vicinity of the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in the Wadi Hajar area of Mosul. Islamic State later issued a propaganda video which included eyewitness reports. One noted: After we heard the bombing of Khalid Bin Al Waleed we came…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
80
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI383
Location
Mosul, Intisar, Nineveh, Iraq
الانتصار
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 December 2016
Incident Code
CS423
Location
Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
دبسي عفنان
At least five civilians were killed and as many as 22 injured after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed Debsi Afnan, a town 70km west of Raqqa city. Raialyaom News reported that “seven were killed including 3 children and 22 wounded including women and children with some in critical condition, due to coalition warplane strikes in Debsi…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
4–22
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 December 2016
Incident Code
CI379
Location
Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Local sources said that up to 41 civilians died and a further 143 were injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes on eastern Mosul neighbourhoods in support of a renewed push to capture the city from ISIL. Iraqi Spring placed the death toll at 41, while MNN said at least 30 died. In its February 2017 civilian…
Summary
Published
29 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
30–41
Civilians reported injured
143
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 December 2016
Incident Code
CI380
Location
Mosul, Ibn Al Athir Hospital, Nineveh, Iraq
مستشفى ابن الاثير
According to several sources, at least 16 civilians killed following the alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the children’s hospital in Mosul. CENTCOM confirmed the incident the same day and announced an investigation. A number of ISIL fighters were reported killed along with between five and 16 civilians when the Coalition targeted a vehicle at Ibn al-Athir…
Summary
Published
29 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–16
Civilians reported injured
7–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 December 2016
Incident Code
CI378
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Up to 20 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul according to local sources. Yaqein reported that international alliance air raids targeted the Al Faisaliah, Alqosjat and Aldndan areas in Mosul, killing 20 civilians and wounding four others. Iraqi Spring Media centre placed the death toll at 19. One victim was named…
Summary
Published
27 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
19–20
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 December 2016
Incident Code
CI377
Location
Mosul, Qudis, Nineveh, Iraq
حي القدس
Local residents told Airwars researchers that an entire family was killed following alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Qudis neighbourhood in East Mosul, in the afternoon of December 26th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, on June 9th 2017. The two witnesses, Ala Samir Ahmed and Ali Abdulrazaq, said that…
Summary
Published
26 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2016
Incident Code
CI376
Location
Al Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
البعاج
Local media and the area’s MP reported that 20 civilians were killed and 55 injured after unknown aircraft targeted Al Baaj city west of Mosul. According to Zahid Kotuna, the elected MP for the area, an unknown warplane carried out a fierce air strike on the densely populated civilian town of Baaj 140 km west…
Summary
Published
25 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS420 TS030
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Between 20 and 25 civilians died in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) raid on al Bab. According to ISIS’s media wing, “Turkish planes committed a new massacre in al Bab for the second day running – initial toll of 20 dead.” Umayya reported the death toll as being possibly even higher than 25: "The…
Summary
Published
23 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
20–25
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 December 2016
Incident Code
CS421
Location
Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
An adult civilian male named as Awwad Al-Thallaj died when his vehicle was struck in a reported Coaltion airstrike at al Tabaqa. Raqqa is being Slaughtered noted the “Martyrdom of Awwad Al-Thallaj due to coalition warplanes shelling targeted his car near the Euphrate Damn near Tabaqa.” In an emailed response to a report submitted by…
Summary
Published
23 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2016
Incident Code
CS422
Location
Sweidah Sagheer, Raqqa, Syria
سويدية صغيرة
Three civilians were reported killed and two or more injued following an alleged Coalition strike on Sweida Sagheer. Revolutionary Forces of Syria reported that “According to activists, a coalition raid in Sweida Sagheer killed three civilians and wounded others.” While other sources mentioned Coalition strikes on the village, none refered to civilian casualties. In an…
Summary
Published
23 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 December 2016
Incident Code
CS419
Location
Ja'abar, Raqqa, Syria
جعبر
Seven or more civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ja’abar during fighting for control of the town. According to LCCSY, “Civilian martyrs and wounded by the international coalition aircraft bombed on the outskirts of the village of #Ja’abar #Tabaqa city.” According to the Syrian Network, “six civilians died in International Coalition…
Summary
Published
22 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2016
Incident Code
CS418
Location
Tabaqah, al Thani, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Four to five civilians were reported killed and ten injured in a Coalition airstrike on al Tabaqa. According to most sources a possible civilian woman, two men and two children died in the attack. According to ISIL’s media wing “a child and a woman and man [were] killed and 10 people injured as a result…
Summary
Published
20 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2016
Incident Code
CI375
Location
Mosul, Khalid Bin Al Waleed street / Al Masrif, Nineveh, Iraq
شارع خالد بن الوليد
Seven civilians were killed in alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. ISIL-controlled Al A’amaq reported that seven people died in a US bombing at Khalid Bin Waleed Street on the eastern side of Mosul. At least three other outlets, including Al Kawaser reported identical reports, using the same language. A local source later named…
Summary
Published
20 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2016
Incident Code
CI374
Location
Mosul, Farouk and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
More than 40 civilians were reported killed or injured due to shelling inside Mosul. Naynawaalghad TV cited what it said were medical sources in Mosul, who told the outlet that 41 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of artillery fire from an unknown source. The outlet noted that residents were forced to bury…
Summary
Published
17 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS417 TS025
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Three unnamed civilian males were reported killed in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) action at al Bab. The Coalition later denied responsibility. According to Step News, “Turkish planes targeted al Bab, east of Aleppo, with three raids and there are news about casualties.” VDC later reported three unidentfied male civilian deaths – though said…
Summary
Published
17 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2016
Incident Code
CS415
Location
Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
الشدادي
Sixteen child soldiers were killed in Coalition airstrikes at al Shadadi, according to a local source.
Summary
Published
16 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS416 TS024
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Between eleven and 15 civilians were reported killed in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) action at al Bab. According to LCCSY eleven civilians died, “most of them killed in Coalition raids on al Bab.”However, the source had consistently denied civilian harm from Turkish actions during the al-Bab campaign. Al Bab News reported “more than…
Summary
Published
16 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 December 2016
Incident Code
CI373
Location
Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, Iraq
أحياء النور والفلاح والقدس شر
More than a dozen civilians – and possibly more than 40 – were reported killed in eastern Mosul. Yaqein reported that 15 civilians were killed by a missile on the east side of Mosul, all from the same family – though a source it cited put the death toll lower, at 12. It did not…
Summary
Published
15 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 December 2016
Incident Code
CI372
Location
Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
حي السكر
Four civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition strike on al Sukkar, survivors told the US news magazine Buzzfeed. The alliance later accepted responsibility for the incident. Buzzfeed met with survivors in mid-2017, with the outlet later sharing its incident notes with Airwars: Eyewitness told journalist Mike Giglio when he met him at his…
Summary
Published
14 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2016
Incident Code
CI371
Location
Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
حي السكر
According to local sources, up to 17 people were killed as a result of airstrikes on their homes in the Sukkar (Sugar) district, Mosul. The bodies were pulled from the rubble on January 8th, 2017. Airwars contacted the Canadian-based elder brother of the family, who provided 11 names, photos and ages of eleven victims. All…
Summary
Published
13 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–17
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS413 TS020
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Twelve civilians were killed and up to 30 injured at al Bab in what local sources claimed was a ‘Coalition’ strike, but which may have been a result of Turkish-ISIS fighting. Al A'maq, ISIS’s media wing, reported “12 dead and 30 injured, most of them women and children, following violent Turkish shelling with more than…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
20–30
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS414 RS1788
Location
al Dalla roundabout, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
A heavy air raid on Ar Raqqah left up to 36 civilians dead according to multiple reports. While most blamed Russia, there were some claims that the US-led Coalition was responsible. It has since denied involvement. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, the afternoon raids were concentrated mainly near the city’s al Dalla roundabout. Euphrates…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
18–36
Civilians reported injured
12–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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