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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2063
Location
Ainjara, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
عنجارة
An elderly woman was killed when her home in the agricultural neighbourhood of Ainjara, Aleppo was struck by missiles. Sources all reported that Russia was to be held accountable for this raid. According to sources, others were also wounded. Footage published by Smart News, shows the damage left behind and the remnants of the missile shell.…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2066
Location
Saqba, Damascus, Syria
سقبا
Up to 18 civilians were killed, and between 12 and 50 were wounded, following an airstrike on Saqba. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime - though the majority of sources pointed to Russia. Four rockets were allegedly fired at one residential building,…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–18
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2067
Location
Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood in Hamouriya. Sources were conflicted regarding who was to blame. All sources blamed the Syrian regime except Smart who pointed to Russian warplanes. The shelling reportedly occurred in conjunction with many other raids on towns in the countryside of…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2064
Location
Kafr Nbouda, Hama, Syria
Three civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Russian raid on Kfar Nbouda, according to reports from the ground. Both sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid. The Smart News Agency reported: "Three civilians from a family were killed on Monday night [April 3rd] by a bombardment of warplanes likely to be Russian on…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CS659
Location
Hunaida, Raqqa, Syria
Smart News Agency reported that “a local source in the village of Hunaidah in rural West Raqqa said four civilians were killed and 11 wounded following raids by the coalition. The injured people were taken to an IS run hospital in the western countryside, but the location was not specified.” Marobobuzer, also blaming the Coalition,…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–13
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CS660
Location
Rabi'a, Raqqa, Syria
رابعة
According to the Smart News Agency, “a man and a woman were killed and three others were wounded” in an alleged Coalition airstrike on village of Rabi’a. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2065
Location
Jisir Al-Shoghour, Idlib, Syria
Up to 11 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, following an alleged missile strike on Jisir Al-Shoghour. Almost all sources blamed Russian warplanes for the incident. Some, however, remained impartial, and two blamed the Syrian regime. According to sources, three children and women were killed in the raid. LCCSY and Step News put the…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–11
Civilians reported injured
9–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CS661
Location
Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
سلحبية
According to the Smart News Agency, two civilian fishermen were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a ferry between the two banks of the Euphrates River in the western village of Al-Sahlabiya. Local sources told Smart that the victims were killed as they were transporting cars between the two banks. Step News Agency also…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CS662
Location
Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
المنصورة
The Smart News Agency reported the death of three civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mansoura. The Violations Documentation Center named a civilian victim of a Coalition airstrike in Mansoura, Raqqa, from and reported he is from the Damascus countryside.
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
LC067
Location
Jufra air base, Al Jufrah, Libya
Various sources reported an LNA strike near Al-Jufra that allegedly killed a man and injured four Chadian citizens. However, the sources didn’t give information regarding whether the victims were civilians or not. According to Ali Salim, “there was one dead and four Chadian wounded following night air raids on Al Jufra base.” Ean Libya reported that…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI604
Location
Mosul, Thawra, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الثورة
A single local sources reported that the wife of professor Hussein Qassem Al-Fakhri was killed in an airstrike on Al Thawra neighborhood in West Mosul. No additional details are presently known. While the Coalition would later confirm two civilian casualty events in Mosul that day, the nearest was 2.5km from Al Thawra.
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI605
Location
Mosul, Iqtishadeen, Nineveh, Iraq
الاقتصاديين
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS mortar team egressing their firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed by a secondary explosion caused…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI606
Location
Mosul, Hawi al Kanassa, Nineveh, Iraq
حاوي الكنيسة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on ISIS fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian pedestrian was unintentionally killed when the vehicle was struck.” The…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Codes
CS662a RS2068
Location
Salqeen, Idlib, Syria
سلقين
As many as 37 civilians were killed, and between 12 and 50 were wounded, following an airstrike on Salqeen - according to local sources. Up to 17 children and five women were allegedly killed in this raid on the residential neighbourhood. According to Euphrates Post, "four of them a family from eastern Deir Ezzor". The…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
7–37
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI607
Location
Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
Local sources reported that twenty civilians were killed and six injured, among them many children, at Tal Afar west of Mosul. All claimed that the US or the Coalition was responsible, although Iraq Air Force aircraft had also struck the town. Iraqi Spring Media Center posted several graphic photos, picturing the aftermath of the strikes…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI608
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
It was reported that eleven people – including an unspecified number of civilians – were killed in Coalition airstrikes on Al Qa’im, in Anbar province. According to Yaqein “11 were killed including civilians in Al-Qaem due to coalition warplanes shellings.” It did not specify how many of the eleven victims were civilians. Local blogger Fareek…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2055
Location
Al-Nakir, Idlib, Syria
النقير
One adult female civilian was reported wounded following an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Al-Nakir. There were no details of any other wounded civilians or any casualties. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
CI601
Location
Mosul, Mahalet al Hammam / Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
محلة الحمام
Local sources reported that three civilians, including one woman, were killed and two children injured in Al-Hammam neighbourhood close to the al Nouri Mosque in the center of Mosul. Sources are conflicted as to whether this was due to mortar or rocket shelling, Coalition airstrikes or unidentified “military aircraft”.
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2060
Location
Saqba, Damascus, Syria
سقبا
As many as five civilians were killed - including a child and two women - and others were injured, following an alleged air and artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Saqba. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime for the raids. According to Abohanin617 and Shehab…
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
CI602
Location
Mosul, Farouk and Makawi, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources reported that up to 23 civilians were killed and 24 injured in airstrikes on Mashahade, Yarmouk, Farouk, and Tanak neighbourhoods in West Mosul and Old Mosul.
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2056
Location
Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
حمورية
One or two civilians was killed, and others were wounded, in an alleged rocket attack in Hamouriya in Damascus, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. All sources blamed the Syrian regime, except the Step News Agency, who blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia. According to sources, one…
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
CI603
Location
Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition denied social media claims of having caused civilian casualties at Tal Afar. According to the June report, “22. April 3, 2017, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2061
Location
Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
سراقب
Up to five civilians were killed - including an entire family of four people - and as many as seven other civilians were injured - including three children - in an airstrike which struck the residential neighbourhood of Saraqeb, according to local media. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the raid, though some, such as Smart…
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
3–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2058
Location
Kafr Nbouda, Hama, Syria
كفرنبودة
As many as three civilians from the same family - including a child and a woman - were killed, and up to four more were wounded, following a raid on Kafr Nbouda. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid, except the Syrian Network for Human Righhst who pointed to both Russia and the Assad regime.…
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2059
Location
Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
خان شيخون
Between two and four civilians were killed and up to 15 more were injured following an alleged Russia or Assad regime missile strike on Khan Sheikhoun. Syria News Desk said that up to 20 people were killed and wounded, specifying that three civilians were killed, meaning as many as 17 were likely injured in the raid.…
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2054
Location
Bzabor, Idlib, Syria
بزابور
Between one and three civilians were killed, and others were wounded, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bzabor, local media said. Both sources attributed blame to Russian warplanes. According to SMO, "activists reported that the Russian occupation aircraft launched several air raids on the city of Khan Sheikun and the town of Bazabor, killing three people…
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 April 2017
Incident Code
CI599
Location
Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
اليرموك
Local sources said that three named civilians from the same family were killed after a Coalition airstrike targeted a sniper on the roof of their house in Yarmouk neighborhood, West Mosul. MNN and Urgent Mosul News said that Sheikh Mohammed Fathi al-Hussein al-Rashdi and his wife and his son’s wife were among the victims. According…
Summary
Published
2 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 April 2017
Incident Code
CI600
Location
Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الفاروق
Local sources reported that warplanes hit civilians while they were on their way to bury a non-combatant who was killed by an earlier airstrike on Al Farouk neighborhood in West Mosul. Yaqein quoted press sources saying that “the warplanes bombarded the neighborhood of Al-Faruq and Mkawi on the right side of Mosul, killing and wounding…
Summary
Published
2 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2–3 April, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr066
Location
Al Adwas, Hadramaut, Yemen
الأدوس
A US drone strike reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants travelling in a car near Al-Adwas, Hadramout governorate, likely overnight from April 2nd to April 3rd. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources including YN News reported that AQAP militants were targeted, and one specified that they were targeted while in a…
Summary
Published
2 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2–3 April, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr067
Location
Mojan, Abyan, Yemen
موجان
US airstrikes reportedly targeted alleged AQAP camps in the Mogan area of Al Maraqisha, Abyan governorate, overnight from April 2nd to April 3rd 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm, or of belligerent casualties. According to Aden al-Ghad, a warplane launched several missiles at various locations in the area. Some sources such…
Summary
Published
2 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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