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Incident Date
3 November 2016
Incident Code
CS357
Location
لقطة, Lakta, Raqqa, Syria
A man was killed when the car he was in was hit by an airstrike, according to local sources. RBSS reported that a man named Suleiman Al Ahmad al Ghannam was killed “after his injury in an air raid launched by the international coalition on the village of Lakta in the northern Raqqa countryside.” Al…
Summary
Published
3 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2016
Incident Code
CI318
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Nine civilians were killed and over 115 claimed wounded, according to ISIL-linked sources. ISIL-controlled al A’amaq reported that more than 9 civilians died, including four children and a woman, and “about 115 wounded as a result of US airstrikes” in Mosul. A distressing video posted by the ISIL-controlled outlet initially shows several destroyed buildings in…
Summary
Published
3 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
115
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
CI316
Location
حي القدس, Mosul, Al-Quds, Nineveh, Iraq
Four women were killed and 17 people injured, including women and children, followed an alleged Coalition strikes according to local media. However, the Coalition later refuted any involvement. An initial report from ISIL-controlled al A’amaq claimed that four women were killed and 17 people injured, including women and children in the US bombing in parts…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
CI317
Location
الموصل, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local sources, three members of a family, as well as a father and son, were killed by mortar fire in eastern Mosul. Mosul Eye reported that mortars fell on apartment buildings, and killed a family of 3. Mosul Kadema named the two victims and published their pictures.
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1524
Location
معرة مصرين, Maarat Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Four civilians died and between four and ten were wounded after a series of three cluster missile attacks were carried out against the city of Maarat Misrin, according to local media. The majority of sources have assigned responsibility to Syrian regime planes but LCCSY and Syria Idlib Today alleged that Russian warplanes carried out the…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
CS355
Location
كفرتخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
Two combatants were killed by an airstrike in Idlib, according to local sources. Baladi Network initially reported that a car carrying civilians was hit with three missiles, “leading to the burning of the car and the charring of the bodies of two people.” Images posted by the outlet showed a large fire and a burnt…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
CS356
Location
معرة مصرين, Maraat Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Airstrikes variously blamed on the Coalition, on Russia and on the Assad regime targeted Fatah al Sham positions in Maarat Mislin, reportedly also killing four civilians and injuring at least two more. Initial reports – which said the town was struck three times – claimed either Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. The Syrian…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 November 2016
Incident Code
CI314
Location
الكرامة, Karama (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
According to a single local report that a family was killed by airstrikes in Karama, Mosul. Mosul Eye reported, an entire family was killed during a bombardment in Al-Karama neighbourhood. It said that no information about their number was available. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
1 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 November 2016
Incident Code
CI315
Location
مناطق وكجلي والكرامة والقدس وعدن والميثاق والصناعة والانتصار, Mosul, East neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Five civilians were killed and 10 wounded by artillery shelling, according to local sources. Yaquen reported that 5 civilians were killed and 10 wounded – mostly women and children – in Mosul’s eastern half due to indiscriminate bombing. The report cited sources who said the attacks originated from French artillery shelling. Baghdad Post similarly cited French…
Summary
Published
1 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2016
Incident Code
CS354
Location
الرقة, Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple sources, including Halab Today TV and Al Amawi News, reported the death of a child and the injuring of this father in a coalition raid on the al Mashlab neighborhood east of Raqqa. Smart News reported strikes in Raqqa targeting ISIL, which it said killed four militants. It said the death of the child…
Summary
Published
30 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2016
Incident Code
CI313
Location
تل كيف, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
A local outlet reported that numerous civilians have fallen victim to daily bombardments neighbourhoods in Telkaif north of Mosul. Mosul Youth and Girls, State and Flag reported that 15 people died, including children and six women. It attributed the violence to daily bombardment carried out by the besieging forces. Given reported British actions in the area…
Summary
Published
30 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 October 2016
Incident Codes
CS352 TS005f
Location
الجطل, Al Jatal, Aleppo, Syria
At least one person was killed by alleged Coalition raids in the vicinity of al Jatal, according to sparse local reports. However a Turkish assault on the village was also reported at the time. Halab News named one male victim who it also said was a victim of “coalition raids.” The only other specific report…
Summary
Published
29 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 October 2016
Incident Code
CS353
Location
العريمة, Al `A'rīma, Aleppo, Syria
One person was killed by coalition raids, according to a single local source.
Summary
Published
29 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 October 2016
Incident Code
CS351
Location
بريهة, Bariha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least 10 civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded from airstrikes, according to local reports. Shaam News Network cited activists who reported warplanes “thought to belong to the international coalition” launched airstrikes on a house, resulting in “martyrs and wounded among civilians, most of them children.” At the time, it reported five…
Summary
Published
27 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
13–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Codes
CS350 TS005e
Location
نعمان, Nu'man, Aleppo, Syria
Ten civilians were killed by alleged Turkish or Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of Nu'man, according to local sources. The US-led alliance later denied conducing strikes in the vicinity on this date. An initial report by ISIS-controlled propaganda unit Al A’amaq said that “10 civilians [were] killed in American raids on a group of fuel…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Code
CI311
Location
بعشيقة, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq
An Iraq-based journalist told Airwars he had been informed by a peshmerga contact of four civilian deaths near Bashiqa. According to the reporter, A peshmerga called me and said he saw three wounded and four were crushed to death when their house was hit by either a missile or a bomb. Anadolu reported a military…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Code
CI312
Location
حي القاهرة, Mosul, Cairo, Nineveh, Iraq
Five civilians were killed and seven others injured – Furthermore, 8 ISIL fighters killed – Followed an alleged Coalition on an ISIL web media office in the Cairo neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. According to LBC, Maj. Younis Khalil al-Taie, a Special Forces (Gold Division of the Ministry of Defense), quoting medical sources, that the forensic…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 October 2016
Incident Code
CS349
Location
الحمر الشرقية, Al Hamar al Sharqiya, Aleppo, Syria
Syria News Desk quoted a resident of the twon who said “planes launched more than three raids on the villages of Al Hamar al Sharqiya and al Madoura and Tal Asward… which led to the killing of two civilians and wounding six others in Hamar al Sharquiya.” Another report from a local facebook page said…
Summary
Published
25 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 October 2016
Incident Code
CI309
Location
ليلان, Lylan, Kirkuk, Iraq
Five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strikes in the Lylan area south of Kirkuk. The Baghdad Post cited a local source as saying that an air strike carried out by international coalition aircraft near the village of Lylan killed five civilians. Iraq Amsi said the strikes took place in the evening.
Summary
Published
25 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 October 2016
Incident Code
CI310
Location
Mosul, Buwayd, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition admitted in its February 2017 civilian casualty report that it had killed one civilian during a strike on a moving vehicle. The report noted "During a strike on ISIL fighters in a moving vehicle it is assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when the…
Summary
Published
25 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS348
Location
تل أسود, Tall Aswad, Aleppo, Syria
Manbij Mother of All the World initially reported what it said were Coalition strikes on Tal Aswad, targeting a reservoir. In a subsequent report, it said a “massacre” had been committed “against two familes as a result of wrong information from the Kurdish units in the village.” It named four victims. A report by the…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CI307
Location
أبو جربوعة, Abu Jarbua, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source told Airwars’ Iraq-based field researcher that three families have died in the village of Abu Jarbuha, followed Coalition airstrikes allegedly destroyed their homes. With British airstrikes confirmed in the area that day, Airwars reached out to the MoD, with information which included geolocates within 1km of the likely vicinity of the event…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CI308
Location
طوبزاوة, Tubzawa, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source reported that An adult civilian male killed followed an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Tubzawa. According to a single source, Mr Shihab’s two sons Younis aged 7 and Mustafa aged 2 years old were also severely injured in the incident – and were being treated in the intensive care unit at Irbil…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CI306
Location
تل كيف, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
Eight members of the same family were killed followed an alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. Multiple local outlets reported that 8 civilians – all members of the same family – were killed on October 24th in Tel Kepe, a town less than 15km north of Mosul. Yagen identified the father of the family…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS346
Location
الجرنية, Al Jarnia, Raqqa, Syria
Coalition raids in the vicinity of ground fighting left at least 2 civilians dead, according to local sources. Initial reports from ISIS-controlled Al A’amaq Agency blamed the Coalition for the deaths of two civilians. Subsequent reporting echoed that account (they may have been based on Al A’amaq);Al Jarnia and several other outlets named the two…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS347
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
3 civilians were killed when a garage was bombed by the Coalition, according to a local source. Smart News reported that 3 civilians were killed when a garage belonging to ISIL was struck by the Coalition. According to the account, six cars belonging to ISIL were also destroyed. The report noted other raids on that…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 October 2016
Incident Code
CI305
Location
بخديدا (Bakhdida), Qaraqosh, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced it was conducting an assessment of a possible civilian casualty event: Currently, three reports received in October are still being assessed… 3. Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq. A Coalition report issued the following month noted: Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq: Insufficient information provided or available to…
Summary
Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
CS344
Location
حاجي كوسا, Haji Koussa, Aleppo, Syria
Several outlets including Halab Today TV reported that a 15 year old girl named Iman Sillo was killed “following Coalition raids.” One report, from Hara FM, indicated that two civilians were killed.
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Codes
CS345 TS005d
Location
الطويحينة, Al Tweihina, Aleppo, Syria
Airstrikes, possibly carried out by Turkish forces, killed one civilian according to one local report. Others referred only to violent clashes between non state actors. Smart News Agency reported that “international Coalition aircraft” targeting ISIS in Al Tweihina which it said killed one civilian and two members of the terror group. However, the report identified…
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
CI303
Location
فايده, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of eight was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Fadhiliya. CENTCOM later confirmed it had carried out the airstrikes and had killed all eight civilians. Iraq based reporter Fazel Hawramy spoke by phone with family members in the village shortly after the event, who confirmed that eight people had…
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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