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Incident Date
28 April 2017
Incident Code
CI675
Location
near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on December 28th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “80. April 28, 2017 near Mosul, Iraq via social media report. The report contains insufficient information of the time, location and details to assess its credibility.” No additional…
Summary
Published
28 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 April 2017
Incident Code
CI668
Location
Mosul, Islah al Zirai, Nineveh, Iraq
الإصلاح الزراعي
Local sources reported that nineteen civilians died when international Coalition or Iraqi aircraft hit Islah Al Zerae neighbourhood in West Mosul. Yaqein also noted that two houses were fully destroyed. Several other sources reported that in total on that Friday, up to 36 civilians were injured or killed as a result of airstrikes on West…
Summary
Published
27 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
19–35
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 April 2017
Incident Code
CI669
Location
Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
مشيرفة
A local eyewitness resident said that three civilians were killed including a young boy as a result of unspecified mortar shelling on a house in Meshrifa at the western side of Mosul. An unpublished Amnesty International field report shared with Airwars cited a local resident: “A week before the liberation [27 April], a mortar landed…
Summary
Published
27 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 April 2017
Incident Code
CI670
Location
Near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “91. April 27, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of…
Summary
Published
27 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 April 2017
Incident Code
CI671
Location
Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “8. April 27, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After review of the available information it was assessed…
Summary
Published
27 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 April 2017
Incident Code
CI665
Location
Mosul, Hawi al Kanassa, Nineveh, Iraq
حاوي الكنيسة
Seven family members – including five children – died in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Hawi Al Kanissa neighbourhood early on Wednesday, locals said. Sources furthermore reported to Yaqein Agency that “the military bombardment of the neighborhood has caused considerable material damage to the houses of citizens near the targeted house.” All sources said the Coalition…
Summary
Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 April 2017
Incident Code
CI666
Location
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
In two tweets, which appeared to be based on a single statement by the ISIL press agency, it was reported that about 24 civilians died and 26 were injured as a result of alleged Coalition and Iraqi airforce raids on several districts in West Mosul.
Summary
Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
24
Civilians reported injured
26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 April 2017
Incident Code
CI667
Location
Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied involvement in an incident that it said had been reported on social media. In its report, the Coalition wrote: “April 26, 2017, near Hawija, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian…
Summary
Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 April 2017
Incident Code
CI664
Location
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
According to local sources, 22 civilians died and 48 were injured in air raids on several neighbourhoods in West Mosul. While Al Jazeera (referring to an ISIL source) and a tweet by @aisha_iq95 said the Coalition was responsible, other sources spoke both of Coalition and Iraqi forces aircraft carrying out the airstrikes.
Summary
Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
48
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 April 2017
Incident Code
CI660
Location
Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Local sources reported that airstrikes on Tammuz (17 July) neighbourhood in West Mosul killed and injured forty civilians, in a dawn attack. Iraqyoon said that two neighbourhoods were hit, noting that “an aerial bombardment targeted the neighborhoods of July 17 ( Tammuz ) and al-Rifa’i, West Mosul.” Mosul News Agency blamed the Coalition. Other sources…
Summary
Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–40
Civilians reported injured
2–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 April 2017
Incident Code
CI661
Location
Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
A single local source reported that dozens of civilians were killed and injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly hit Tal Afar city, West of Mosul. According to Yaqein, “dozens of civilians were killed and wounded on Monday in a raid by coalition warplanes in the district of Tal Afar west of the city of Mosul, the…
Summary
Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–24
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 April 2017
Incident Code
CI662
Location
Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الزنجيلي
Two sources reported that dozens of civilians from three families died when ‘joint forces aircraft’ (either the Coalition or the Coalition with ISF aircraft) hit Zanjili neighbourhood in West Mosul. Al Jazeera said that “local sources reported that dozens of members of three families were killed in the bombing of the Zanjili district of Mosul.”
Summary
Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 April 2017
Incident Code
CI663
Location
Mosul, Ba'aj, Nineveh, Iraq
بعاج
Local sources reported that twelve civilians were killed and dozens wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Ba’aj in western Nineveh. A press source told Yaqein that “aircraft of the International Coalition launched intensive raids on the district of the western area of Nineveh province” and that it “resulted in the deaths of 12 civilians and…
Summary
Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 April 2017
Incident Code
CI658
Location
West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Local sources reported that 59 civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens were injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling on 17 July neighbourhood, as well as on Old Mosul and a health centre in Oreibi neighbourhood, all in West Mosul. It was said that more than seven houses were destroyed “over the heads…
Summary
Published
22 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
59
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 April 2017
Incident Code
CI659
Location
Mosul, al Haramat, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on ISIS construction equipment, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian who was not observed during the engagement was unintentionally…
Summary
Published
22 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 April 2017
Incident Code
CI657
Location
Hatra, Kayrawan and Balij, Nineveh, Iraq
الحضر
A single source reported that about twenty civilians died when Iraqi forces, “backed by the Popular Populist militia and the US-led Coalition” launched an attack on Hatra, Qayrawan and Balij, South of Mosul, in Nineveh province.
Summary
Published
21 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2017
Incident Code
CI655
Location
Mosul, Al-Tanak, Zanjili, Farouk, Rifai, Old City and other neighborhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources reported that airstrikes of the Coalition and the Iraqi airforce on several neighbourhoods in Old Mosul, as well as artillery shelling, led to the deaths of 18 civilians. It was also reported that more than 41 civilians were injured. Correspondences Team and Al Rafidain reported 17 dead and more than 30 wounded in…
Summary
Published
20 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
17–18
Civilians reported injured
30–41
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI656
Location
Mosul, Thawra, Nineveh, Iraq
الثورة
In what appeared to be a separate event to the previous day’s casualties, Amnesty field investigators spoke with survivors of an April 20th strike on Al Thawra which killed two people and injured dozens more. Amnesty’s published report reads as follows: “According to “Mustafa”, a young father displaced to al-Thawra neighbourhood from elsewhere in west…
Summary
Published
20 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2017
Incident Code
CI652
Location
Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources reported that 51 civilians were killed and 55 injured in airstrikes of the international Coalition and Iraqi government forces on several neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Sunnat Alliraq News spoke of the death and displacement of 106 residents of Mosul and called the government and Coalition raids an “unjust injustice”. Presently no further details…
Summary
Published
19 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
51
Civilians reported injured
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2017
Incident Code
CI653
Location
Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
Relatives reported that four or more members of the Al-Fakhri family were among those who died after airstrikes hit their house in Old Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Centre reported: “Eyewitnesses reported that nine civilians from two families were killed in aerial bombardment of coalition forces and artillery. The government forces targeted residential houses in the…
Summary
Published
19 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2017
Incident Code
CI654
Location
Mosul: Thawra neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
الثورة
Multiple sources reported that more than 90 civilians died in a major incident in Al Thawra (Revolution) neighbourhood in Old Mosul. As Reuters noted, “Dozens of civilians were killed on Saturday by air strikes targeting homes in the Thawra district on the western side of Mosul, a neighborhood declared by Iraqi forces restored overnight by…
Summary
Published
19 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
90
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
CI649
Location
Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in a strike in the Old Mosul area. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the target area after…
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
CI650
Location
Mosul, Republican hospital, Nineveh, Iraq
المستشفى الجمهوري
Local sources reported that ‘US airstrikes’ hit the entrance of the emergency department of the Republican Hospital at the Medical Complex of West Mosul killing seven people. Some sources referred to a statement made by the ISIL press agency. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
CI651
Location
near Mosul, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “83. April 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information it was…
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
CI648
Location
Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
المدينة القديمة
Local sources reported that heavy airstrikes hit several neighbourhoods in Old Mosul on Tuesday, leading to ‘dozens of civilians killed and injured.’ One report suggested helicopters may have participated, though presently no further details are known. The Coalition later admitted it had killed one civilian in the area that day – see CI649.
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2017
Incident Code
CI645
Location
Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الزنجيلي
Local sources reported that Coalition and Iraqi government warplanes carried out airstrikes on Zanjili and other neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and wounding dozens. Iraqyoon and Yaqein spoke of more than 100 dead and wounded in the various western neighbourhoods of the city. Several other sources reported (possibly based on an ISIL press statement): “55…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
24–55
Civilians reported injured
24–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2017
Incident Code
CI646
Location
Mosul, Al-Thawra (Revolution), Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الثورة
Local sources reported violent airstrikes on Al-Thawra (Revolution) neighbourhood in the old town area of Mosul city, on Monday 17th of April. Two victims (see photos below) were named as “Engineer Zaid Hisham Daoud, one of the employees of the Ministry of Industry” who died when a missile hit his home, and Mahmoud Mohamed Mashhadani…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2017
Incident Code
CI647
Location
near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “82. April 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2017
Incident Code
CI644
Location
Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنه
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later denied a social media claim that it had caused civilian casualties at Anah. According to its June report “April 16, 2017, near Annah, Iraq, via social media: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and details to assess its credibility.”
Summary
Published
16 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 April 2017
Incident Code
CI640
Location
Rayhana, Al Anbar, Iraq
ريحانة
Two local sources reported that nine civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly hit Rayhana village near Anah, in Anbar province. The exact number of wounded was not determined. Yaqein placed the village 210 km west of Ramadi.
Summary
Published
15 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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