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Incident Date

24 July 2016

Incident Code

CS281

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
One or more civilian was killed and two injured in an alleged Coalition strike on the al Sarib neighbourhood of Manbij. Local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd reported: “Saif the son of Moussa al Hamdoush died due to being hit by shrapnel from raids that targeted al Sarib neighbourhood with ten missiles, targeting…

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24 July 2016
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Incident Date

23 July 2016

Incident Code

CS278

Location

Al Nawaja, Aleppo, Syria
النواجة
As many as 22 civilians were reported killed at the village of al Nawaja, as the Coalition-supported offensive continued. However the Coalition later denied responsibility for the incident, noting that “the JCTF did not conduct any strikes in that geographic location.” According to one source, “al Nawaja village is divided into two neighbourhoods. The eastern…

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23 July 2016
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Incident Date

23 July 2016

Incident Code

CS279

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
One adult civilian male was reported killed in a fresh Coalition strike on the besieged city. According to Manbij Direct, “Mohammad bin Ahmad Khaled al Othman died in coalition raids a few hours ago inside the city of Manbij. He is a civilian who doesn’t belong to any faction. Today the city of manbij has…

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23 July 2016
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Incident Date

21 July 2016

Incident Code

CS277

Location

Hamr ar Shaqiya, Aleppo, Syria
الحمر الشرقية
A number of sources reported the deaths of three civilians in an alleged Coalition event, with two alleged victims named as Abu Shaman and his father. However a local Facebook site insisted the claims were “totally untrue… Everything is normal and nothing is happening.” According to Shaam News, “In the eastern countryside, battles are at…

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21 July 2016
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Incident Date

20 July 2016

Incident Code

CS275

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
A report on August 5th 2016 by local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd claimed that approximately 15 civilians had died in a Coalition strike two weeks earlier, with their bodies still buried under rubble. “American Alliance planes – around 15 days ago –  committed a massacre against three families opposite al Fatah mosque near…

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20 July 2016
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Incident Date

20 July 2016

Incident Code

CS276

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
In an incident which may relate to the previous report – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost six months earlier. According to the initial statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed……

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20 July 2016
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Incident Date

19 July 2016

Incident Codes

CS273a RS1027

Location

Idlib, Idlib, Syria
إدلب
In what has been described as a massacre, committed by both Russian and Assad regime and coalition warplanes, between 10 and 23 civilians were killed and as many as 35 more wounded on July 19th in Idlib city. Other sources claimed that the Coalition was involved in the incident. According to Shaam News Network the…

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19 July 2016
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Incident Date

19 July 2016

Incident Code

CS273

Location

Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
التوخار كبير
In what may have been the single greatest loss of life from a Coalition action in the first two years of its war against Daesh, between 78 and 203 civilians were reported killed in a catastrophic event at the village of Tokhar – the scene of a number of other recent civilian fatalities from alleged…

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19 July 2016
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Incident Date

19 July 2016

Incident Code

CI268

Location

Al Shirqat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
الشرقاط
One woman was reported killed and at least half a dozen civilians injured in an alleged Iraqi government or Coalition airstrike at Sharqat. The casualties were said to have occurred when a Daesh headquarters was bombed in the late morning. Al Samarra TV reported that three families were injured and one woman killed… after inaccurate…

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19 July 2016
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Incident Date

19 July 2016

Incident Code

CS274

Location

Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
ﺣﻠﺐ
A report on August 5th 2016 by local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd claimed that approximately 15 civilians had died in a Coalition strike two weeks earlier, with their bodies still buried under rubble. “American Alliance planes – around 15 days ago – committed a massacre against three families opposite al Fatah mosque…

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19 July 2016
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Incident Date

18 July 2016

Incident Code

CS269

Location

Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
التوخار كبير
Up to sixteen civilians including two or more children were reported killed in an alleged noon Coalition airstrike on Al Tokhar, a village near Manbij in northern Aleppo governorate. In its own report on the event the Syrian Network noted: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a missile that targeted a residential house that is…

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18 July 2016
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Incident Date

18 July 2016

Incident Code

CS270

Location

Haymar Labda, Aleppo, Syria
حيمر لابدة
Four or more civilians were reported killed and others injured in what were described as heavy Coalition airstrikes on the village of Haymar Labda, as the battle to capture nearby Manbij intensified. ISIL’s media wing also issued a statement claiming “dead and injured and great destruction as a result of Coalition raids on the village…

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18 July 2016
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Incident Date

18 July 2016

Incident Code

CS271

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
A single source reported the deaths of three named young children and the injuring of five more family members, in a fresh alleged Coalition casualty event at Manbij. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible",…

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18 July 2016
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Incident Date

18 July 2016

Incident Code

CS272

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
The Manbij Documentation Agency initially claimed that “Sabr the son of Abdallah al Saidi and his family [7 people] were killed in coalition raids on his house near the education department behind his father’s building.” That claim was robustly denied by Manbij Mother of All Worlds: “We totally deny what some pages published yesterday about…

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Published
18 July 2016
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Incident Date

17 July 2016

Incident Code

CS268

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
Fifteen or more civilians reportedly died in an alleged Coalition night time strike on the Al Hazwana neighbourhood of Manbij, according to multiple reports. Manbij Mother of all the World said the ‘terrible massacre’ took place near the al Karama school. The Syrian Observatory issued an urgent call to the Coalition and its allies: “We…

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17 July 2016
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Incident Date

17 July 2016

Incident Code

CS267

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
In a new reported Coalition civilian casualty event in Manbij on July 17th, five civilians reportedly died when airstrikes hit the city. All sources were agreed that the wife and two adult children of Al Haj Bahri al Darwish died. On March 10, 2022 in the CJTF-OIR Civilian Casualty Report, the Coalition reported this incident…

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Published
17 July 2016
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Incident Date

16 July 2016

Incident Code

CS266

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
An 80-year old man was reported by a number of sources as having been killed in one of multiple Coalition strikes on Manbij between dawn and noon. The strikes reportedly targeted both the Aleppo road and the al Hazwana neighbourhood in the city. According to Manbij Mother of the World, “planes carried out several raids…

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Published
16 July 2016
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Incident Date

16 July 2016

Incident Code

CI267

Location

Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
An alleged Coalition strike targeted the house of an ISIL commander named as Abu Hajar, said to be from Diyala province, also reportedly killed his whole family according to a single source.

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Published
16 July 2016
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Incident Date

15 July 2016

Incident Code

CS264

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
According to a single source, four civilians from one family were killed and 13 additional civilians injured following a Coalition airstrike. The Syria News Desk reported that “Coalition aircraft launched more than a dozen raids on Manbej, affected some national hospital west of the city perimeter, four of which targeted residential sites in the middle…

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15 July 2016
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Incident Date

15 July 2016

Incident Code

CS265

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
A young adult civilian male named as Ahmad Ibrahim al Faress was reported killed in a Coalition strike on Manbij. It is either the second reported event of the day in Manbij, or is linked to the previous incident. The Syrian Network reported Coalition strikes on the city that day but made no mention of…

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Published
15 July 2016
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Incident Date

14 July 2016

Incident Code

CS263

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
Continued heavy Coalition airstrikes on Manbij reportedly resulted in further heavy civilian casualties. According to Lens Young Manbij, “The family of Mahmoud Bin Ali al Manssini [the barber] was killed. The father is in a critical condition. The daughter of Safi Miassni was with them and she was also killed. Ahmad Bin Safi was lost…

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Published
14 July 2016
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Incident Date

14 July 2016

Incident Code

CI266

Location

Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an attack on Qayyarah. In November 2016, CENTCOM noted in their civilian casualty report that "during a strike on an ISIL-held building, it is assessed that one civilian was killed." In April 2017 the Coalition revised its…

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Published
14 July 2016
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Incident Date

13 July 2016

Incident Code

CS261

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
Three civilians were reported killed in Manbij, either by Coalition aircraft or more likely, as a result of a Daesh-boobytrapped vehicle. As Lens Young Manbij reported, “Al Haj Mahmoud Sarmini, his wife and daughter Alaa Sarmini, 4 years old, were killed near al Fatah station. We don’t know whether it was an IS booby trap…

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13 July 2016
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Incident Date

13 July 2016

Incident Code

CS262

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
In a second alleged Coalition event in Manbij on July 13th, between 6 and 12 civilians were reported killed Manbij Direct reported “the death of the entire family of al Haj Hassan Abd al Rahman [Khalilo] the blacksmith in al Salaleen market as a result of the [air] raids and he himself is missing.” According…

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Published
13 July 2016
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Incident Date

12 July 2016

Incident Code

CS259

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
One civilian named as “Ammar al Hassan the son of the lawyer Abu Ammar al Aouni” was reported killed in a fresh Coalition strike on the city of Manbij. According to the Manbij Agency for Documentation, he died when the home of of Mr. Suleiman Al Hassan was struck near al Hikma hospital. One source…

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Published
12 July 2016
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Incident Date

12 July 2016

Incident Code

CS260

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة‎
Four children from one family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike on Raqqa. According to Shaam News, the dawn strike totally destroyed the home of Ahmed Salem al Amin, killing his four young children. Nine other civilians were also reported wounded. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered named the children as Salem, Fatima, Rimas and Mais.…

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12 July 2016
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Incident Date

12 July 2016

Incident Code

CI265

Location

Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
Two displaced families from Tikrit were reportedly killed in an alleged Iraqi government or Coalition airstrike at Hawijah. Iraqi Spring reported that all members of his family died in the bombing of their house by the Coalition. Another local source claimed a second family was also killed. There was confusion about who might have been responsible…

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Published
12 July 2016
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Incident Date

11 July 2016

Incident Code

CS257

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
As intense Coalition airstrikes and ground actions against Manbij continued, reports of civilian casualties continued to grow. However reporting remained very confused. Five civilians were reported killed either by a sniper or by Coalition strikes. Manbij Agency for Documentation named the dead. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition…

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Published
11 July 2016
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Incident Date

11 July 2016

Incident Code

CS258

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
In a second alleged Coalition civilian casualty event in Manbij for July 11th, up to three civilians were reported killed.  

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Published
11 July 2016
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Incident Date

10 July 2016

Incident Code

CS256

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
Five civilians were reported killed in Coalition strikes, including a woman and child. The US later admitted to two deaths in the attack, noting: “Manbij, Syria, during a strike against an ISIL target, it is assessed that two civilians were killed.” As Shaam News reported, “activists stressed that Syria democratic forces and elements of the…

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10 July 2016
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