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Incident Date
19 June 2016
Incident Code
CS233
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
One civilian was killed and 10 others injured following an alleged Coalition airstrike on a transport bus in the Manbij countryside, according to local sources. Shaam News reported: “Battles are still raging between the SDF and IS in which people were killed on both sides amidst intense coalition raids on the eastern and southern entrances…
Summary
Published
19 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 June 2016
Incident Code
CS234
Location
Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Between 10 and 16 civilians including one woman were killed and 30-35 injured in airstrikes on Tabaqa – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the Assad regime carried out the attacks. However, the majority of the sources allege Russia was responsible. LCCSY, Syria 2011 and the Syrian Revolution all named…
Summary
Published
19 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–16
Civilians reported injured
30–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 June 2016
Incident Codes
CS232 RS0915
Location
Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
المنصورة
Between three and five civilians died and up to 17 others were wounded in an airstrike on Al Mansoura village, according to local media. Multiple reports said a strike hit a car travelling along the al Rasafa road and killed those inside. It was unclear who was responsible for the deaths, with allegations against Russia,…
Summary
Published
17 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 June 2016
Incident Code
CS231
Location
Al Nawaja, Aleppo, Syria
النواجة
One civilian, named as Nidal Juma’a, died in an alleged Coalition raid on the village of Al Nawaja, according to local sources. Manbij is Mother of The World did not say who was responsible for the raid, but reported: “the citizen Nidal Juma’a al Sam’o from the village of al Nawaja in the eastern Manbij…
Summary
Published
16 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 June 2016
Incident Code
CI255
Location
Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
One local source, Iraqi Revolution, said six civilians including four children were killed after the Coalition allegedly targeted the Aleiadiayah region north of Tel-Afar west of Mosul. No further details are currently available. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm…
Summary
Published
16 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 June 2016
Incident Code
CI254
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
It was reported that airstrikes and artillery shelling of neighbourhoods in Fallujah killed at least 10 civilians and injured 15 more. However, it was not clear from the reports who was responsible, as they referred to aggressive shelling government and international. One report said that the emergency Fallujah General Hospital received thirteen wounded including five…
Summary
Published
16 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–16
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 June 2016
Incident Code
CI251
Location
Mosul, Al Jameha / University, Nineveh, Iraq
جامعة الموصل
One civilian, a teacher, was killed and another wounded, after an alleged Coalition jet struck the university area of Mosul. A number of civilian cars were also said to have been destroyed. The US later confirmed its role in the attack though reported only that two civilians were injured: “Near Mosul, Iraq, during another strike…
Summary
Published
15 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 June 2016
Incident Code
CI252
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
According to various local sources reported that an alleged Coalition shelled the Hasi area of Fallujah, leading to the death of six families, two of whom were killed while trying to leave Fallujah. Al Fallujah Online said 10 people died, including four women and three children, and that 13 others were wounded, including five children and four…
Summary
Published
15 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 June 2016
Incident Code
CI253
Location
Kisik, Nineveh, Iraq
الكسك
In an incident not previously tracked by Aiwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in a US strike near Kisik, Iraq. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: "during a strike against an ISIL weapons storage facility, it is assessed that six civilians were killed.” In July 2019 the Coalition provided Airwars with…
Summary
Published
15 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 June 2016
Incident Codes
CS229 RS0908
Location
Al Ghouz, Aleppo, Syria
الغوز
A family of seven civilians died in an airstrike on the village of Al ghouz, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Coalition. Aleppo 24 reported that a suspected Russian cluster bomb raid was responsible. Other sources, including Al Mukhtassar, @ALAMAWI and Nabd Syria all…
Summary
Published
14 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 June 2016
Incident Codes
CS230 RS0909
Location
Jisr Samouqa, Aleppo, Syria
السموقة
Three civilians died in an airstrike on the village of Samouqa, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the US-led Coalition. Aleppo24, @ALAMAWI, Al Mukhtassar and Nabd Syria blamed Russia. Aleppo 24 reported: “A family made up of 7 people killed and 3 other civilians killed…
Summary
Published
14 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2016
Incident Code
CS228
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
A reported Coalition airstrike on the agricultural secondary school in Manbij – being used as a temporary prison by so called Islamic State – led to the deaths of between 8 and 20 civilian captives according to local reports. Smart News reported: “Our reporter explained that raids carried out by international coalition aircraft targeted a…
Summary
Published
13 June 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8–20
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2016
Incident Code
CI250
Location
Al Shirqat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
الشرقاط
Local sources claimed a whole family was killed after Coalition warplanes allegedly destroyed their house in the Sharqat region. News of Iraq reported that the Coalition allegedly bombed civilian homes in Sharqat, resulting in the destruction of a house and the deaths all of the family members inside it. A video posted by Daesh propagandists…
Summary
Published
13 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 June 2016
Incident Code
CS227
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition reported in December 2016 that its aircraft had not been involved in a claimed event near Deyr ez Zawr seven months previously. Reports for June 12th said that the area around the city’s airport, hospital and other neighbourhoods resulted in at leasdt one death and four…
Summary
Published
12 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 June 2016
Incident Code
CS226
Location
Al Hadhad, Aleppo, Syria
الهدهد
Ten civilians from the same family were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Al Hadhad, as fierce fighting continued to evict so-called Islamic State forces from areas around Manbij. The Syrian Human Rights Committee also named some of the dead. “Based on the available information, Amnesty International is concerned that…
Summary
Published
11 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
28
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 June 2016
Incident Code
CI249
Location
Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Multiple civilians were reported killed and injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the July 17th district of Mosul. According to Mosul Eye, the strikes on a Wednesday night took place at prayer time near a mosque in the Almoghait area – particularly busy during Ramadan. The attack “left several civilians killed and wounded as well…
Summary
Published
8 June 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–24
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
8 June 2016
Incident Code
CS225
Location
Shabali, Aleppo, Syria
الشبالي
Syrian News Desk reported that four civilians from one family were killed and six others injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Shabali. The media opposition activist Ahmed Mohammed, told the news organisation that “the air force targeted the village with two raids. One of them hit a house, killing a woman and her three children,…
Summary
Published
8 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 June 2016
Incident Code
CI248
Location
Mosul, East neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
سومر و العربي والزهور ودنه دان
A local source said 20 civilians were killed or injured along with three Daesh fighters after Coalition jets allegedly targeted four neighbourhoods in central Mosul. A single source, Yaqein, said the strikes took place in the evening. Among those targeted was a Daesh ’emir’ from Morocco, whose white Hyundai was destroyed. But civilian casualties were…
Summary
Published
7 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 June 2016
Incident Code
CI247
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
A reported air raid by Iraqi or Coalition aircraft on the Julan neighbourhood of Fallujah resulted in the deaths of an entire family. Najah Jameel Mahmoud Al-Lihibi, his wife and their five children all died in the attack, according to local media. Amis noted that both Iraqi government and Coalition aircraft conducted strikes in the…
Summary
Published
6 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 June 2016
Incident Codes
CS224a RS0858
Location
Shai'eeb al Zakar, Raqqa, Syria
شعيب الذكر
Five civilians including three children died in an airstrike on airstrike on Shai’eeb al Zakar, according to local sources though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible, with one report saying that the warplanes were thought to have belonged to the US-led Coalition. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed a…
Summary
Published
5 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 June 2016
Incident Code
CS224b
Location
western Raqqa countryside, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Al Araby al Jaddid , reported that "Coalition aircraft launched air raids on the area of Abu Qubea in the western Raqqa countryside, killing two civilians and wounding ten others". No further details are currently available. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…
Summary
Published
5 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 June 2016
Incident Code
CS223
Location
Ojkana, Aleppo, Syria
أوجقناه
22 civilians including at least 13 children were reported killed and 13 people injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes in Manbij. The Shaam News Network reported that “Coalition planes launched raids on IS positions in Manbij and the surrounding area which led to the fall of civilian martyrs and wounded.” The Syrian Press Centre said that…
Summary
Published
3 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
22–23
Civilians reported injured
13–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 June 2016
Incident Code
CS224
Location
Sawran, Aleppo, Syria
صوران
Three named civilians includng a woman and her daughter were killed in a reported Coalition airstrike at Sawran. According to the Syria Network: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces used heavy machine guns to target a civilian car on the road between Souran town and Ihtemlat town which resulted in the killing of three individuals including a…
Summary
Published
3 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 June 2016
Incident Code
CI246
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Four civilians were reported killed and 20 others wounded, and three members of Daesh died, after Coalition drone allegedly targeted an ISIS car, according to local sources. Nineveh Operations Command said that a “Hyundai” vehicle carrying three Daesh members was struck near a garage which sold chickens. The source said that “corpses littered the street“.…
Summary
Published
2 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 June 2016
Incident Code
CS222
Location
Al Sakkawya, Aleppo, Syria
السكاوية
One adult civilian male named as Saif Al Din Mohammad Al Sheikh was reported killed by a single source. According to the Syrian Network, “Fixed-wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a missile that targeted residential houses in Al Sakkawya village, affiliated to Manbej city in the eastern suburbs of Aleppo, which resulted in the killing…
Summary
Published
1 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 June 2016
Incident Code
CS221
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Ten named civilians were reported killed in afternoon airstrikes on the Al Mashlab neighbourhood of Raqqa. According to the local Civil Defence, “four civilians were martyred due to successive airstrikes by coalition warplanes on Mashlab neighbourhood according to local source.” The Syrian Observatory reported 10 civilian deaths from airstrikes in Al Mashlab and elsewhere in…
Summary
Published
1 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 June 2016
Incident Code
CI245
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
10 to 40 civilians were reported killed, and 13 to 36 injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes in west Mosul. Mosul Eye offered a detailed description of affected neighbourhoods, claiming that airstrikes had hit: “– A home in the Muhammadiyah area near the kindergarten which also damaged neighbours’ houses around it and led to the fall…
Summary
Published
1 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–40
Civilians reported injured
13–36
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 May 2016
Incident Codes
CS220 RS0830
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
As many as 15 civilians including at least three children reportedly died in Coalition airstrikes in support of a major Kurdish ground offensive against Daesh near Manbij. Citing the Syrian Observatory, Reuters noted that “U.S.-led air strikes in support of the ground operation [reportedly] killed 15 civilians including three children near Manbij in the past…
Summary
Published
31 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–15
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 May 2016
Incident Code
CI244
Location
Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in a US attack on Mosul. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: "during a strike against an ISIL weapons system, it is assessed that six civilians were killed” In July 2019, the Coalition provided Airwars with the location…
Summary
Published
29 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2016
Incident Code
CS218
Location
Ma're, Aleppo, Syria
مارع
Alleged Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of Ma’re led to seven civilian deaths with more injured, according to reports. Noting the fierce clashes in northern Aleppo governorate, Eldorar reported that “Dozens of civilians were killed in bombings by US aircraft during the last 48 hours, due to the detention of civilians by IS, which is…
Summary
Published
28 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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