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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CS587
Location
Shabhar, Raqqa, Syria
شبهر
Seven named civilians including four women and a child died in a reported Coalition strike in Raqqah governorate – though there was confusion about whether they had died at Shabhar or Al Matar. Orient News, citing Raqqa Post, said that seven civilians – five from the Matar family – died. It blamed the Coalition. Raqqa…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI553
Location
Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
المشاهدة
A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI554
Location
Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq
السرجخانة
At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods. Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–50
Civilians reported injured
17–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1973
Location
Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
تقاد
The remnants of a cluster bomb that had been dropped earlier during a Russian air raid in Taqad resulted in the death of one civilian, Mohammed Al Talal, according to sources on the ground.Multiple sources said one civilian was also injured during this raid.
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1972
Location
Al Qastal town, Hama, Syria
القسطل القسطل
Russian warplanes allegedly conducted a raid on the outskirts of Al Qastal town in Hama Governorate, Smart News Agency reported. Civilian casualties have been reported, but their number and identities are still unclear.
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI551
Location
Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل الجديدة
The Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of between 105 and 141 civilians in an airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area on March 17th (event CI550). However, locals have claimed that as many as 230 or even 520 civilians were killed in the catastrophic event at al Jadida – though these…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
125–370
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI552
Location
Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CS585
Location
Zor Shmar, Raqqa, Syria
زور شمر
Five civilians were reported killed and eight or more injured following reported Coalition strikes at Zor Shamr and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a. According to the Smart news agency, which also pointed towards the Coalition, “sources explained that the planes bombed the villages of Zor Shamr (45 km east of Raqqa city) and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a (8…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI550
Location
Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل الجديدة
In the highest confirmed civilian casualty event of the war against ISIL, at least 105 and as many as 141 non-combatants were later confirmed by the Coalition as having been killed in a US airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area. At least 137 bodies were reportedly recovered from the scene. Locals…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
105–141
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CS584
Location
Safsaf farms, Raqqa, Syria
مزرعة الصفصاف
According to reports one civilian male died and at least two others were injured following alleged Coalition strikes at Al Safsafa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and SHRC were among some sources who didn’t identify the warplanes responsible – though other reports blamed the Coalition. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI549
Location
Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local residents and the recently formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in Meydan neighbourhood in Old Mosul. According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre, 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–80
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1970
Location
the road between Maskanah and Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
الطبقة مسكنة
Eight civilians were killed and another 17 were injured when their bus was struck during an air raid between Maskanah and Tabaqa, according to sources on the ground. Smart News Agency reported that it is ‘likely’ the warplanes that conducted the attack were Russian. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria has named Ahmad Al-Zaher as…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1971
Location
Urma Al-Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
اورم الكبرى
Between three and eight civilians were killed and a further six were wounded f as a result of alleged air raids by Russian warplanes in the town of Urma al Kubra in Aleppo Governorate on the 17th of March 2017. Sources said that four victims from the same family died in the attack. The Violations…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1969
Location
Kafr Hout , Aleppo, Syria
كفر حوت
Russian warplanes wounded two civilians in a raid on the village of Kafr Hout in southern Aleppo Governorate, western Syria, according to sources on the ground. Sources were unclear of the identity of those injured in this attack. Smart News Today reported that two women were wounded, while Aleppo Civil Defence said that one woman…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CI548
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, 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” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time,…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS582
Location
Jadida Kahit, Raqqa, Syria
جديدة كحيط
Al Ragga Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Kahit. No further details are currently available
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS583
Location
Jadida Baladiya, Raqqa, Syria
Al Ragga truth reported the death of one unidentified male civilian in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Baladiya. No further details are currently available
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CI547
Location
Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, 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” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “110. May 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS579
Location
Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
المنصورة
The Smart news agency reported that likely Coalition airstrikes targeted the oil refinery area of Al Mansoura, “killing one worker and injuring others, in addition to destroying three burners and a car used to transport oil.” Madar News used identical language in its own report. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS580
Location
Al Thakana, Raqqa, Syria
حي الثكنة
The Shaam News Network reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely belonging to the coalition launched a raid on the Al Thakana neighborhood in Raqqa, near the Shariah Court, killing four civilians and two members of IS and wounding eight others, including one member of IS. The wounded were taken to the National Raqqa…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS581
Location
Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, Syria
سد الفرات
An alleged Coalition airstrike at the Euphrates Dam near al Tabaqa reportedly killed one named civilian worker. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, “an air raid launched by the international coalition yesterday on the area around the Euphrates Dam in al Tabaqa killing Hamidi al Abd al Majid al Nayef one of the employees at…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CI546
Location
West Mosul, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources said that at least 21 civilians were killed and 17 were injured, including women and children, because of airstrikes and artillery shelling in neighbourhoods of West Mosul. Iraq News Center placed the death toll even higher: “Many surviving civilians [and] witnesses from the right side [of Mosul] confirmed that Coalition airstrikes targeted civilian…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–34
Civilians reported injured
17–34
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS578
Location
Al Jina, Aleppo, Syria
الجينة
A unilateral US drone strike on a mosque complex near al Jina town killed between 37 and 62 civilians according to multiple reports and eyewitness statements. While the US has admitted it carried out the attack, officials have claimed that al Jina’s Omar Ibn al Khattab mosque where the casualties occurred was not targeted in…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
37–62
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1964
Location
Kafr Karmin, Aleppo, Syria
كفركرمين
Local media reported that three civilians including a child were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Karmin. The Smart News put the number wounded at three, adding that this total included one child. Numerous other sources reported that Russia carried out the strikes - and published video footage of the aftermath.
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1966
Location
Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman died - and was possibly killed, according to one report - in multiple airstrikes on different neighbourhoods in Idlib, local media said. While most reports blamed Russia, there were also allegations against the regime. Syria News Desk reported the only fatality, one woman: "A woman was killed and other civilians were…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
CS577
Location
Al Thani and Al Awwal, Al Tabaqa, Syria, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Between one and two civilians died and up to five were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Thani and Awwal neighbourhoods of Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. According to Smart News, “local sources reported the death of one civilian and wounding of others, on Wednesday evening, as a result of aerial…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
CI545
Location
Mosul, Hermat, Iraq
Local eyewitnesses reported the deaths of 25 civilians following an air or artillery strike on the hermit area of West Mosul. An unpublished Amnesty International field investigation was shared with Airwars: ““On the street we were staying, in my uncle’s house, three houses were levelled by one attack, around 12pm on 15 March. I don’t…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
CS576
Location
Jadida Khabour, Raqqa, Syria
جديدة خابور
Five civilians including two women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Jadida Khabour village in eastern Raqqa, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: “a man and a woman were killed and there was information about another woman who was killed in bombing by Coalition planes on areas in Jadida…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
CI544
Location
Mosul, Bab al Tor, Nineveh, Iraq
باب الطوب
Local residents and military and medical sources said that up to two dozen civilians were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling, and strikes by US Apache helicopters. This reportedly occurred during an ongoing battle around the Bab Al Tob area and other ancient neighborhoods in the center of Mosul. Naynawa Alghad reported…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–24
Civilians reported injured
6–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1962
Location
the third station near al Sukhna, Homs, Syria
السخنة المحطة الثالثة
Up to five civilians died and several more were injured in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on the third station near al Sukhna, local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, "Russian warplanes launched several air raids targeting the third station near al Sukhna in eastern Homs which led to a number of…
Summary
Published
15 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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