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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI231
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a bank in Faisaliah reportedly killed six students and injured a further eight civilians. According to NINA, “The international Coalition bombed on Thursday [April 21st] the Um Al- Rabiein bank in the Al Faisaliah area in the north of Mosul, which led to the martyrdom of six students who were…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI230
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a neighbourhood in eastern Mosul also reportedly killed an entire family. According to NRN News, “Our correspondent said that the bombing was aimed at the home district council of Mosul by Zuhair al-Jubouri in a neighbourhood used by Daesh. But the rocket landed on the house next door, killing five…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2016
Incident Code
CS203
Location
Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
Two named civilians were reported killed and others injured after an alleged Coalition strike at Al Tabaqah. One of those killed has been named as Abd al Mahayman Abd al Tawwab al Radwan, from Deir Ezzor. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible…
Summary
Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2016
Incident Code
CI229
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to local sources, up to eight civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition jets struck the Al Hadbah apartment complex in western Mosul. “Many” Daesh fighters were also reported killed. NRN said it was a nighttime attack: “Our correspondent says the bombing killed and wounded a number of civilians, noting that foreign elements…
Summary
Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2016
Incident Code
CI228
Location
Sudayrah, Salah Al Din, Iraq
صديرة
According to local sources, unknown aircraft struck boats in Sidera village east of Shirkat north of Tikrit, killing 22 civilians and injuring at least 15 more. Russia Today claimed that the night time event “killed five brothers from one family” with a number of houses in the village destroyed. According to News of Iraq, the…
Summary
Published
18 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
15–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2016
Incident Code
CI227
Location
Halabisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
حلبسة
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck homes in an afternoon attack on Halabsa village west of Fallujah, killing six civilians and injuring another 12 or more, “most of them children and women.” News Fallujah pictured a young survivor of the event, noting: “Yousif Mushtak Talib Al Halbusi : His mother was killed and his…
Summary
Published
17 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
8–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI226
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Several local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI225
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Multiple local sources reported that one civilian was killed and four injured after an oil refinery in northern Mosul was hit by allegedly Coalition aircraft. One source described the civilians as the ‘owners’ of the refinery.
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2016
Incident Code
CI224
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to Iraq Oil Report, at least 10 civilians died, and 20 were injured following Coalition airstrikes on Daesh bases around Mosul. Citing local sources, it noted: “On April 11, coalition air strikes also took out IS bases in Sawas in the south, Sukar on the east and the Filastin (Palestine) area on the west…
Summary
Published
11 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2016
Incident Code
CS202
Location
Hamam Sagheir, Aleppo, Syria
حمام صغير
Up to four civilians were reported killed and ten injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamam Sagheir village in Aleppo governorate. One of those killed was a child, who died alongside his father. The Syrian Network placed the death toll at two including a child. Syria Post said up to four died, noting that…
Summary
Published
11 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2016
Incident Code
CI223
Location
Hit, Al-Bab Al-Gharbi and Ummal, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Local sources claimed Coalition planes struck a home in the Al-Bab Al-Gharbi neighbourhood of Hit in western Anbar, which resulted in the injuring of a family. A later report said two women died in the attack on Ummal neighbourhood. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition classed the event as non-credible on grounds of…
Summary
Published
10 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2016
Incident Code
CS200
Location
Tall Hussein, Aleppo, Syria
تل حسين
Multiple sources named five civilian victims of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tal Hussain. Almost all sources blamed the Coalition for the civilian deaths, although Halab News and the Syrian Human Rights Committee said Russia was responsible. The village was the scene of a major battle for control between rebels and Daesh fighters.
Summary
Published
10 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2016
Incident Codes
CS201 RS0755
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
At least five and as many as 20 civilians were reported killed and 53 injured after heavy alleged Coalition, Russian and/or Syrian regime night time strikes on Raqqa. Most sources allege that these were Coalition and regime raids – with the Coalition responsible for those after midnight and the regime for early morning strikes. Coalition…
Summary
Published
10 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Civilians reported injured
53
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2016
Incident Code
CI222
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
The Coalition conducted several night raids on telephone exchanges and reportedly the Babylon Bank in Mosul, which resulted in the deaths of at least six and as many as 67 civilians. In November 2016 the US initially admitted to killing one civilian in the attack, noting that “during a strike against an ISIL tactical unit,…
Summary
Published
9 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–67
Civilians reported injured
9–38
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2016
Incident Code
CS199
Location
Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
جرابلس
A single source, the Syrian Observatory, reported that “no less than 13 IS [fighters] were killed by aerial bombardment by the Coalition warplanes in Jarablus, in addition to four detainees were also killed during the same airstrikes.” The Observatory’s Arabic-language report said the detainees were carrying out as punishment duty the digging of trenches for…
Summary
Published
7 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2016
Incident Code
CI220
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to the Iraq Oil Report, a fresh attack by Coalition aircraft on the Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul killed 15 civilian workers. According to the site – which uses a network of informants in the city, “On April 7 [ ] air strikes destroyed a small garment…
Summary
Published
7 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2016
Incident Code
CI221
Location
Haj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
حاج علي
Up to 11 civilians were allegedly killed in a reported Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Qayyarah. According to the Iraqi Revolution site, the 11 died at Haj Ali, also the scene of a major incident the previous day. However, no additional information is presently known. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement…
Summary
Published
7 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2016
Incident Code
CS198
Location
Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
تل الجاير
A young civilian non-combatant named as Khuder Mohammad Al Assawad was reported by VDC as having died “Due to coalition air force’s shelling of a civilian car in Tel al-Jayer village.” Zaman al Wasl put the death toll higher, noting that “two civilians died as a result of a strike carried out by international Coalition…
Summary
Published
7 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 April 2016
Incident Code
CI219
Location
Haj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
حاج علي
Local sources claimed “dozens of civilians” including children and women were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraq government jets targeted Haj Ali village in Qayyarah south of Mosul. While most social media reports blamed the Iraqi military for the event, others blamed the Coalition or both. Yaqen, for example, said it was a joint…
Summary
Published
6 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
10–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 April 2016
Incident Code
CI218
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Locals claimed five civilians including three children were killed and four or more people injured, after Coalition jets allegedly targeted Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our correspondent said that the bombing killed five people consisting of a family (three children with a…
Summary
Published
6 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CS197
Location
Idlib, Idlib, Syria
إدلب
A former Syrian table tennis champion and national coach named as Mukhles Ismaeil Khreaban was reported by VDC as having died “Due to coalition air force’s shelling.” The Public Committee for Sports and Youth in Syria later published a detailed obituary: “The teacher Mukhles Khreiban was martyred yesterday on Tuesday evening in the province of…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CI215
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
A likely targeted operation in Mosul killed ISIL’s media chief in the city when his car was struck – but also reportedly slew his wife and five children. The nighttime attack reportedly killed Daesh ‘Media Minister’ Abdel Qader in his car in the vicinity of the city’s Saddam Hospital. However, according to NRN News, “his…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CI216
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In the third reported civilian casualty event of the day, seven civilians from the same family including children and women were reported killed after Coalition jets allegedly targeted an ISIL-occupied house but missed, instead striking the next door house. The attack reportedly took place in the Engineers neighbourhood of west Mosul, and the Daesh militants…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CI217
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In what may be the same incident as CI216 or CI218 – or a separate targeted killing operation – the US revealed three weeks after the event that a strike on an ‘ISIL finance emir’ had also killed a woman civilian. Three months later CENTCOM revealed two additional civilian deaths in the event. General Peter…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2016
Incident Code
CS196
Location
Kinan Sultan, Al Hassakah, Syria
كنان سلطان
A civilian water worker was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Kinan Sultan. According to Balad News, “A source confirmed that Coalition aircraft targeted drinking water tankers which led to the martyrdom of the citizen Ayman Khader Al Ali, who works on water transport in the southern rural areas Hassakah.” In their February…
Summary
Published
4 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2016
Incident Code
CI214
Location
Hit, Jerri and Amina, Al Anbar, Iraq
حي الجري
Locals reported that eight civilians died after the Coalition or Iraq government aircraft struck the Jerri and Amina neighbourhoods of Hit. The Coalition has denied responsibility. Among those killed was a family of six: a Facebook tribute page noted: “This is a picture of the martyr Riad Ahmed Rzeyk, who was forced out of his…
Summary
Published
3 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 April 2016
Incident Code
CS195
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
A targeted airstrike on Daesh officials in vehicles outside the Al Nour mosque in Al Daraiyeh also killed up to five civilians and injured as many as 30 more. The US later admitted responsibility for the attack, noting: “near Raqqah, Syria, against ISIL tactical unit, it is assessed that three civilians were killed after entering…
Summary
Published
1 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CS194
Location
Sala Heya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الصالحية
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians in an artillery strike near Sala Heya. Their December 2016 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIL mortar system, it was assessed that three civilians were inadvertently killed by Coalition counter-battery artillery near the point…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI211
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The Al Najmawi family’s flour mill in Granary Street, eastern Mosul was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, leading to casualties among the civilian workers inside. Qoraish reported that the attack took place at the 10.30am local time, with two strikes approximately five minutes apart. It claimed there were no Daesh forces present. NRN News…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI212
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
Local sources claimed Coalition aircraft struck the Haswa and Jumeila neighbourhoods in Fallujah at around 9.30pm, hitting civilian homes and causing the deaths of five civilians including two children, and the wounding of seven more civilians. Al Sharqiya published the most detailed report, saying that Coalition aircraft strikes “resulted in the deaths of five people,…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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