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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI213
Location
Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft targeted a civilian car in Hit and killed the driver, who was said to have no links to so-called Islamic State. According to News of Iraq, the aircraft had been targeting a Daesh VBIED “driven by a suicide bomber” but that the attack also led to the destruction of…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2016
Incident Code
CI210
Location
Hit, Qalqa neighbourhood, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
An alleged Coalition airstrike on the Qalqa neighbourhood of Hit resulted in 20 civilians reportedly injured, and one child was killed. According to Hit News, the home of gas seller Lutfi Abu was also hit. News of Iraq quoted what it said was a local source: “Warplanes of the international coalition bombed residential areas behind…
Summary
Published
30 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0750
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
Shaam News Network reported that one civilian died and several others were wounded in a Russian strike in Douma: “Two civilians were martyred in Al Marj area in Russian raids and one was martyred and others wounded in Douma.” However, other sources report that this was a regime action. The Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
30 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 March 2016
Incident Code
CI209
Location
Wadi Hajar (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
وادي حجر
Four children were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Wadi Hajar to the south of Mosul, as a major military offensive to clear Nineveh of Daesh continued. According to NRN News, jets from the US-led alliance targeted the Daesh-held village which also led to civilian casualties. Responding to a request for clarification about possible…
Summary
Published
27 March 2016
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 March 2016
Incident Code
CI208
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Eight civilians were reported killed after missiles of unknown origin struck the Al Noor quarter and Aisha mosque in western Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our Nineveh correspondent reports that four men, two women and two children were killed after the fall of a number of missiles on the neighbourhood of Al Noor…
Summary
Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2016
Incident Code
CI207
Location
Mosul, Tanak neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents told Airwars researchers that two entire families – 21 people in total – died as a result of alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Tanak neighbourhood in East Mosul, on March 25th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, Jassim Khalaf and Mohammed Sabri, on June 11th 2017.…
Summary
Published
25 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 March 2016
Incident Code
CS193
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
One civilian was reported killed in the Al Dar’iya area of central Raqaa, in an alleged Coalition strike. According to Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered, “International coalition planes yesterday targeted a weapons depot belonging to Daesh near Hod al Furat garage in Al Dar’iya area in the city centre of Raqqa which led to its total…
Summary
Published
24 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 March 2016
Incident Code
CI206
Location
Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the death of a civilian in an airstrike near Qayyarah. Their November 2016 report noted: "near Qayyarah, Iraq, during a strike against an ISIL target, it is assessed that one civilian was killed.” The event occurred near the beginning of operations to liberate Qayyarah…
Summary
Published
24 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 March 2016
Incident Code
CI205
Location
Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced on April 30th 2017 that it had concluded an assessment on an NGO’s claims of civilian harm “near Hajj Ali, Iraq”. It is unknown to Airwars which NGO it is referred to. According to the Coalition report, “1. March 23, 2016, near Hajj Ali, Iraq, via NGO report: No Coalition strikes were…
Summary
Published
23 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 March 2016
Incident Code
CI204
Location
Mosul, University of Mosul residencies, Nineveh, Iraq
In a fresh day of reported Coalition airstrikes on Mosul University, 11 people, including three university professors and their families were killed and other civilians wounded, after Dutch airstrikes, as part of the US-led Coalition, hit academic residences on March 22, 2016. Up to 15 Daesh fighters also reportedly died. Heavy Coalition activity above the…
Summary
Published
22 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Education
(
University / College
)
Civilians reported killed
7–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
12–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
CI203
Location
Mosul, cultural group area, Nineveh, Iraq
الثقافية
At least 15 civilians were claimed killed alongside 40 or more Daesh fighters, in an alleged Coalition air raid on Mosul. NRN News first flashed at around noon local time “the fall of dozens of civilians by bombings on both sides of the city. More soon.” In a later bulletin, the news agency said the…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–25
Civilians reported injured
30–103
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
CS192
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
39–43
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS192 RS0743
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
39–43
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
CI203a
Location
Qayarrah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
According to a field investigation conducted by reporters Azmah Khan and Anand Gopal for the New York Times, seven civilian were killed and one injured by a Coalition airstrike on a railway station in Qayyarah. The two journalists provided Airwars with the following: “According to our reporting, the following occurred: When ISIS left a mortar…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Code
CI202
Location
Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
Up to 41 civilians were allegedly killed and 53 injured in an airstrike on Hawijah which was said to have struck the city’s main market and hospital. The Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Agency initially reported the “Killing of four [civilians] and the wounding of 10 – most of them women and children – in an air…
Summary
Published
18 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
41
Civilians reported injured
53
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS191 RS0741
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Between 15 and 20 civilians including up to eight children and five women died in airstrikes on Ar Raqqah, according to multiple local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one source suggesting the warplanes responsible may have belonged to the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
15–20
Civilians reported injured
25–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2016
Incident Code
CI201
Location
Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
باب لكش
Local sources said at least four and as many as 13 civilians were killed and 25 injured including children and women after alliance jets struck residential apartments used by displaced people in the Alaymen district of eastern Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency reported: “residents said that international coalition aircraft bombed a residential compound belonging…
Summary
Published
15 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–18
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 March 2016
Incident Code
TS001
Location
Jakka, Aleppo, Syria
جكة
A single source, the Daesh-linked propaganda outlet Al A’amaq Media, reported an alleged ‘friendly fire’ event in the village of al Jakka: “An American plane carries out a raid by mistake on a position for the armed opposition on the outskirts of the village of Jakka in the northern Aleppo countryside, leading to deaths in…
Summary
Published
14 March 2016
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS190 RS0738
Location
Abu Qalqal, Aleppo, Syria
أبو قلقل
Two civilians were reported killed in an airstrike on the town of Abu Kalkal. Opinion was split as to whether the attack was Russian, Coalition or Syrian regime in origin. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Media, the Syrian Observatory, the Syrian Network, the Syrian Human Rights Committee, Shaam News and al Hall Media all said the attack…
Summary
Published
13 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 March 2016
Incident Code
CS189
Location
Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
According to Al A’amaq Media – linked to Daesh – “A child and his father were killed in a raid by an unmanned American plane on the outskirts of Raqqa city.” No other sources in the city reported civilian casualties. However Raqqa is Being Slaughtered did note that “An unmanned plane targets a Daesh pickup…
Summary
Published
12 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 March 2016
Incident Codes
CS188 RS0723
Location
Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
خشام
At least two civilians including a girl and a woman died in airstrikes on the town of Khusham. While the majority of the sources allege that this was a Coalition incident, other reports say Russia was responsible. According to Free Deir Ezzor, Russian raids targeting oil fields in Khusham killed two civilians displaced from Qaryatain,…
Summary
Published
10 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2016
Incident Code
CI200
Location
Asriya, Al Anbar, Iraq
العصرية
In a major mass casualty incident, 69 civilians were reported killed and 100 injured after alleged Coalition or possibly Iraq government aircraft allegedly struck the village of Asriyah. All of the victims were said to be from the Al Bojaber tribe. According to al Rafidain and other sources, fifteen of those killed were said to…
Summary
Published
9 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
69
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI198
Location
Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
According to a local source, six civilians from the same family were killed after two missiles by allegedly Coalition jets struck their home in the Shura district south of Mosul. According to Yaqen News, the local Mosul source who reported the deaths also added that “indiscriminate bombardment by Coalition aircraft operations has increased dramatically recently,…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI199
Location
Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
يت
Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2016
Incident Code
CI197
Location
Mosul, Industrial area in Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq
شركة البناء الجاهز
At least 21 civilians including 13 children reportedly died after an alleged night time Coalition strike on an abandoned factory in Mosul, which was being used by Daesh. The Coalition later said it had targeted an ‘ISIL weapons production facility’ in the city. This may also have been linked to the terror group’s chemical weapons…
Summary
Published
5 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
21–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
CS187
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Airstrikes in the Al Hosh and al Fouroussiya areas of Raqqah killed at least three civilians including a child according to reports – although it was unclear whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Coalition. Ten Daesh fighters were also said to have been killed. The Syrian Observatory reported in English that…
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
CS185
Location
`Ayn al `Arus, Raqqa, Syria
عين العروس
According to reports up to 16 civilians including 10 members of a family died in Ain al A’rouss “following Coalition raids.” One adult male civilian victim – the head of the family – was named by VDC as Faeour al Abo. According to Shaam News, Daesh targets had been struck in the town: “International coalition…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Codes
CS186 RS0691
Location
Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
محيميدة
Up to three civilians were killed in an airstrike on Mahimideh according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the US-led Coalition was responsible. Euphrates post named two fatalities including an unidentified victim. It said that Russia was responsible. However, Al Jazeera and Lebanon360 alleged this was a Coalition…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
CI196
Location
Mosul, Baghdad Street, Nineveh, Iraq
شارع بغداد
Local sources reported that up to 5 civilians died, including children, when more than 30 Daesh fighters were killed and injured in alleged Coalitions strike on the Mayer garage near Baghdad Street in eastern Mosul. According to NRN News, the night time attack targeted 40 trucks being used by Daesh to transport goods between Syria…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
CI195
Location
Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
Local sources claimed that at least 13 and as many as 46 civilians from ‘ISIS families’ – including children and women – were killed when their bus was bombed between Qayarrah and Shura south of Mosul as it was trying to cross the Iraqi-Syrian border. The bodies were reportedly transferred to the Forensic Medicine institution…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–46
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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