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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI167
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, General hospital, Al Anbar, Iraq
Fallujah’s General Hospital was cited as reporting that seven people were killed – including five children and one woman – following an alleged Coalition airstrike. Three women and a child were also said to have been injured. However, the Iraqi Spring Media Center did not attribute the incident to any party. And artillery sheling of…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
CS158a
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians near Manbij, Syria. Their June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike." The Coalition provided Airwars with the location…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
CS158
Location
تشرين, Tishreen, Aleppo, Syria
In a previously unknown casualty event, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that one civilian was killed during a US airstrike at Tishreen near Manbij. According to the official release, “On Dec. 24, 2015, in Tishreen, Syria, near Manbij, during a strike on two ISIL fighters in a vehicle, it is assessed that one civilian…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
CI165
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
During a fierce air and ground assault on the Daesh-occupied city of Ramadi, local sources said that airstrikes had targeted the Jazeerat Al-Khalidiya area northeast of Ramadi, resulting in eight civilian deaths and 12 injuries, most of them women and children.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI161
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th (Medical centre), Nineveh, Iraq
Reuters reported that “About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that destroyed houses believed to be used by Islamic State militants, six eyewitnesses and a medical source said.” According to the international news agency, “The two strikes happened within…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–20
Civilians reported injured
17–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI162
Location
حي الوحدة, Mosul, Wahida, Nineveh, Iraq
In the second of three claimed incidents in Mosul on this date, it was reported that 17 civilians – including four women and five children – were killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the Wehda and Methak neighbourhoods east of Mosul. However, there was some doubt regarding the incident, with NRN News reportedly denying…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI163
Location
Keseir, Iraq
Six civilians were reportedly killed and three injured – all children and women – after Coalition jets allegedly bombed their house in Keseir village east of Mosul.
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI164
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
A Coalition strike, possibly by drone, killed five civilians after a missile was said to have hit a restaurant in 17 Street in Ramadi. On June 7th, 2017 the Coalition admitted responsibility for the incident, reporting: “Dec. 21, 2015, near Ramadi, Iraq, via Airwars report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
CI160
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Amid heavy airstrikes on the city of Fallujah, at least four children were among up to eight people reported killed when a home was struck in an alleged Coalition attack. According to Al Fallujah News, those killed were a father, mother and their six children. News Fallujah Now, citing “medical sources at Fallujah General Hospital”…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
CI159
Location
شارع السكلات, Hit, Alscalt Street, Al Anbar, Iraq
It was reported by several sources that the Coalition struck Hit city, resulting in the injury of eight civilians including three children and two women. According to the local site Hit News, an airstrike struck a militant vehicle carrying weapons, ammunition and food, injuring civilians in the immediate vicinity. The Coalition has confirmed targeting an…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
CS157
Location
عيساوي, `Isawi, Raqqa, Syria
One person named as Ahmad Al A’bd was reported killed and his cousin Wa’el Al A’bd injured after unexploded ordnance detonated – allegedly the result of a Coalition airstrike on the village in June. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI157
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Three professors from the University of Mosul were among four civilians and a Daesh official reported killed in an alleged Coaliton airstrike. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, Salah Mohammed Afri, responsible for student affairs, “was killed along with two [or three] professors appointed by Daesh to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI158
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
There were single-source claims that 19 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on Mosul. Citing local residents, the National Iraqi News Agency claimed that “international coalition aircraft bombed residential compounds in the Hadbah area east of Mosul, killing 19 civilians including six women and four children, and wounding six others.” However Airwars’ own sources in…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
CI156
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
A family of five including three children was killed in a US airstrike on the Albothiab Island area of Ramadi. The deceased, the Kazem family, were later named by Al Fallujah News. CENTCOM confirmed the casualty event on April 22nd 2016, noting: “On Dec. 12, 2015, in Ramadi, Iraq, during a strike on ISIL personnel…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
CS156
Location
كبش, Kabsh, Raqqa, Syria
At least six civilians were killed and four injured in what was reported as a Coalition drone strike at Kabsh in northern Al Raqqah. The attack targeted what was described as “a small convoy of vehicles transporting passengers”. A minibus carrying the civilians was said to have been destroyed. The Syrian Press Centre was the…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0267
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Twelve civilians – most of which were women and children – were killed and several injured in an airstrike on Al Soussa – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. One source also blames the Coalition. The Shaam News Network initially reported that 10 non-combatants…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 December 2015
Incident Code
CI155
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Road between Ramadi and Rutba, Al Anbar, Iraq
Eight civilians – including a senior veterinarian and his wife – were reported killed when three vehicles were hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike, as they travelled on the road between Ramadi and Rutba. Dr. Ahmed Hamid Al-Jumaily (pictured) – the director of a major veterinary hospital in Anbar – was killed along with his…
Summary
Published
10 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 December 2015
Incident Code
CS155
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a casualty event previously unknown to Airwars, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that one civilian was killed during a US airstrike against a high value target in Raqqah. According to the official release, “On Dec. 10, 2015, near Ar Raqqah, Syria, during strikes against Siful Sujan, an ISIL external operations planner, it was…
Summary
Published
10 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 December 2015
Incident Code
CI153
Location
الشركة, Ramadi, Sharika, Al Anbar, Iraq
Four civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged Coalition or Iraqi strike on the centre of Ramadi. According to FaceIraq, the source of the claim appeared to be Sputnik News, which itself reproted that “According to Iraqi security sources, who asked not to be named, a Coalition strike on the ‘Company’ area…
Summary
Published
9 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 December 2015
Incident Code
CI154
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
One child was reported killed and three civilians injured in an alleged Coalition strike at Mosul. Mosul Nawen and Iraqi Spring claimed the attack was carried out by a drone, on the east side the city (‘left bank’). In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition said it had classed the event as non credible…
Summary
Published
9 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
CS154
Location
الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria
As many as 47 civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged US Apache helicopter and fast jet attack on the village of al Khan near al Hawl. Locals were involved in an altercation with Islamic State militants according to McClatchy, with Coalition aircraft attacking a convoy of reinforcements as they entered the…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
40–47
Civilians reported injured
17–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
CI151
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
There were claims that eleven civilians were killed including two children – with three doctors injured – after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed two health centers in Aski Mosul and Baduish villages in Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in these strikes…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
CI152
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike on the Thubat district of Fallujah reportedly killed a young girl named as Ayesha Wadhah, and also wounded two other children named as Tabarek Wadhah (who lost a hand) and her brother Osama Wadhah. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 December 2015
Incident Code
CS153
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On Sunday, December 6, 2015, a woman and her two children were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Deir Ezzor city, in northeastern Syria. Reuters cited the Syrian Observatory as reporting that “In Deir al-Zor city, another air strike overnight killed a woman and two of her children.” In comments relating to the…
Summary
Published
6 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 December 2015
Incident Code
CI150
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Warrar, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed that at least five civilians – mostly children and women from two displaced families – were killed and six to 12 wounded after an aerial bombing of their home in the Warrar area of Ramadi. Al Samaria quoted what it said was an anonymous source in the Daesh-occupied city: “Two missiles from…
Summary
Published
5 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 December 2015
Incident Code
CI037
Location
حميدات, Humaidat, Nineveh, Iraq
Two children were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the town of Hemidiat to the west of Mosul. According to Shafaqna and others, the strike hit the commercial district of the town: "The death of two children has beeen reported from an aerial bombardment by international Coalition aircraft west of Mosul. Early detection of…
Summary
Published
3 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2015
Incident Code
CI149
Location
راوة, Rawa, Al Anbar, Iraq
At least one civilian was alleged killed in a claimed Coalition airstrike at Rawa. According to Heet News a market and civilian homes were among the structures hit. Most media placed the death toll at one, though some reports claimed fatalities were as high as seven. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led…
Summary
Published
2 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 December 2015
Incident Code
CI148
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple civilian casualties were claimed in Qayyarah after the Coalition was accused of bombing civilian houses in the town. Face Iraq reported that seven children and an elderly woman died in the event, which it said destroyed six houses in the vicinity of the Khader mosque (which some sources said had also been destroyed). Three…
Summary
Published
1 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–8
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
CI147
Location
جامع خالد بن الوليد, Fallujah, near Khalid Bin Al Waleed mosque, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources in Fallujah alleged that Coalition aircraft bombed a house with three families inside near Khalid Bin Al Waleed mosque, killing at least 12 and wounding six more – mostly children and women. The reported 11.30pm airstrike caused multiple casualties, with many victims buried under a collapsed building. The Baghdad Centre for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–17
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS152 RS0194
Location
الخفسة, Khafsa, Aleppo, Syria
Seven civilians were killed and several injured in an alleged Russian, Assad regime or Coalition airstrikes on Al Khafasa. According to Shaam News Network, significant damage was caused to a water purification plant in the village, after seven raids. It said the plant provided water to most of the Aleppo neighbourhoods. It was additionally claimed…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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