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19 September 2015

Incident Code

CI107

Location

Kabaisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
كبيسة
A family home was reported destroyed in an airstrike at Kubais in Anbar province. Photographs showed a number of injured children, although there were no confirmed overall casualty figures. One of the images used, however, had already been posted by a source in incident CI103. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition said it…

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19 September 2015
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Incident Date

19 September 2015

Incident Code

CS127

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة‎
Two women, sharing the same surname, al-Naji, were reported by a single source as having been killed in a Coalition strike at Raqaa. They are listed as originally from Talbissa is Homs. No other details about this even are presently known. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for November 2019 – published on January…

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19 September 2015
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Incident Date

18 September 2015

Incident Code

CI106

Location

Senjah, Salah Al Din, Iraq
الصينيه
A mass casualty incident was reported in Iraq, with at least 43 civilians killed and a further 68 injured, after aircraft were said to have bombed the Senyah region north west of Bayji. The target appeared to have been a former Iraq Army logistics base, while those killed were living nearby in tin shacks. Locals…

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Published
18 September 2015
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Incident Date

17 September 2015

Incident Code

CI105

Location

Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
A reported evening airstrike by a drone or other Coalition aircraft at Hawijah was said to have killed five civilians and injured a further seven or more people. Al Amaaq, the media wing of ISIS, reported the "Killing [of] five civilians and wounding of seven others in the bombing by a US aircraft in the…

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17 September 2015
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Incident Date

16 September 2015

Incident Code

CS126

Location

Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
جديد عقيدات
Six civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in either a Coalition or Assad regime airstrike. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Six civilians were killed including children while no less than 10 others were wounded by the aerial bombardment by the U.S led coalition warplanes in Jadid Akidat in the eastern countryside…

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16 September 2015
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Incident Date

14 September 2015

Incident Code

CI104

Location

Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرطبة
The marketplace in Ar Rutbah was hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike according to reports, killing up to five people and injuring eight more. An adult male and a young male child were pictured among the dead. Iraqi Revolution for example reported that "heavy shelling targeted Rutba focused on the market and fuel station and…

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Published
14 September 2015
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Incident Date

13 September 2015

Incident Code

CS125

Location

Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
معدان
Up to 15 Islamic State fighters, including two aged under 16, were reported killed by a Coalition airstrike 10km west of Ma’dan. The teenage boys were said to be members of the ISIL youth movement ‘Cubs of the Caliphate.’ One report said that a checkpoint was targeted. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the…

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Published
13 September 2015
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Incident Date

11 September 2015

Incident Code

CS124

Location

Al Toub, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الطوب
A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies,  reported that three non-combatant males, sharing the same surname of al Khoudar, died in an alleged Coalition strike at Al Toub. No further details were given. Syrian Martyrs also listed the dead while quoting the same source. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for…

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Published
11 September 2015
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Incident Date

10 September 2015

Incident Code

CI103

Location

Kabaisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
كبيسة
In a casualty event previously unknown to Airwars, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that two civilians were killed and four injured during a US airstrike at Kubaisah. According to the official release, “On Sept. 10, 2015, in Kubaysah, Iraq, near Hit, during a strike on an ISIL checkpoint, it is assessed that two civilians…

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10 September 2015
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Incident Date

9 September 2015

Incident Code

CS123

Location

Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
الثورة‎
Up to 20 adult civilians were reported killed and injured alongside 15 children after Coalition aircraft reportedly bombed forcibly-engaged civilians who were being forced to dig ditches by Islamic State. The children reportedly belonged to ISIL’s Cubs of Al Khilafa youth organisation. The casualties occurred in the morning at the village of Krin, west of…

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Published
9 September 2015
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Incident Date

6 September 2015

Incident Code

CS122

Location

Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور‎
A single source, Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that a non-combatant male named as Khitab al Zaher Al Hussein died in an alleged Coalition strike on Dayr ez Zawr. Mr al Hussein was reportedly from al Kharita in the province. The two sources were unclear as to whether he had died in Deir…

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Published
6 September 2015
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Incident Date

5 September 2015

Incident Code

CS121

Location

Tall Birak, or villages to the south, Al Hassakah, Syria
تل براك
Reports emerged on the evening of September 5th that a 13-year old boy named as Abboud Al Kharnoub may have died in a Coalition strike in the vicinity of Tal Brak near al Hassakah. Baladi News also reported that a number of women were injured, without giving further details. It also said that the casualties…

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5 September 2015
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Incident Date

5 September 2015

Incident Code

CI102

Location

Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنه
The Iraqi Revolution site reported that “NATO planes” [sic] carried out two overnight raids on the town of Ana, which allegedly injured women and children. According to the claims, one of the two strikes targeted a residential neighbourhood. NINA also reported civilian fatalities from a strike in the area, describing the fatalities as occurring when…

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5 September 2015
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Incident Date

3 September 2015

Incident Code

CI100

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A single source, NINA, alleged that the Coalition had killed 13 civilians during airstrikes on ISIS targets in the south of Mosul city. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, "33 civilians were martyred and wounded, including women and children, following aerial bombardment by the international Coalition which targeted residential areas in the south of Mosul,…

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3 September 2015
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Incident Date

3 September 2015

Incident Code

CI101

Location

Between Khalidiya Island, Husaybah and Albu Obaid, Al Anbar, Iraq
بين جزيرة الخالدية, حصيبة والبوعبيد
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq noted in January 2016 that two possible civilian casualty incidents had taken place in Ramadi. The Coalition has confirmed carrying out strikes in the vicinity that day. According to UNAMI, “On 3 September an airstrike hit a bridge in Jazeera al-Khaldiya, around 20 kilometres east of Ramadi, Anbar,…

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3 September 2015
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Incident Date

3 September 2015

Incident Code

CI101a

Location

Ramadi city: eastern area, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq noted in January 2016 that two possible civilian casualty incidents had taken place in the vicinity of Ramadi on September 3rd of the previous year. The Coalition has confirmed carrying out strikes in the area on that day. According to UNAMI, “[an] airstrike reportedly hit a residential area…

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Published
3 September 2015
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Incident Date

1 September 2015

Incident Code

CI099

Location

Makhul, Salah Al Din, Iraq
مكحول
Reports alleged that a Coalition strike killed 11 civilians “including elderly people,” and injured 18 more. According to an activist Facebook page, “Coalition planes bombed the market in the village of Makhul, which was full of displaced people.” Another site attributed alleged civilian fatality estimates to the police, though said the airstrike responsible was by…

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Published
1 September 2015
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Incident Date

30 August 2015

Incident Code

CI098

Location

Near Irbil, Erbil, Iraq
أربيل
Three or four possible civilians were reported killed in an airstrike in northern Iraq, carried out by two Danish F-16s which each dropped a 500lb GBU-12 bomb. The possible error was discovered after a Danish review of cockpit video: “In some parts of the footage showing four people and a vehicle, there were acts being…

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Published
30 August 2015
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Incident Date

29 August 2015

Incident Code

CS119

Location

Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
A six-months pregnant woman named as Ghafran Al Jabli was reported killed in an event at Al Bab along with her 10-year old nephew, Mohammad Al Waki. Syrian Martyrs reported that the deaths were caused by a Coalition strike on the outskirts of the city. However VDC described the cause of death as shooting, while…

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Published
29 August 2015
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Incident Date

29 August 2015

Incident Code

CS120

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة‎
A reported Coalition airstrike on a municipal stadium in Raqaa being used as a facility by Daesh may also have injured some civilian prisoners being held there. According to reports at least 8 alleged fighters died while the group’s local ’emir’ was injured. Claims were confused as to whether prisoners at the facility had escaped…

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Published
29 August 2015
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Incident Date

29 August 2015

Incident Code

CS118

Location

Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
A 45-year old non-combatant male named as Haji Al Jaabri was reported killed in a Coalition strike at Manbij. According to Manbij News, Hajji al Jaabri had been forcefully conscripted by Daesh to dig tunnels in the north of the town, which had then been bombed “by Coalition drones.” The Syrian Network later issued an…

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Published
29 August 2015
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Incident Code

CI097

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A single source, the local news agency NINA, reported that 12 civilians were killed in a Coalition raid on the Rifai and Al-Najjar areas west of Mosul, including a child and four women. Four other people were said to have been critically injured. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the even as…

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Published
27 August 2015
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Incident Date

24 August 2015

Incident Code

CI095

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A young man named as Muhannad Tariq was reported killed in a Coalition strike near the al Jandool restaurant in Mohandeseen neighbourhood. The Coalition later reported that one civilian was killed and three others were wounded in this incident. According to a comment posted on a tribute page, Muhannad died from shrapnel wounds to his…

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Published
24 August 2015
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Incident Code

CI096

Location

Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
سنجار
The monitoring site Iraq Body Count reported seven civilians killed at Sinjar. While these were described as Daesh fighters in reports, IBC classifies all those aged under 18 as children. At least one of those killed in the alleged airstrike was described as aged 15. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the…

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Published
24 August 2015
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Incident Date

21 August 2015

Incident Code

CI094

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
A single source, NINA, reported that a Coalition strike on a house at Hamam al-Alil, near Mosul “led to the martyrdom of all the family that inhabited consisted of nine members, including three children and a woman.“ As NINA noted: "Local residents told the National Iraqi News Agency that the international coalition aircraft bombed a…

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Published
21 August 2015
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Incident Date

19 August 2015

Incident Code

CI093

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل‎
Local sources claimed that a Coalition airstrike aimed at an ISIL vehicle instead hit nearby celebrations, killing 18 people including three medics. One was later named as dentist Dr. Samir Ibrahim while the UN noted that a father and child died in the reported event. According to NINA, the deaths occurred when a missile accidentally…

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Published
19 August 2015
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Incident Date

19 August 2015

Incident Code

CS116

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة‎
Reports claimed that three civilians (a woman and one or two children) and 8 Daesh fighters were killed following two raids by the Coalition in an area surrounding a sugar factory or grain mill near the city. Local activist Abu Ibrahim Al Raqawi said of the attack on the mill: “Although it is not a…

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Published
19 August 2015
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Incident Date

18 August 2015

Incident Code

CI092

Location

Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
One civilian was reported killed and five injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at the border town of al Qaim. Citing a ‘medical source in the city, al-Gharbiya eported that “a young man was killed as a result of the bombing was carried out by one of the [Coalition] warplanes on the neighborhoods of the…

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Published
18 August 2015
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Incident Date

15 August 2015

Incident Code

CS115

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة‎
A young adult male civilian was reported killed in an afternoon airstrike by the Coalition in Raqqah. He was named on a Facebook memorial page as Mut’ib Khamees Al Jarbou’. No further details were given of how he had died. In its monthly civilian casualty assessment for October 2019 – published on December 5th of…

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Published
15 August 2015
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Incident Date

14 August 2015

Incident Code

CS114

Location

Talbisah, Homs, Syria
تلبيسة
Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies named Bassam Abd Al Kareem Al Sai’id as a civilian victim of alleged Coalition bombing on Talbissa, Homs. A second source naming him also as Abu Khaled, says he was from Talbissa, Homs but killed in Raqqa as a result of coalition bombing. In its monthly civilian casualty assessment for…

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14 August 2015
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