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Incident Date

19 October 2015

Incident Code

CI129

Location

تل كيف‎, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq reported that seven people died when a minbus was struck in an airstrike near Mosul. According to UNAMI, “At 10h30 a.m. on 20 October, seven civilians were killed – including three women and two children – and one was seriously wounded when the minibus in which they were…

Summary

Published
19 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CI124

Location

عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq
One woman was reported killed and up to ten other civlians injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Anah, a town close to Hit. According to Iraqi Revolution, houses and shops were damaged in the event. A video obtained by A3Maq showed burning buildings in the appparent aftermath of a night-time attack. In their January…

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CI125

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Six civilians were reported killed and 27 injured in an alleged Coalition strike at al Qaim in Anbar province.  

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
27
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CI126

Location

الكسك, Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq
A civilian taxi was reportedly destroyed in a Coalition airstrike at Kisik Junction north west of Mosul, killing up to eight civilians including two children and a woman. A girl reportedly survived the attack. The event, described as an evening airstrike, led to the deaths of a number of named victims. The Coalition has confirmed striking…

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CI127

Location

القوسيات, Alqosjat, Nineveh, Iraq
In what may be a separate incident or confused reporting (see also the Kisik Junction report for this date) there were reports of a family of eight or nine killed at Alqosjat – an event said to have killed a woman and two children. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed…

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CI128

Location

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
A single source reported that members of a family were killed or injured, after Coalition aircraft reportedly struck three civilian cars near the city of Hawijah. The victims were said to be travelling to Hawijah to pick up their state pensions. According to NRN, “the international coalition may have believed that those cars were linked…

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CS139

Location

السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
An adult male was killed in a reported Coalition strike at Sukhna. While he was described as a civilian by one source, all others reported that he was in fact a combatant. The VDC has named Sabri Abd al Wahab al Ozbaki as a civilian victim of what it says was “coalition air force’s shelling.”…

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 October 2015

Incident Code

CS138

Location

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Four named civilians were reported killed in an airstrike at Manbij, although opinions were split as to whether the victims had been killed by the Assad regime or by the Coalition. As Ara News noted, “the identity of the planes remains unknown, because of the number of different actors that are bombing the Aleppo countryside…

Summary

Published
17 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 October 2015

Incident Code

CI123

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to local sources, ten civilians were killed and 23 wounded after Coalition aircraft struck Hit city, in the west of Anbar province. According to Iraqi Revolution a number of civilian homes at Shap Corniche were destroyed in the attack which had targeted Daesh elements, with children reportedly among the victims. One photograph showed a…

Summary

Published
16 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
4–33
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 October 2015

Incident Code

CS137

Location

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
In a Coalition targeted strike, three men were killed when a car was destroyed at Al Atarib on the road between Sarmada and Bab Al-Hawa. The Coalition originally reported destroying a car at Aleppo on October 15th-16th 2015. This was later amended to a US unilateral action, a targeted killing which the Pentagon said had…

Summary

Published
15 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 October 2015

Incident Code

CI122

Location

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unknown casualty event, the US confirmed on January 29th 2016 that its aircraft had injured at least two civilians in a targeted strike on an ISIL religious judge three months earlier. According to CENTCOM, “On Oct. 15, 2015, near Tal Afar, Iraq, during strikes against ISIL Sharia Judge Mullah Maysar, it was…

Summary

Published
15 October 2015
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 October 2015

Incident Code

CS136

Location

حربل, Harbel, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians, sharing the same surname, were reported killed, either by Coalition airstrikes or a car bomb either in Harbel or in Deir Hafer in Aleppo governorate. According to a Sultan Al-Musalmeh, two “young men” were killed by a car bomb when they were trying to “emigrate from Syria”. All sources identified the individuals as…

Summary

Published
10 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 October 2015

Incident Code

CI121

Location

كبيسة, Kabaisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
A single source alleged that a Coalition strike at Kabisa City near Hit in Anbar had killed four civilians. A Coalition report issued in December 2016 noted: “After a thorough review of the facts and circumstances of each alleged civilian casualty report, CJTF-OIR assessed that the following 12 reports received in October are non-credible. Non-credible…

Summary

Published
9 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2015

Incident Code

CS135

Location

جبل عبدالعزيز, Abdulaziz Mt, Al Hassakah, Syria
A single source listed an adult male non-combatant as a victim of Coalition action. According to VDC, Ahmad Nayef Al Hamad was from Baseera in Dayr ez Zawr, and was killed in an alleged Coalition strike on Abdulaziz mountain in Al Hassaka. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that…

Summary

Published
8 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2015

Incident Code

CI120

Location

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources reported that either government shelling or a warplane from the international Coalition struck civilians betwen noon and 1pm as they were using the Albu Shajal crossing point north of Fallujah, allegedly killing up to 14 non-combatants and injuring 12 more. According to Al Fallujah News there were two strikes at the crossing point,…

Summary

Published
8 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
11–14
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 October 2015

Incident Code

CI119

Location

Shura, Nineveh, Iraq
There were reports that a dozen people were killed – including five women – following alleged Coalition attacks which struck civilian homes at Shura, 40 km south of Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they had killed civilians in this strike as "non-credible", stating that no Coalition…

Summary

Published
7 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 October 2015

Incident Codes

CS133 RS0020

Location

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Two children and a 46-year-old male were reportedly killed during four alleged Russian strikes in the evening in Anadan in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria. Another man was also named as a victim by VDC. Eyewitnesses described at least one secondary strike. A local medic told Qassioun: “Between the afternoon and evening, Russian planes…

Summary

Published
6 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 October 2015

Incident Codes

CS134 RS0021

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
According to the Syrian Observatory, “preliminary information reported the death of civilians – including women and children – in the bombing by Russian warplanes on areas at the eastern outskirts of Palmyra city which is controlled by the ‘Islamic State’.” According to most sources, between 12 and 14 members of two Bedouin families died, including…

Summary

Published
6 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 October 2015

Incident Code

CI118

Location

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Eight civilians were killed from one family after US aircraft bombed their home in Atshana Village, in eastern Hawijah district. In a January 2016 report the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq appeared to confirm the report, noting: “On 5 October, an airstrike mistakenly targeted a civilian house in Atshana village, east of Hawija and…

Summary

Published
5 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 October 2015

Incident Code

CS132

Location

الحويج, Al Huwaij , Al Hassakah, Syria
The Syrian News Network reported Coalition strikes on the village of Huwaij to the west of Al Hassakah. Step News also reported that "Coalition aircraft targets ISIS-run center in the village of Al-Huwaij and for information on the size of the losses yet." https://twitter.com/Step_Agency/status/650746647585128448 It was claimed in an associated SNN website comment by Suleyman…

Summary

Published
4 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

2 October 2015

Incident Code

CI117

Location

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Local sources said that two civilians were killed and seven wounded after international aircraft struck civilians in Rubeidh Al-Asriya village, in Hawijah district. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions…

Summary

Published
2 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 September 2015

Incident Code

CI116

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
At least 20 civilians were reported killed and up to 31 injured after Coalition (or possibly Iraqi) aircraft allegedly hit the Sunni Wafq state religious affairs building adjacent to one of the largest mosques in Mosul. Aircraft reportedly targeted a meeting of senior Islamic State figures at the Waqf site, which has been taken over…

Summary

Published
29 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–29
Civilians reported injured
16–34
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 September 2015

Incident Code

CS131

Location

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
One or more non-combatant males were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Ma’adan by a number of sources. All were agreed that one unnamed man was killed and seven people injured. The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and Raqaa is Being Slaughtered listed, Munzer Ali Al A’asskar, as having been killed in…

Summary

Published
28 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 September 2015

Incident Code

CI113

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Four members of the al-Jumaili family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Hit, according to reports. Mr al-Jumaili was described as a refrigerator repairman, whose home in the city’s April 7th neighbourhood was hit. The dead have been named by one of the sources. In their August 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led…

Summary

Published
27 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 September 2015

Incident Code

CI114

Location

داقوق, Duquq, Kirkuk, Iraq
A strike by what at the time was an unknown aircraft killed eight civilians in Yurgon (or Alarkon) village near Duquq, according to local reports. The US led Coalition admitted responsibility for seven deaths in March 2020. Waradana at the time cited one anonymous source: “The bombing led to the destruction of a number houses……

Summary

Published
27 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 September 2015

Incident Code

CS130

Location

السلخة, Jala'a (Al-Salakha), Deir Ezzor, Syria
France’s first air strike in Syria was alleged to have killed at least 30 child soldiers of Islamic State, according to reports. The attack – which France later declared was a five-hour raid by multiple aircraft on a ‘Daesh training camp’ – targeted among other sites a palm grove at Al Shalkha, near the town…

Summary

Published
27 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 September 2015

Incident Code

CI115

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and medical sources said that 13 civilians were killed and up to six more injured after Coaliton planes struck their homes in the centre of Mosul, while three more civilians died after a shop was reportedly struck by the Coalition in the west of the city. This report references the event in central Mosul.…

Summary

Published
27 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
13–16
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 September 2015

Incident Code

CI115a

Location

الموصل‎, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and medical sources said that 13 civilians were killed and up to six more injured after Coalition planes struck their homes in the centre of Mosul, while three more civilians died after a shop was reportedly struck by the Coalition in the west of the city. This report relates to the west Mosul allegation.…

Summary

Published
27 September 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

25 September 2015

Incident Code

CI112

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
A single source claimed that two civilians died after “the alliance air force shelled civilian homes in Ramadi.” No other details were given. On July 7th, 2017 the Coalition admitted responsibility for the incident, reporting: “Sep. 25, 2015, near Ramadi, Iraq, via Airwars report: During strikes on an ISIS fighting positions, it was assessed that…

Summary

Published
25 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 September 2015

Incident Code

CI111

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unknown incident, the US confirmed in January 2016 that its aircraft had killed two civilians in a strike at Sinjar four months earlier. According to CENTCOM, “On Sept. 24, 2015, near Sinjar, Iraq, during strikes against an ISIL vehicle, it was assessed two civilians were killed. An assessed enemy combatant on a…

Summary

Published
24 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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