Incident date
January 18, 2017
LOCATION
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, SyriaA single source, Halab News, reported eight of the nine civilians in “Russian enemy raids” in Tadef, Syria. It also named the victims. According to Al Jazeera, “The Russian and Turkish air forces, for the first time, carried out a joint operation against militants of the Islamic State Organization in Bab in countryside of, Aleppo,
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Incident date
February 18, 2017
LOCATION
أم الكراميل , Umm al Karamil village, Aleppo, SyriaLocal media reported that one civilian died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Umm al Karamil village. According to Sdusyria, “one civilian was killed and others were wounded by a Russian air strike on the village of Um al-Karamil in southern Aleppo.” While most sources pointed to Russia, Aljazeera reported that regime actions had
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, SyriaUp to thirteen civilians reportedly died in airstrikes at Tadef near al Bab, as heavy clashes continued with ISIL for control of the strategic city. Step News, Al Bab News, Syria News Desk and the Syrian Observatory blamed Turkey for the attack, while LCCSY said Russia was responsible. The Syrian Network instead said that “8
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرشيدية, Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, IraqSummary
Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرشيدية, Mosul, Al-Rashidiyah, Nineveh, IraqA local source said that many civilians were killed or injured by Coalition airstrikes on Rashidiyah neighborhood in the north east of Mosul. Iraqi Turkmen Front Mosul reported that their bodies were still under the rubble. It made appeal to the international Coalition “not to target civilians through inaccurate air raids or indiscriminate shelling of
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
الصديق الثانيه, Mosul, 7 Nisan (April) or Baysan, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that six civilians were killed and eight injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Baysan neighborhood, in the northeast of Mosul. Relatives of the dead later said that eight had in fact died, all from the family of Qasan Abdul Kadir and including four children. According to Yaqein and News of Iraq, the
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that more than 30 civilians were killed or injured by an air or drone strike on a funeral in al Shifa, and in other neighborhoods west of Mosul. Iraqyoon quoted witnesses saying that “aircraft had bombed a funeral for the Sangaree family in Shifa neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul”. People
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Incident date
January 17, 2016
LOCATION
كفر حلب , Kafr Halab, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians from the same family (a man, woman and their child) died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Halab, according to local media. The White Helmets reported that “three people including a child and a woman martyred and others injured in an air raid using two vacuum missiles on
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
البوكمال , Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA single source, the Violations Documentation Center reported on adult-male civilian killed by Russian forces in Abu Kamal. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
بحي العمال, al Oummal neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to 17 civilians including six children died in an airstrike on the al Oummal neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Deir Ezzor 24 was among a number of sources blaming the regime, reporting that “five civilians
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Incident date
January 17, 2017
LOCATION
near Idlib, Idlib, SyriaIn an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted “Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike.” The report also
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Incident date
January 16, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Raqqa. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS compound, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian who was not observed near the target during the
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Incident date
January 16, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that many civilians were killed or injured in Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces, in neigbourhoods at the left side of Mosul. The Iraqi Spring Media Center had tracked the bombings “from dawn until now” and said the raids targeted residential neighbourhoods. It said that hundreds of civilians were fleeing.
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Incident date
January 16, 2017
LOCATION
درنة, port, Darnah, LibyaAn aircraft reportedly struck a boat allegedly belonging to the local militia Saraya Al-Dajjal off the coast of Derna. The status of any civilian crew on board is currently unknown.
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Incident date
January 16, 2017
LOCATION
عنيق باجرة , Aneek Bajra village, Hama, SyriaFive or six civilians – a woman and her children – died in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on Aneek Bajra village in eastern Hama, according to sources on the ground, The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among sources blaming the regime, reporting: “Six civilians (a woman and her five children) died when
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Incident date
January 16, 2017
LOCATION
تلبيسة , Talbisah, Homs, SyriaSeven named civilians were killed and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and/or artillery strikes on Talbisah, according to sources on the ground. Sources were conflicted as to which party caused the civilian harm. There was also some confused reporting. For example, LCCSY initially blamed Russia but then
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January 15, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that 30 civilians were killed and dozens injured in Coalition and governmental airstrikes, as well as artillery and missile shelling, on New Mosul and other neighbourhoods at the right side of Mosul. A source told Yaqein that “at least three rockets landed in the New Mosul area on the right coast of
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Incident date
January 15, 2017
LOCATION
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, SyriaEight civilians including women, a child and a member of the civil defense died in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling of Al Bab, according to local sources. Al Bab 24 reported that “Hassan Ghazi al Haj, a member of the civil defense in Al Bab died from wounds sustained in Turkish raids on the city.”
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Incident date
January 15, 2017
LOCATION
اللابد موحسن, Al-Labed, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween four and 24 people were killed in an airstrike on Al-Labed, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to the Syrian regime, and others pointing to Russian warplanes. Most sources reported that seven civilians were killed, however some later reports vaguely suggested that as many as
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Incident date
January 15, 2017
LOCATION
الحميدية, Al Hamidiya neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAs many as five civilians were killed – including a family of three – and others were injured in alleged shelling on Alhamediya. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed the Syrian regime, while others blamed Russia. Multiple sources even attributed blame to both belligerents. It must be noted that multiple sources
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Incident date
January 15, 2017
LOCATION
دكيلة, Dakila, Hama, SyriaA woman and a girl were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Dakila. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid. There are no reports of wounded civilians. There are no other details at this time.
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January 14, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, al-Jadid, Nineveh, IraqA UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the afternoon of 14 January, airstrikes reportedly targeted the house of an ISIL local leader in the Mosul al Jadida neighbourhood of western Mosul. The attack resulted in the collapse of the targeted house
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo civilians died and up to eight others were reported injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a conserves factory and surrounding homes in Al Mayadeen, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory reported: “Four European warplanes of the international coalition targeted a conserves factory which was already destroyed and deserted in al-Mayadeen city east
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria, Nineveh, IraqMedical sources in Erbil confirmed that the child Marwa Duraid Younis Khalil was severely injured and her mother (Eman Jamal Kamber Ali) was killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Jaza’ir neighborhood, east of Mosul. News of Iraq posted two videos of the girl (who was found alone in the hospital after her
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that ‘hundreds of civilians’ were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes and shelling with artillery and missiles, which targeted the ‘Police and other neighborhoods’ in the East and North of Mosul. News of Iraq said 17 civilians were killed in two separate incidents in the Dhubat (Police) district of Mosul. It
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
العربي, Mosul, Arabi, Nineveh, IraqAn Iraqi military source said that Coalition airstrikes bombed three civilian houses, killing 12 civilians and injuring 18 others in Al Arabi neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Alghad.tv cited a statement published by Turkish state news agency Anatolia, speaking of “about five airstrikes on three houses in the Arabi neighborhood” carried out by the international Coalition.
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
الدركزلية, Mosul, Al-Darkazliyah, Nineveh, IraqA relative of a victim said that his nephew Fuad Ahmed Saeed was killed in Coalition raids on his house in Darkazliya neigbourhood, at the centre left side of Mosul. The relative confirmed to Airwars that he was killed on 14th January, in the Al Darkazliya district. Mosul Jantna (Facebook) also reported that “the father
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Rashadiya, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition reported on March 4th that: “Jan. 14, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a counter-fire strike on an ISIS mortar team it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the target area after weapon was fired.” Officials later informed Airwars that
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
LOCATION
معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misrin, Idlib, SyriaBetween seven and 11 civilians including two children and a woman were killed, and as many as 25 more were wounded, in an airstrike which targeted a market in Ma’arat Misrin early morning on Saturday 14th January, according to sources on the ground. Two children and a woman were also included in the death toll according