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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Code
CI202
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
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
15 February 2016
Incident Code
CS173
Location
حماة, Hama, Idlib, Syria
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, on December 1st 2016 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on a possible incident “near Hama, Iraq”. Officials later informed Airwars that the alleged incident in fact took place near Hama, Syria. The incident was reported in the December 2016 Coalition report as: “Feb. 15, 2016,…
Summary
Published
15 February 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0583
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center named one civilian Abo Shukri as a victim – but no details were given about where he was killed, and the name is not precise. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Namer al-Shukri was killed in alleged Russian raids. However it said he was “the military commander of Aleppo…
Summary
Published
9 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0589
Location
النعيمة, Naemah, Daraa, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center named one civilian man, Morad Hasan al Aboud, as killed in an alleged Russian raid on Naemah. However, it linked to a video in which the voiceover says the victim is a ‘hero from the Free Army.’ Daraa Martyrs also published a video in which the voiceover says that “the martyr…
Summary
Published
9 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0394
Location
ماير, Mayer, Aleppo, Syria
One to two civilians were allegedly killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mayer, according to local sources. In a news roundup, Shaam News said two non-combatants died in a raid by Russian warplanes, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “a person was killed when warplanes believed to be Russian bombed areas in…
Summary
Published
15 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 January 2016
Incident Code
CI176
Location
القائم, Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq
On October 27th 2017 the Coalition published an assessment of a civilian casualty event dated January 12th 2016, naming Airwars as the source of reporting. The Coalition’s report stated: “1. Jan. 12, 2016, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via Airwars report. After a review of available information, it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted…
Summary
Published
12 January 2016
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0303
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
One adult male, Mahmoud Sonae also known as Abo Mehyo of Ariha, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Mr Sonae was caught in a major airstrike on Idlib on December 20th, and appears to have died of his injuries three days later.
Summary
Published
23 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0297
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians are listed as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib on December 22nd, according to the Violations Documentation Center. However both victims are also listed as having died in a strike on Idlib on December 20th. There are no additional reports of airstrikes on Idlib for December 22nd.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0298
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
One adult male civilian, Mudar Abdulhameed Ezz, was listed killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Taftanaz, according to the Violations Documentation Center. In fact Mr Ezz lived in Taftanez but died in a December 20th airstrike on Idlib, with his body recovered from the ruins of the courthouse two days later.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0269
Location
سقبا, Sakba, Damascus, Syria
Between four and five non-combatants were killed in airstrikes on Sakba, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that two civilians died in two alleged Russian strikes on the town. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported unspecified losses also due to alleged Russian attacks. However, footage of the attack from two separate…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
CI146
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A high-ranking officer with the Iraq Army was the reported source for a highly contested claim – most likely Daesh propaganda – that French aircraft had bombed a school in Mosul, allegedly killing 28 pupils. According to German news agency DPA, Brigadier-General Thanon Sabawi from the Second Division of the Iraqi Army claimed that “French…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
28
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 November 2015
Incident Code
CI141
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
A family of six was reportedly killed after an alleged Coalition airstrike was said to have destroyed a car in the centre of Ramadi. The source of the claim appeared to be the Russian Sputnik news service, which said those killed “are from poor families, unable to flee and under the control of Daesh in…
Summary
Published
16 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0113
Location
سكيك, Sakik, Idlib, Syria
An initial report by the Violations Documentation Center named one adult male as a civilian medical worker who killed in an alleged Russian airstrike but did not specify the location. However, a later listing by the VDC identified him both as a paramedic and as a non-civilian, killed “during clashes with the regime’s army forces“.…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI132
Location
سنجار, Sinjar, Um Al Theban, Nineveh, Iraq
Eleven civilians were reportedly killed at Um Al Theban while crossing between Syria and Iraq, in what was claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. The incident is presently poorly reported. In its July 2017 report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of having conducted no strikes in the vicinity: “Nov. 2,…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
CS142
Location
مسطاحة, Mestaha, Aleppo, Syria
Three teenage civilian males were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike. They are listed as being from Mestaha in Aleppo but it is not clear whether they were killed there. This incident is currently single source.
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0090
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
At least 70 people died and as many as 550 were injured in what was initially reported as a Russian airstrike on the marketplace in Douma. However subsequent reports indicated the specific attack was most likely the work of Assad regime aircraft. Part of the confusion lay in the fact that Russian Air Force aircraft…
Summary
Published
29 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
70
Civilians reported injured
550
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 October 2015
Incident Code
CI130
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Three civilian homes were hit in an alleged night time Coalition airstrike – killing an unspecified number of civilians, according to local reports. The event took place near So’dud School and al Tawfiq mosque in Jugheifi neighbourhood. Al Fallujah News posted a picture of a burning building, though said the damage was instead due to…
Summary
Published
26 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0072
Location
تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
Eighteen civilians were killed in heavy airstrikes on Talbiseh, all from the Aloush and Swais families. Nine children were among the dead following at least three air raids. Graphic footage shows bombs being dropped in the centre of the town, followed by desperate rescue operations. Opinion was divided on whether the attacks were by Russian…
Summary
Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
18
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0061
Location
الرستن, Ar Rastan, Homs, Syria
A number of civilians were reported injured, after a midnight Russian air raid on the headquarters of a local rebel faction based in Ar Rastan. Two fighters were confirmed killed. one of whom was originally reported to have been a non-combatant. According to Sin News, the air raid “resulted in the collapse of the entire…
Summary
Published
20 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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
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
14 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0040
Location
تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, Syria
Two non-combatant males were killed in an alleged Russian strike on Tahtaya and were later named by the Violations and Documentation Centre. Syrian regime aircraft also reportedly bombed the town the day before, killing a woman and her daughter. However according to Qasioun – which posted a video of the attack – the event was…
Summary
Published
14 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2015
Incident Code
CS129
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An adult male named as Muhammad Khalifa al Hasan – a civil engineer from Bokros in Deir Ezzor – was allegedly killed in a Coalition strike according to some sources. Others said he had died in a regime attack. A Facebook page covering the locality of Deir Ezzor, where the victim is from, noted that…
Summary
Published
21 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 September 2015
Incident Code
CI107
Location
كبيسة, Kabaisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
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…
Summary
Published
19 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 September 2015
Incident Code
CI106
Location
الصينيه, Senjah, Salah Al Din, Iraq
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…
Summary
Published
18 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
43–58
Civilians reported injured
68–70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 August 2015
Incident Code
CI091
Location
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Coalition aircraft were alleged to have struck civilians some 15 km from Ar Rutbah, at the Haj Saleh Mraid Kubaisi glassworks factory. According to a number of sources, some families had fled the town for fear of airstrikes, only for members to be killed in an alleged Coalition attack on a civilian vehicle. It was…
Summary
Published
8 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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