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Incident Date

1 August 2015

Incident Code

CS109

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A 13-year old boy described as a child soldier with ISIL’s Cubs of the Caliphate – later named as Mohammad al A’afr Al Harmoush – was reported killed in a Coalition strike at Al Mayadeen. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the even as non credible on grounds of having conducted no…

Summary

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

31 July 2015

Incident Code

CI089

Location

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
In a major incident, up to 46 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike (according to the Iraqi Revolution site) on the town of Ar Rutbah. The UN Mission to Iraq expressed “serious concern” about the event. The attack, which occurred shortly after dawn, reportedly killed a significant number of children, with graphic photographs widely…

Summary

Published
31 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
27–46
Civilians reported injured
70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 July 2015

Incident Code

CS096

Location

تدمر‎, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
A badly wounded Syrian refugee told Buzzfeed that he believed his injuries had been caused by a Coalition airstrike at Palmyra, although no strikes at that location had been reported at the time (the first publicly reported Coalition strikes on Palmyra were on September 9th 2015.) Mohamed Raja, aged 23, lost his right arm and…

Summary

Published
9 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 July 2015

Incident Code

CS093

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed that two civilians were killed and others wounded, “some of them injured badly.” In a possible linked event, Al Hurra reported that the coalition targeted and killed Daesh leader Abu Abdallah Al Ozbeki [‘the Uzbek’], outside a hotel in the centre of Raqaa. Citing SOHR’s…

Summary

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

Incident Code

CI062

Location

القيارة, near Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

Summary

Published
20 April 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 April 2015

Incident Code

CS063

Location

متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, Syria
A shepherd was reported by the Syrian Network as having been killed in a Coalition airstrike near Mitras. Five other people were injured by shrapnel. The victim's son later described retrieving his father’s body: “The rocket caused a great hole in the ground, almost two metres deep. I buried my father’s body in the town.“…

Summary

Published
19 April 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 March 2015

Incident Code

CI052

Location

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
In an event previously unknown to Airwars, an internal CENTCOM review of a Coalition strike on an ‘ISIL weapons assembly area’ at Hawijah identified a possible issue. According to the report, “ISR imagery showed that an unintentional potential ClVCAS may have occurred. Unidentified and unexpected personnel were seen IVO [in the vicinity of] the detonations.…

Summary

Published
19 March 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 February 2015

Incident Code

CI043

Location

الكرمة, Garma, near Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Seven civilians from one family – including young children – were killed and 8 injured when a house was allegedly struck by a coalition aircraft. However other sources attributed the attack to an artillery assault by the Iraq Army. The dead were later named by the Iraqi Spring Centre. Seven additional people were named as…

Summary

Published
24 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–20
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 February 2015

Incident Code

CS057

Location

تل حميس, Tall Hamis, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to Syria’s Violations Documentation Center, a Coalition airstrike at Tal Hamis – scene of a major battle between Kurdish forces and Islamic State at the time – resulted in the death of a male teenager. In July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of lack of available evidence of…

Summary

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

18 February 2015

Incident Code

CI041

Location

حديثة, Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources in Haditha reported that up to 15 civilians were killed and an unknown number were injured after an alleged coalition airstrike hit Albu Haiyat mosque at midday prayers. Al Iraq News stated that among those killed were captured “members of the Iraqi security forces who are were being guarded at the mosque.” However…

Summary

Published
18 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 February 2015

Incident Code

CS051

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An internal CENTCOM review cited claims from a redacted Twitter user that “Coalition aircraft killed an entire family in an airstrike on Ar Raqqah ‘in response to the killing of Jordanian pilot Mu’adh al-Kasasibah.’ The allegation was accompanied by an attached photo showing the alleged victims wrapped in white cloth.“ An internal review found that…

Summary

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

3 February 2015

Incident Code

CI036

Location

الموصل‎, Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq
An internal post-strike review for CENTCOM of full-motion video revealed a “possible child entering a targeted bunker and then disappearing out of the field of view (FOV) approximately 19 minutes before Strike.” The dynamic strike, conducted by a French Mirage 2000 using a Bu-49 bomb, killed an estimated five enemy fighters. Claims that a child…

Summary

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

25 January 2015

Incident Code

CS047

Location

ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Martyrs website identified a single non-combatant victim of a reported Coalition strike in Aleppo.  He was also named by the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Research which said he was originally from Idlib, though didn't specify if he was a civilian or a militant. However, all other sources described al Jolani as a…

Summary

Published
25 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI033

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The previously-secret CENTCOM file also noted reports by redacted “prominent anti-ISIL Twitter users” that “civilians are being killed in the bombardment.” With so few details to go on, CENTCOM concluded that there was “insufficient evidence to determine date and time of any specific allegation.”

Summary

Published
24 January 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 January 2015

Incident Code

CS046

Location

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
An internal CENTCOM review cited reports from the ‘pro-opposition’ Step News Agency that three civilians had died when Coalition missiles struck homes in al-Shaddadi. According to the news site, “two civilian houses were targeted leading to the martyrdom of three from one family and several wounded including women and children.” The Coalition concluded that its…

Summary

Published
19 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CS042

Location

near al-Bo Omar, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In the January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near al-Bo Omar had been assessed as non credible: “#1 Jan. 12, 2015, near al-Bo Omar, Syria via regional human rights group report. After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in…

Summary

Published
12 January 2015
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 January 2015

Incident Code

CS040

Location

معرحطاط, Ma`arr Hitat, Idlib, Syria
The Syrian Martyrs website, lists one civilian male as a victim of a coalition strike. It is unclear whether he was killed in his home town of Ma’ar Hatat in Idlib or in Raqqa. However, the original listing in Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies lists him as a militant from Idlib - and reports…

Summary

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

26 December 2014

Incident Code

CS037

Location

الباب, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
An internal CENTCOM review reported unnamed open sources as claiming civilian casualties had occurred as a result of Coalition airstrikes. A provisional review found that there had been no international airstrikes in the vicinity of the city on that date. Airwars researchers later identified coverage from the time of Assad regime attacks on Aleppo on…

Summary

Published
26 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
4–45
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 December 2014

Incident Code

CI024

Location

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, two civilians were reported as having been possibly killed by a Dutch airstrike on December 26th, after motorbikes strayed into the kill zone during an attack on Fallujah. According to an internal CENTCOM document, it was self-reported the following day that “while conducting dynamic coalition airstrikes on…

Summary

Published
25 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 December 2014

Incident Code

LC009

Location

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya
A single source, Libya in Heart, reported that “nearly 20 people” died in alleged LNA airstrike in Sirte but did not specify if they were civilians. According to the source, Nearly 20 people were killed in the bombing of the Sirte air force in Libya. Eyewitnesses confirmed that ambulances were being heard heavily. After further…

Summary

Published
20 December 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI022

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not…

Summary

Published
16 December 2014
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI021

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an event previously unreported by Airwars, Coalition reported an unspecified open source as publishing a picture of a dead child “without any identification of original location”. According to provisional analysis “There was one airstrike in Ramadi on 13 December (strike #1266) which was unlikely to have caused the death.” No further action was recorded…

Summary

Published
13 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CI020

Location

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Up to 9 civilians were reported killed and 32 injured in what NINA described as a “coalition airstrike” on people queuing for fuel in the city. On the following day Al Jazeera, Rudaw, NINA and Mobtaba all described attacks on the districts of “Al Jolan north of the city, Nizal in the centre of the…

Summary

Published
9 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
32
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 November 2014

Incident Code

CS031

Location

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
There were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later…

Summary

Published
25 November 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 November 2014

Incident Code

CS030

Location

Deir Ez Zor Oil Collection Point, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An internal Coalition report noted that civilians may have been killed near an oil collection point in Deir Ez Zor. The Coalition assessed the incident as non-credible: “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ. 13 Nov 2014: Review could not determine that…

Summary

Published
13 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2014

Incident Code

CI009

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike on an ‘ISIL checkpoint’ west of Ramadi, which appears to have been carried out by Australian aircraft. According to the internal CENTCOM document, “On reviewing WSV [weapon system video] from AUS F18F” – an Australian Super Hornet – “it was apparent that a…

Summary

Published
8 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 October 2014

Incident Code

CI007

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
It was reported by several sources in Hit that Coalition or Iraqi jets struck a number of civilian houses, killing up to 22 persons. Eight children and 3 women were reportedly among the dead. One of those quoted on the event was Nabil Souri, an Iraqi citizen working at Hit hospital, who learned that many…

Summary

Published
5 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
18–24
Civilians reported injured
43
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 September 2014

Incident Code

CI005

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike in “northern Iraq.” The only location for this date which matches is Sinjar. The incident was not previously tracked by Airwars. According to a declassified CENTCOM document, “A review of FMV from a RECOIL feed revealed unknown individuals moving into a target area…

Summary

Published
14 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 September 2014

Incident Code

CI004

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Houses neighboring the Turkish Consulate, Nineveh, Iraq
Sources in the city claimed that an airstrike carried out at approximately 10pm in the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Mosul had killed Ridwan Akram, his wife and their child. According to a commemorative Facebook page, the family had only recently returned after three months in Turkey when they died. While a number of…

Summary

Published
5 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 September 2014

Incident Code

CI003

Location

الوحدة, Mosul, Al Wahda, Nineveh, Iraq
A reported aerial bombardment (at 2200hrs local time) near an ISIL HQ east of Mosul, allegedly left up to seven members of the same family dead and injured in the al-Wadha Street area. At least three women were reported killed and a man and child injured. While Baghdad TV attributed the strike to US aircraft,…

Summary

Published
3 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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