Incident date
September 30, 2015
LOCATION
المكرمية, Al Makrmeya, Homs, SyriaThe Syrian Network for Human Rights, reported that a Russian airstrike at Al Makrmeya had killed a non-combatant. No other details were given. VDC named an adult male civilian from Makrameih as having been killed by alleged Russian strikes. They also published a graphic photo of his body.
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Incident date
September 30, 2015
LOCATION
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, SyriaThe Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “Allegedly Russian warplanes shelled Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque in Jisr Al Shoughour city, killed one individual and destroyed the mosque completely.” Footage showed the mosque and surrounding houses to be severely damaged, with other reports placing the death toll higher. Two videos were posted. In one,
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Incident date
September 30, 2015
LOCATION
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, SyriaAccording to SN4HR, Russian actions reportedly killed eight or more civilians – including four children, most from one family – in a further series of strikes as part of the Kremlin’s first day of military action in Syria. VDC placed the toll at 11 civilian deaths, with its local contact reporting: “Russian warplanes, likely Sukhoi
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Incident date
September 30, 2015
LOCATION
تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, SyriaUp to 18 non-combatants were reported killed at Talbiseh by Russian aircraft in their first day of bombing in Syria. Paramedic Omar Al Daqa, based at one of Talbiseh’s field hospitals, told VDC: “Around 10am, Russian warplanes launched several fierce airstrikes, targeting a number of neighbourhoods with vacuum missiles, including: Karameh, Bareed and Mashjer streets,
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Incident date
September 30, 2015
LOCATION
الزعفرانة, Za`faranah, Homs, SyriaFifteen non-combatants were reported killed at the village of Za`faranah in Russia’s first wave of airstrikes in support of the Syrian regime. According to the Syrian state-run news agency SANA, Russian warplanes targeted “ISIS dens” in al-Rastan, Talbiseh and Zafaraniya in Homs province; Al-Tilol al-Hmer, in Qunaitra province; Aydoun, a village on the outskirts of
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Incident date
September 28, 2015
LOCATION
بنغازي, port, Benghazi, LibyaLocal sources reported LNA air and artillery strikes in the Sabri and fish market neighbourhoods, and near the cement factory. In addition, a boat allegedly loaded with weapons trying to enter Marissa port was targeted. There were no known public reports of civilian harm.
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
السلخة, Jala'a (Al-Salakha), Deir Ezzor, SyriaFrance’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
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal 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.
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, IraqFour 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
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, West Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal 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.
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
بنغازي, Bouatni, Benghazi, LibyaLocal sources reported multiple helicopter strikes on Benghazi in the Bouatni, Sabri, Leithi and fish market areas. It also posted a video showing artillery shelling but didn’t specify on the location. There were no public reports of civilian harm.
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Incident date
September 26, 2015
LOCATION
بنغازي, 319 camp, Benghazi, LibyaSix LNA airstrikes and artillery actions reportedly hit Bouatni, the fish market area and Sabri in Benghazi. One airstrike also hit a boat allegedly loaded with weapons trying to enter Marissa port. According to Akhbar Libya 24, Ansar al-Sharia responded with indiscriminate artillery shelling on residential areas to the strikes but only caused damage to
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September 25, 2015
LOCATION
درنة الفتايح, Al Fatayah, Darnah, LibyaThe LNA reportedly targeted the Shura Council and ISIS with 25 airstrikes at dawn in the eastern part of the city. According to Libya 24 News, “a plane belonging to the Libyan air force struck at dawn today sites belonging to the Libyan branch of the Islamic State organization ‘Daesh’ east of the city of
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Incident date
September 20, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA reported coalition airstrike on an ISIL IED factory [see CI109] injured ‘dozens’ of civilians, it was claimed, after a chemical cloud spread across local areas. Waradana cited Ghias Surja of the Nineveh Union of Kurdistan National Center as saying: “The lab was used by the criminal organization for terrorist activities against the innocent and
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September 17, 2015
LOCATION
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, IraqA 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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Incident date
September 13, 2015
LOCATION
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, SyriaUp 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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Incident date
September 9, 2015
LOCATION
الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, SyriaUp 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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Incident date
September 6, 2015
LOCATION
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA 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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Incident date
August 30, 2015
LOCATION
أربيل, Near Irbil, Erbil, IraqThree 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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Incident date
August 25, 2015
LOCATION
درنة الفتايح, Derna: Al Fatayah, Darnah, LibyaLocal sources reported heavy LNA shelling on populated areas in Derna. Mohamed Alshiki posted on Twitter: “Heavy shelling by the Libyan air force now by using warplanes and vertical combat The shelling also included the valleys in Derna.” Ramaa_el_gd reported, “bombing by Haftar which hit three residential neighbourhoods, led to burning farms and the some
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August 19, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaReports 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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Incident date
August 19, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal 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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Incident date
August 18, 2015
LOCATION
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqOne 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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Incident date
August 13, 2015
LOCATION
مروح, Marwah, Aleppo, SyriaSix civilians, all members of the same family, were killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the Daesh-occupied town of Al Mourouj (or Al Mourwah) according to multiple reports. Saudi newspaper Asharq al Awsat reported that “six civilians were killed on Friday evening [August 14th] after an international Coalition plane bombed the village of Al
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Incident date
August 11, 2015
LOCATION
اطمه, Atimah, Idlib, SyriaA US airstrike on a Jaish al-Sunna ammunition depot in the night also killed at least eight non-combatants in the village of Atmeh, it was widely reported. According to accounts, a number of civilian homes were damaged or destroyed in secondary explosions. Graphic images showed significant damage at the scene. Five young girls were among
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Incident date
August 7, 2015
LOCATION
درنة, port, Darnah, LibyaLocal sources reported that the LNA bombed a boat carrying ‘gunmen and weapons’ near Derna. There were, however, no reports of civilian harm. According to Ashoruq, “A plane belonging to the Libyan air force at the Tobruk base bombed a boat carrying gunmen and ammunition off the port of Derna, Libya’s central gate reported Friday.
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Incident date
August 6, 2015
LOCATION
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, IraqThere were claims that a Coalition strike at ar Rutbah destroyed a family home in the Askari neighbourhood owned by Yaseen Al-Hiti and Jamal Raheem Uda Al-Kubeisi – who were both reported killed along with Mr al-Hiti’s wife Zia and one or two of their children – one a daughter also named Zia. A further
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Incident date
August 3, 2015
LOCATION
الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, SyriaA number of sources named a 17-year old civilian, Ibrahim Al Hamdo Al Shabo Al Khateib, as having been killed in a Coalition strike. There were no further details.
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Incident date
August 1, 2015
LOCATION
زرجيلي, Zergele, Sulaymaniyah, IraqMultiple Turkish airstrikes reportedly killed eight or more residents and injured at least eight others – including a child – in an attack on the village of Zergele in the Kandil Mountains. Alusmaria reported: “Turkish planes today bombed the village of Zergele north of the border, killing eight civilians, wounding ten others and destroying seven
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Incident date
August 1, 2015
LOCATION
اجدابيا: مبنى التدريب المهني, Ajdabiya Vocational Training Center, Al Wahat, LibyaBetween two and four people were reportedly killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on Ajdabiya. Belreish said that “two people were killed and two Syrian workers were injured in a marble workshop. They were injured by shrapnel from aerial bombardment.” Tariq Gibrel wrote that two Syrians were killed, two injured and two Chadian injured. Amrajaa