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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CI513
Location
محطة القطارٌ, Mosul, Central railway station, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and security sources reported that up to 33 civilians (mostly former Iraqi and police officers) died after Coalition airstrikes targeted the railway station at the right side of Mosul. The sources reported that the Coalition had ‘mistakenly’ targeted the train station, which killed up to 33 people (25 -33 civilians and eight ISIL…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
18–33
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CS552
Location
كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and 12 civilians were reported to have died in Coalition airstrikes on the town of Kdeiran in western Raqqah. According to the Syrian Observatory, “four persons were killed including a man and his son in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition on areas in Kdiaran town west of al-Raqqah…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1936
Location
خضيرة, Khdeira, Hama, Syria
Two civilians, one child and one woman, were reportedly killed and another seriously wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck the village of Khadira, Hama, two local sources reported. An activist on the ground told Micro News that "the aircraft carried out raids on the village of Khadira in the area of Aqirbat (77 km east…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1934
Location
قبتان الجبل, Qubtan Al-Jabal, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three civilians, including one male child and one woman, were killed along with up to ten wounded, local media reported following alleged Russain shelling of Qubtan Al-Jabal, Aleppo. At least one child was killed by the airstrikes. Additionally, many sources also reported the death of one man and woman. @kobtan_aljabal added that the child…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5–6 March, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr038-C
Location
يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Several sources reported that brothers Ahmad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged twelve, and Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged ten, were killed by a US strike in Yakla, in the Qifah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 5th to March 6th. According to Hunaradaa, local residents said that an older brother, Omar, survived the…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Infrastructure
Transportation
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Road
),
Vehicle
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Car
)
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
4 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1928
Location
خفسة, Khafsa, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians were killed and up to three wounded when airstrikes, believed to be Russian, struck Khafsa, Aleppo, multiple sources reported. All the sources, who reported about the number of victims, agreed that four civilians were killed. The Syrian Network for added that all four victims were from the same family. Some sources merely referred…
Summary
Published
4 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 March 2017
Incident Code
LC063
Location
مدرسة تحرير ليبيا, راس لانوف, Medical Centre, Ras Lanuf, Surt, Libya
Various sources reported LNA airstrikes in Libya’s oil crescent. Strikes in all the major oil ports were mentioned but no further details on the exact locations were given, except for one source which said a raid took place in the Ras Lanuf area. Human Rights Solidarity later said that one strike hit the Ras Lanuf…
Summary
Published
4 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
3 March 2017
Incident Code
CS547
Location
الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, Syria
Up to four civilians were killed and a similar number injured after a reported Coalition strike targeted an oil well near al Rasafa. According to the Syrian Mirror “Coalition warplanes targeted Miksar oil well which is north of Rasafa, and killed four people.” Micro Syria reported similar. Smart News reported that “aircraft likely from the…
Summary
Published
3 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2–3 March, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr025-C
Location
وادي يشبم, Yashbum Valley, Shabwa, Yemen
Several sources reported that US airstrikes and ground forces targeted AQAP militants, including alleged leader Saad Atef, in the Yashbum Valley of al-Saeed district in Shabwa province, overnight from March 2nd-3rd 2017, following airstrikes in the same area early on March 2nd. There were multiple allegations of civilian harm as a result of heavy munitions…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Factory
),
Residential
,
Resources
(
Gas Facility
)
Civilians reported killed
10–14
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
7–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CI502
Location
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that 20 civilians were killed and 18 injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted a residential building in Al-Shafaa (Shifa) neighborhood in western Mosul. Some sources quoted ISIL media reporting this incident. Others said local press sources provided the information. Most reports blamed the US specifically for the raids.
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CI498
Location
لجامع عمر الاسود في حي الفاروق, Mosul, Omar al-Aswad mosque, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that up to 80 civilians were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraqi airstrikes targeted the Omar mosque area in al-Faruq neighborhood in western Mosul. The mosque was used as a shelter by displaced families, according to the Niniva Media Center. Reuters cited three local witnesses, noting that “The Omar al-Aswad mosque,…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
50–80
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CS544
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between two and 12 civilians including four children were killed and up to 14 others injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to sources. Smart News initially reported that “A medical source said that two civilians died and three were wounded, including a child in critical condition.” Raqqa is Being Slaughtered said…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
3–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
LC061
Location
قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
Several sources reported a UAE airstrike in Ganfouda which allegedly killed Omer Ishkal, a former officer of the Gaddafi regime as well as two foreign workers and a child. Iskhal’s status as a combatant is not clear as he was once imprisoned by the Shura Council, then set free, but also sought-after as he refused…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1925
Location
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 11 and 13 civilians were killed at a river crossing point in Hatla by alleged Russian aircraft, local sources reported. Other civilians were wounded but no specific numbers were reported. All sources blamed Russia for the raid. Sources reported that women and children were included in the death toll. There was not only destruction…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–13
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CS541
Location
جسر الرقة, Old Bridge, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the old bridge in Raqqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launcedh new raids targeting the old Raqqa bridge, destroying large parts of it, in addition to killing the young man Ahmad Saleh al Arab“. According to Step news…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1919
Location
ابو الهناية/خفسة, Abu Hanaya/Khafsa, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between eight and ten civilians were reported killed - and others were reported wounded - following alleged Russian shelling on Abu Hanaya/Khafsa, Aleppo. All sources attributed blame to Russian warplanes. Aranews claimed that a large number of civilians was wounded, no other sources gave specific details on the wounded. There are no other details at this…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CI483
Location
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
Security sources reported to local press that an ISIL leader and five of his family members were killed after Coalition airstrikes targeted his car in the west of Mosul. In its June casualty report, the Coalition confirmed that “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that five civilians were unintentionally killed.” However…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS532
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and five others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Micro Syria reported that “Coalition warplanes targeted a car park in Tabaqa and according to a source in the national hospital in Tabaqa, a civilian was killed and five others wounded – some of them…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS533
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the grain silos area in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Front of Raqqa Revolution and Sounandpicture said that the two victims were workers at the silos. All sources alleged that this was a Coalition strike.
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS535
Location
الخاتونية, Khatouniyah, Raqqa, Syria
Between three and four civilians including two women died and four more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Khatouniya in the western Raqqa countryside and the village of Hamra Blassen in the eastern countryside of Raqqa, according to local sources. Smart’s source said that the strike was likely to have…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CS531
Location
كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria
Smart news agency, reported the death of three civilians including one child and the injury of one other in an alleged Coalition airstrikes on Kasrat Juma’a village in the western Raqqa countryside. Smart reported: “The source said the raids are likely to have been by the international coalition and targeted a poultry farm in the…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
CS529
Location
البارودة, Al Barouda, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died and nine were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Barouda village in the western Raqqa countryside, according to two local sources. Smart said that the wounded included women and children. Smart’s source added that the warplanes “targeted the village despite there being no military headquarters for the organization [ISIL] there”.…
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2017
Incident Code
CS517
Location
السحامية, Al Sahamiya, Raqqa, Syria
Between five and nine civilians including three chilren died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sahamiya village, Raqqa, according to local sources. Baladi, Euphrates Post, the Shaam News Network and Step News Agency all blamed the Coalition. Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently – whICH also attributed the incident to the Coalition – reported “that…
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CS520
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
Eleven non-combatants died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Maadan town in the Raqqa countryside, according to local media. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported a “massacre” by the Coalition which killed 11 members of “the family of Satif Hussein al Suwairi“. Both the Shaam News Network and Baladi also reported the death of 11…
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1905
Location
الصور, As Suwar, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between five and 46 civilians were killed, and up to 50 were wounded, in an airstrike on As Suwar which struck a market and coach station. Sources either blamed Russian warplanes for the raid, or did not attribute any blame at all, reporting that the planes were unidentifiable. Sources reported that not only was a…
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–46
Civilians reported injured
30–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
CS507
Location
دركوش, Darkoush, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was injured following an alleged Coalition drone strike on a vehicle on the road of Darkoush al jamiliya, according to local sources. Some sources suggested that this was a militant car. Idlib Media Center, reported that “a civilian was wounded after his car was targeted by a coalition drone”. Al amawi, Jisr media…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1901
Location
تل ماعز, Tal Maez, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and 13 civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tal Maez, according to sources on the ground. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "four civilians, including two children and a woman, died when suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on Tal al Mo’ez village in Aleppo governorate eastern suburbs, February 19,…
Summary
Published
19 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 February 2017
Incident Code
CS504
Location
الأكراد, al Akrad and al Mashlab neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians including one child and two women died and four others were wounded – some critically – in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the neighbourhoods of al Akrad and al Mashlab in Raqqa, according to local sources. According to Baladi, “several sources reported from inside the city of Raqqa that international coalition planes killed…
Summary
Published
18 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 February 2017
Incident Code
CI463
Location
مدينة الطب, Mosul, Medical City Hospital, Nineveh, Iraq
Several sources claimed that civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on a medical complex in western Mosul. While Iraqi Spring and Raedlay spoke of 18 dead and 47 wounded, News of Iraq reported the death of a child in a video. The Coalition confirmed to have carried out the strike, but did not state any…
Summary
Published
17 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
18
Civilians reported injured
47
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 February 2017
Incident Code
TS082
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and nine civilians including one woman died in alleged Turkish strikes on Al Bab, according to local media. The victims were also named by Syrian Human Rights Committee, who blamed Turkey as well. In a MTV Lebanon video on February 17th - at 0’15, the voice over states that "the Turkish army announced that…
Summary
Published
17 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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