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Incident Date
6 April 2016
Incident Code
CI218
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals claimed five civilians including three children were killed and four or more people injured, after Coalition jets allegedly targeted Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our correspondent said that the bombing killed five people consisting of a family (three children with a…
Summary
Published
6 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CI215
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A likely targeted operation in Mosul killed ISIL’s media chief in the city when his car was struck – but also reportedly slew his wife and five children. The nighttime attack reportedly killed Daesh ‘Media Minister’ Abdel Qader in his car in the vicinity of the city’s Saddam Hospital. However, according to NRN News, “his…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CI216
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In the third reported civilian casualty event of the day, seven civilians from the same family including children and women were reported killed after Coalition jets allegedly targeted an ISIL-occupied house but missed, instead striking the next door house. The attack reportedly took place in the Engineers neighbourhood of west Mosul, and the Daesh militants…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2016
Incident Code
CS197
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
A former Syrian table tennis champion and national coach named as Mukhles Ismaeil Khreaban was reported by VDC as having died “Due to coalition air force’s shelling.” The Public Committee for Sports and Youth in Syria later published a detailed obituary: “The teacher Mukhles Khreiban was martyred yesterday on Tuesday evening in the province of…
Summary
Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2016
Incident Code
CS196
Location
كنان سلطان, Kinan Sultan, Al Hassakah, Syria
A civilian water worker was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Kinan Sultan. According to Balad News, “A source confirmed that Coalition aircraft targeted drinking water tankers which led to the martyrdom of the citizen Ayman Khader Al Ali, who works on water transport in the southern rural areas Hassakah.” In their February…
Summary
Published
4 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2016
Incident Code
CI211
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The Al Najmawi family’s flour mill in Granary Street, eastern Mosul was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, leading to casualties among the civilian workers inside. Qoraish reported that the attack took place at the 10.30am local time, with two strikes approximately five minutes apart. It claimed there were no Daesh forces present. NRN News…
Summary
Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2016
Incident Code
CI210
Location
يت, Hit, Qalqa neighbourhood, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike on the Qalqa neighbourhood of Hit resulted in 20 civilians reportedly injured, and one child was killed. According to Hit News, the home of gas seller Lutfi Abu was also hit. News of Iraq quoted what it said was a local source: “Warplanes of the international coalition bombed residential areas behind…
Summary
Published
30 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 March 2016
Incident Code
CI209
Location
وادي حجر, Wadi Hajar (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
Four children were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Wadi Hajar to the south of Mosul, as a major military offensive to clear Nineveh of Daesh continued. According to NRN News, jets from the US-led alliance targeted the Daesh-held village which also led to civilian casualties. Responding to a request for clarification about possible…
Summary
Published
27 March 2016
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0748
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One unidentified civilian male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Activists told Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes targeted a bus carrying passengers from Damascus to Deir ez-Zor “near the third stop near Palmyra, which led to the death of one civilian and several wounded.” Syriapost1…
Summary
Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0747
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center named two civilians, Zahra Fihan, and her son Mohammad Abdullah al-Rashed, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Raqqa. The victims were also named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, which blamed Russia.
Summary
Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2016
Incident Code
CI207
Location
Mosul, Tanak neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents told Airwars researchers that two entire families – 21 people in total – died as a result of alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Tanak neighbourhood in East Mosul, on March 25th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, Jassim Khalaf and Mohammed Sabri, on June 11th 2017.…
Summary
Published
25 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 March 2016
Incident Code
CI204
Location
Mosul, University of Mosul residencies, Nineveh, Iraq
In a fresh day of reported Coalition airstrikes on Mosul University, local sources said three university professors and some of their families were killed and many other civilians wounded, after jets hit academic residences. Up to 15 Daesh fighters also reportedly died. Heavy Coalition activity above the city was reported from dawn onwards. Yagen was…
Summary
Published
22 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
CI203
Location
الثقافية, Mosul, cultural group area, Nineveh, Iraq
At least 15 civilians were claimed killed alongside 40 or more Daesh fighters, in an alleged Coalition air raid on Mosul. NRN News first flashed at around noon local time “the fall of dozens of civilians by bombings on both sides of the city. More soon.” In a later bulletin, the news agency said the…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–25
Civilians reported injured
30–103
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0742
Location
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
According to two sources – Syria_Omar and Syrian Press Center – two power station workers died in a strike on plant in Maskanah. Syria_Omar reported: “Warplanes launched 12 air strikes on the city of Maskaneh on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of workers of the power plant in the city after the station targeted by…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Code
LC028
Location
شواطئ بنغازي, Benghazi Shoreline, Benghazi, Libya
The LNA targeted a marine trailer reportedly carrying 10 tanks, 3 containers of ammunition and a number of vehicles off the shores of Benghazi at around 03:00 according to its Facebook page. In an apparent maritime version of a double tap strike, the LNA further reported that other boats then tried to save the people…
Summary
Published
18 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
17 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0739
Location
محيميدة, Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One child, Hozaifa Hasan al Enaizan, from the village of Tabya Shameih was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Mahimideh, Deir ez-Zour, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that he died after the explosion of a cluster bomb left from a previous Russian bombing. Four other sources…
Summary
Published
17 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 March 2016
Incident Code
CI201
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said at least four and as many as 13 civilians were killed and 25 injured including children and women after alliance jets struck residential apartments used by displaced people in the Alaymen district of eastern Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency reported: “residents said that international coalition aircraft bombed a residential compound belonging…
Summary
Published
15 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–18
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0736
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
Between seven and eight civilians including three children and one or two women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sukhna, according to local sources. Shaam News reported that eight civilians including were killed and more than 10 others injured on alleged Russian raids on Sukhna. SNN added: “The co-ordinating city of Palmyra said that in…
Summary
Published
13 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0733
Location
ماضي, Maadi, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians including one woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maadi, Aleppo, according to local sources. Ana Press reported that a Russian strike “resulted in casualties and injuries among civilians and massive destruction of the residential buildings”. The victims were also named by Syrian Human Rights Committee and other sources.
Summary
Published
12 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0725
Location
كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
A woman and her teenage son died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naha, according to local sources. The victims were named by Halab News – who blamed Russia – as Anas Ahmad Khatib and Fatima Khatib. Two additional sources, Allairamon Today and Anas Naif, also named them and said that Russia was responsible…
Summary
Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0727
Location
أبو دالية, Abu Dalia, Hama, Syria
Three civilians including two women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Abu Dalia, according to local sources. Baladi News reported: “One male and two females were killed in warplane raid targeted center of Abu-Dalyeh town in Eastern countryside of Hama.” The Shaam News Network said: “In the eastern countryside Russian enemy planes…
Summary
Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0728
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Several civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to local sources. Al Jazeera reported that “a number of people were killed, including women and children, as a result of dozens of continuous Russian air raids days ago on residential neighborhoods and archaeological city. others were injured in the city of Palmyra in…
Summary
Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0729
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
According to the Shaam News Network: “four people were killed when Russian enemy planes targeted a civilian transport vehicle on the road from Palmyra to Deir Ezzor.” The Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported that “four people were killed from the same family when the Russian warplane targeted their truck (which is a refrigerated…
Summary
Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0730
Location
الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and six civilians including one woman and one girl died when the remains of a bombed exploded in the village of Al Jneina. The Violations Documentation Center listed two unidentified adult male victims, and said that they died from an explosion of remnants of a cluster bombed that had been dropped by Russia.…
Summary
Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0731
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
Between 15 and 19 civilians died in an alleged airstrikes on a public bus in Palmyra, according to local sources. According to Alarby, Homs Media Center and Shaam News, 15 died and 20 more were injured when Russian warplanes targeted a bus on the road from Palmyra to Raqqa. Eldorar reported that Russia continued to…
Summary
Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–19
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0722
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One woman and her child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to multiple sources. Shaam News Network reported that a girl was killed and several others injured in dozens of alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra. It published a video showing bombing on neighbourhoods – though it is not clear whether this is…
Summary
Published
10 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2016
Incident Code
LC026
Location
الزعفران, Zaafran, Surt, Libya
Two female children and their mother from Hamad Hamed Al-Sayah Hambali were among up to eight victims who died in airstrikes on the area of Zafaran and the power station in Sirte, local media reported. The daughters were named as Isra and Wafaa. According to Mahmoud Mohamed Salem on March 9th, “there were frequent reports of…
Summary
Published
9 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
8 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0720
Location
الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One adult male civilian died in an explosion from the remains of a cluster bomb in Jneina, Deir Ezzor, allegedly dropped by a Russian warplane, according to multiple sources. Four sources named the civilian as 45-year-old Sawadi Salloum, all saying he was killed in a cluster bomb explosion following a raid that morning.
Summary
Published
8 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0718
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians including two to three children and one woman died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Orm al Kubra according to multiple local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported a “massacre due to suspected Russian forces shelling on regime forces shelling in Owrm Al Kubra town in Aleppo governorate in March 7“. It said…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI199
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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