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Incident Date

6 August 2015

Incident Code

CI090

Location

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
There 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…

Summary

Published
6 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 August 2015

Incident Code

CS110

Location

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
A 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.  

Summary

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

1 August 2015

Incident Code

LC019a

Location

اجدابيا: مبنى التدريب المهني, Ajdabiya Vocational Training Center, Al Wahat, Libya
Between 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…

Summary

Published
1 August 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

1 August 2015

Incident Code

TI002

Location

زرجيلي, Zergele, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Multiple 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…

Summary

Published
1 August 2015
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
8–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

30 July 2015

Incident Code

CS108

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five members of one family including three children were killed in a reported 1.30am Coalition strike on the Syria-Iraq border, according to two sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted the following: “Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on places around Aysha hospital and other places around the city of…

Summary

Published
30 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 July 2015

Incident Code

CI088

Location

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources reported that four non-combatants were killed and six injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ar Rutbah. According to Iraqi Revolution, "the alliance bombed Rutba in the morning, leading to the martyrdom and wounding of 10 civilians." Iraq Body Count, citing Xinhua [source now lost], said that four civilian fatalities had been reported…

Summary

Published
29 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 July 2015

Incident Code

CS105

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported injured in fresh coalition airstrikes on the outskirts of Raqaa. Images distributed by Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently featured an injured boy, among other victims, receiving treatment after the event. These photographs were subsequently removed, though are archived by Airwars. In July 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event…

Summary

Published
25 July 2015
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 July 2015

Incident Code

LC019

Location

بنغازي‎: مستشفى الجمهورية, Republic Hospital, Benghazi, Libya
According to Russia Today, “medical sources in the city of Benghazi said that two people died and ten were wounded on Thursday (July 23rd) in clashes in the city centre between army forces and Islamist militants.” Ewan Libya reported that one civilian was killed after a shell fell on the Ben Younis area. Local sources…

Summary

Published
23 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

23 July 2015

Incident Code

CS104

Location

ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A reported Coalition airstrike at 3.45pm killed up to seven civilians including two children, at Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo. One young victim, Mohammad Jassen Al Abou Rakan, was decapitated in the incident, with graphic images of his body widely distributed on social media. Islamic State later published a propaganda video of the event, including interviews…

Summary

Published
23 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 July 2015

Incident Code

CI086

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq
A vehicle was reportedly bombed by the Coalition in Al Muthanna neighbourhood in Mosul, leading to claims that one civilian was killed and a further four were injured. Local residents’ site Hunaal Hadbaa said that a KIA Rio car was targeted in the attack, with shrapnel then killing and injuring civilians in the vicinity. One…

Summary

Published
21 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 July 2015

Incident Code

LQ008

Location

بنغازي‎, port, Benghazi, Libya
Several sources reported LNA planes hitting two boats allegedly belonging to Ansar Al-Sharia loaded with weapons and ammunition. One of the boats sunk, the other one was damaged. Several outlets including Iran Arabic Radio and Sputnik Arabic reported comments from an LNA spokesperson, who said the attacks targeted two ships, both carrying weapons. Air Force…

Summary

Published
19 July 2015
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

18 July 2015

Incident Code

CI085

Location

مجارين, Majareen, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local MP Abdulrahman al Louzi, a dozen male agricultural workers died when the Coalition struck the village of Majareen. Among the dead were said to be five brothers from one family. The men were reported to have been converting hay to animal feed at the time of the attack. According to al-Louzi, “I…

Summary

Published
18 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18–24 July, 2015

Incident Code

CS103

Location

الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
An alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds…

Summary

Published
18 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
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

16 July 2015

Incident Code

CS102

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Coalition aircraft allegedly destroyed an “ISIS-owned digger,” killing a man local monitoring group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently described as a civilian driver: “Coalition planes targeted a drilling vehicle belonging to Daesh which is used for digging berms in the area of Tal Al Bayi’a. This led to the burning of the vehicle, and to…

Summary

Published
16 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 July 2015

Incident Code

CS101

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies website named Ala’a Abou Abdallah from Deir Ba’alba, Homs as having been killed by Coalition bombing in Raqqa on July 13th. The Syrian Human Rights Committee also named Ala’a as having been killed. No additional public details could be found relating to this event. In its civilian casualty…

Summary

Published
13 July 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

12 July 2015

Incident Code

CS100

Location

مزرعة الأسدية, Al Assadiyah near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A boy named as Amjad Mohammed was reportedly killed along with eleven alleged Daesh militants, in a fresh coalition airstrike on the outskirts of Ar Raqaa. According to SOHR, the child may have belonged to ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ – an Islamic State indoctrination unit for young children in the city. One report claimed he…

Summary

Published
12 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 July 2015

Incident Code

CS098

Location

الرقة‎, Warakat Samra near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In the second of three Raqaa incidents for July 11th in which Coalition aircraft allegedly caused non-combatant deaths, a woman and two or three of her children died in an airstrike at the village of Warakat Samra according to reports. Her husband was severely injured in the attack, losing his leg. Local activist Abu Ibrahim…

Summary

Published
11 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
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

11 July 2015

Incident Code

CS099

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In the last of three reported Raqaa incidents for July 11th, a civilian firefighting team in the city reportedly died in a coalition airstrike. According to Al Araby, the Coalition “launched eight raids targeting Daesh sites on the outskirts of Raqqa city. These hit the areas of Al Hamrat, Al Sina’a [Industry] and the Faculty…

Summary

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

9 July 2015

Incident Code

CS095

Location

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
The death of a 12 year old boy, Fares al-Khodour in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hassakah on July 9th led to an international outpouring of grief and condemnation of the ongoing civil war in Syria – and of the Coalition’s own involvement. Fares had fled as a refugee with his family to Beirut,…

Summary

Published
9 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 July 2015

Incident Code

CS090

Location

تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed in a Coalition strike at Hassakah which allegedly hit the Tal Al Jayer Medical Centre. It was also reported that “a number of women and children” were injured in the attack. However in July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian…

Summary

Published
5 July 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 July 2015

Incident Code

CS087

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The day of July 4th saw multiple allegations of civilian casualties reported in Raqqa. In one of them, an internally displaced family of seven living under a bridge was said to have been crushed to death following a Coalition airstrike. Buzzfeed cited a surviving close relative in Turkey, who declined to be named publicly but…

Summary

Published
4 July 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 June 2015

Incident Code

CS086

Location

سلوك, 20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian car was reported hit in a coalition airstrike 20km to the south of Suluk, killing those inside. The attack was described as occurring near Umm al Brameel, to the south east of Tal Abyad. Among the dead was a child named as Mohmmad Ali Ahmad Al Assaf.  

Summary

Published
30 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 June 2015

Incident Code

CS085

Location

ميادين, Road between Shadadi and Deir Ezzor (Road 7), Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian non-combatant was reported killed in a Coalition bombing on the road linking Shadadi with Deir az Zawr. The victim came from the town of Mayadeen.  

Summary

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

25 June 2015

Incident Code

CI076

Location

Mahmoudiya, Kirkuk, Iraq
Although reporting was confused, there were claims of a fresh coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Hawija which killed a number of civilians. A Facebook page calling itself Hawija Now said that five women and 2 children died in the nearby village of Mahmoudiya. One extremely graphic image appears to show a woman survivor of…

Summary

Published
25 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 June 2015

Incident Code

LC018b

Location

النوفلية, Nofaliya, Sirte, Libya
On Saturday, June 20, 2015, one civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged General National Congress/Libya Dawn airstrike on a power station in Nofaliya, in the Sirte district of Libya. Russeifa News reported in a post on Facebook that Libya Dawn military aircraft strikes the electricity building in the Nofaliya area, resulting the death of…

Summary

Published
20 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date

19 June 2015

Incident Code

CS082

Location

عربيد, Arbeed, Raqqa, Syria
A reported 1am airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Arbeed was said to have killed two women at the home of Adel al Kharfan. Mr al Kharfan’s wife (a mother of six children) died along with her relative, the wife of Ismael al Kharfan and a mother of four. Mr al-Kharfan’s son later told SN4HR:…

Summary

Published
19 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 June 2015

Incident Code

CS081

Location

Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of…

Summary

Published
18 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 June 2015

Incident Code

CS077

Location

الموحسن, Al Muhassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A lawyer and muezzin of the village mosque,  died in an alleged Coalition strike which damaged the building according to reports. The victim's two brothers Juma’a and Saleh had also previously been killed during clashes with regime forces.  

Summary

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

11 June 2015

Incident Code

CS078

Location

سلوك, Slouk, Raqqa, Syria
Two or three alleged Coalition incidents were clustered together in most news reports: the killing of a family of five at Slouk; the death of a child near Ma’adan; and up to 15 further civilian deaths in other airstrikes in the vicinity. According to SOHR, “international coalition aircraft last night carried out several strikes in…

Summary

Published
11 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2015

Incident Code

LC018a

Location

درنة, Darnah, Darnah, Libya
Four civilians were reported killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on Darnah. Majed wrote on Twitter that "the number of martyrs killed by the Haftar airliner has risen to four in the city of Darnah, the same number of civilians killed by ISIS." Mohamed Tarbah also reported the targeting of civilians: "A military aircraft bombard…

Summary

Published
10 June 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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