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Incident Date
6 February 2015
Incident Code
CS053
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
A coalition airstrike allegedly killed four unnamed civilian males in the vicinity of Al Shadadi, according to VDC. The Step news agency reported multiple coalition strikes in the vicinity: “The Alliance today carried out a number of raids on ISIL targets south of Al Hassakah. Five missiles fell on the city of Shadadi followed by…
Summary
Published
6 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 February 2015
Incident Code
CS049
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Major coalition air raids on the oil fields around Shadadi reportedly led to the deaths of up to four non-combatants. Residents described a significant attack, with one site reporting: “Among the most prominent oil fields targeted were Al Rawees and Al Howyaziah east of Shadadi. The fires are also still burning in Kabiba close to…
Summary
Published
2 February 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 January 2015
Incident Code
USSOM035-C
Location
Diinsoor, Bay, Somalia
At least four civilian casualties were reported injured or killed in a confirmed US attack on Dinsooor, though it was not clear if they were injured or killed. JSOC had targeted and killed Yusef Dheeqm, al Shabaab’s head of external operations in the drone strike. Rear Admiral John Kirby confirmed in two separate Pentagon press conferences…
Summary
Published
31 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
26 January 2015
Incident Code
CI034
Location
الموصل, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported two alleged Coalition airstrikes, killing five and injuring two civilians called Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed and Ebtehalf Mohammed Yosef. The first attack took place at 7.40 AM local time on the highway close to the town of Umm al-Dheban at that time. The second airstrike was at 8.40 AM local time…
Summary
Published
26 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 January 2015
Incident Code
USYEM207
Location
حريب، شبوة, Harib district, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one civilian, a child, was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a vehicle traveling in the Harib district of Shabwa governorate of Yemen on January 26, 2015. Sources said the victims died when a drone struck the vehicle they were travelling in central-southern Yemen. The combatant status of one of the victims…
Summary
Published
26 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 January 2015
Incident Code
LQ006
Location
بنغازي, port, Benghazi, Libya
Various sources reported that the LNA warplane attacked a trawler allegedly loaded with gasoline outside Benghazi. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Sky News, a military official said that a Libyan aircraft belonging to the internationally recognised government (HoR) attacked a fishing boat carrying a shipment of gasoline to the port of…
Summary
Published
14 January 2015
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
11 January 2015
Incident Code
CS041
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Extensive coalition air raids on Islamic State-controlled oil fields reportedly killed four civilian oil workers, according to a number of sources. Local website Step Agency listed what it said were the targets struck: “The alliance planes at dawn today launched more than five raids targeting Islamic State near the town of Abu Kamal in the…
Summary
Published
11 January 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 January 2015
Incident Code
LC011
Location
مصراتة: مصراتة ميناء, Misurata Port, Misrata, Libya
According to various sources, LNA jets struck different positions in Misurata’s port, resulting in the injury of two civilians – reportedly employees at the port. Al Jazeera reported: The forces of the retired Libyan brigade General, Khalifa Haftar, announced responsibility for air strikes on the western port of Misurata on Saturday claiming that it was…
Summary
Published
3 January 2015
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
28 December 2014
Incident Code
CS038
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
In one of the the worst known incidents of mass civilian casualties reportedly caused by coalition bombings, at least 51 non-combatants were killed when aircraft struck an Islamic State local headquarters, which was also being used as a temporary prison. Somewhere between 150 and 400 people were being held by ISIL on petty charges at…
Summary
Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
51–65
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 December 2014
Incident Code
CS039
Location
جرابلس, Jarabulus, Cultural center, Aleppo, Syria
An 8.30pm coalition bombing raid on Jarablos – a major Islamic State hub – destroyed a cultural centre being used as an ISIL headquarters in the town. According to Aleppo News, “According to activists, the strikes caused great devastation in the building in addition to the destruction of two civilian houses in the vicinity. Witnesses…
Summary
Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 December 2014
Incident Code
LC010
Location
بن جواد, Bin Jawad, Surt, Libya
Two physicians were killed and seven more people were reported wounded in an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike at a field hospital in Bin Jawad, according to local sources. James Wheeler tweeted: Two physicians were reported killed and 7 other people injured by an airstrike near a field hospital at Bin Jawad. Multiple sources have identified…
Summary
Published
28 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date
26 December 2014
Incident Code
CI025
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Al Wehda, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents reported that an “international airstrike” involving three missiles had struck houses killing and injuring civilians. NINA claimed that five women from one family were among the dead.
Summary
Published
26 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2014
Incident Code
CS036
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor: Ziban street, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Syrian Martyrs and other monitoring sites listed three civilian males as being the victims of a coalition strike. They were named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. All three men were listed as residents of Dayr az Zawr, and as having been killed in Ziban Street (شارع زيبان) in the city
Summary
Published
23 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2014
Incident Code
CI023
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and…
Summary
Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
0–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2014
Incident Code
CS035
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilian men were reported killed in an event near the town of Al Bab, after a US aircraft dropped a 500lb bomb on a fleeing ISIL suspect. They were later named by the VDC and Syrian Martyrs. Social media also reported civilian deaths, with one tweet noting: “At least two civilians martyred in the…
Summary
Published
21 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 December 2014
Incident Code
LQ005
Location
ابوكماش, Abu Kammash, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
Local media reported an airstrike in Abu Kammash without naming the belligerent. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to Hafez Muammar, a plane bombed a citizen’s farm near the residential buildings in Abu Kamash area, without causing casualties or material damage. The sound of the missile explosion terrified the residents of the area,…
Summary
Published
11 December 2014
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
11 December 2014
Incident Code
CS033
Location
مسكنة, Jirah Military Airbase, al Maskana, Aleppo, Syria
A shepherd boy aged 10, 14 or 15, and named as Muhammad Qasim (or sometimes Mohammed Abd al Kareem), was reportedly killed in a coalition airstrike on a nearby Islamic State military base. An investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later concluded: “Around 2:45 in the afternoon an international alliance warplane raided over…
Summary
Published
11 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 December 2014
Incident Code
USYEM205
Location
نصاب, Nisab District, Shabwa Governorate, Yemen
During the morning of the 6th December 2014, the US confirmed that it conducted a joint airdrop operation with Yemeni special forces, a ground attack by marines and a bombardment to attempt a hostage rescue which resulted in the death of two of the hostages, reportedly at the hands of the al-Qaeda militants, along with…
Summary
Published
6 December 2014
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
,
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
2–10
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 December 2014
Incident Code
LC007
Location
زوارة, Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
Between three and five civilians died and up to 15 more were wounded in an alleged LNA airstrike on a food supply storage depot in Zuwara. Three or four foreign nationals were reportedly included in the death toll. Fox News provided the most detail on the event, reporting: A Libyan official says airstrikes have hit…
Summary
Published
2 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
2 December 2014
Incident Code
CS032
Location
المريعية, Marbaʼīyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilian males, both residents of the village of Al-Mrey’iya, were reported by SOHR to have been killed in a coalition airstrike. They were named as Hassan Al Ali Al Zahiya and Moyyed Mohammad Al Assaf. The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, Freedoms and Human Rights also named the two men as civilians –…
Summary
Published
2 December 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 November 2014
Incident Code
LC006
Location
طرابلس: مطار معيتيقة, Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
As part of a wave of raids on the city (see previous cases) LNA planes reportedly targeted Mitiga airport damaging the building and injuring two civilians – a woman and her daughter. Alwasat provided the most detail on the event, reporting: “A woman and her daughter were injured on Monday evening [Nov 24th] when a warplane…
Summary
Published
24 November 2014
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
22 November 2014
Incident Code
LQ004
Location
بئر الغنم, Bi'r al Ghanam, Al Zawiyah, Libya
LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted Libya Dawn at several locations in the south and west of the Libyan capital including Gheryan, Chalghouda, Nasser, Mazraq Al Qanqa, the Botteh Sorman farm, Bir Hwaisa, the Khuwaildi reserve, Bi’r Al Ghanam, Buaisa, Al Rabeta and the Shamalat factory. There were no public reports of civilian harm. Sky News reported:…
Summary
Published
22 November 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
17 November 2014
Incident Code
CI017
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple civilians were reported killed as a result of air raids launched by the coalition south of Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency cited forensic sources as saying that 16 people, including six women and children, were killed. Other media reported that up to “22 Daesh militants” were also killed in coalition airstrikes in the…
Summary
Published
17 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 November 2014
Incident Code
CI016
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Jawsag, Nineveh, Iraq
Iraqi news agency NINA and others reported that seven civilians – including children – died in “international coalition raids” in the vicinity of both Denden and Jawsaq, south of Mosul city. An additional strike by the Iraq military at nearby Mithaq in eastern Mosul reportedly killed an additional 15 civilians.
Summary
Published
12 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2014
Incident Code
CS028
Location
الشنان, Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from…
Summary
Published
11 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2014
Incident Code
LQ003
Location
بنغازي, الصابري, Sabri, Banghazi, Benghazi, Libya
According to several local sources, LNA air force conducted at least two airstrikes targeting the Shura Council in Sabri and Garyounis, Benghazi. Libya Channel Panorama LPC reported that the Jerusalem Mosque in Sabri area was damaged followed an alleged LNA strike, though no civilian casualties were publicly reported.
Summary
Published
10 November 2014
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 November 2014
Incident Code
CS024
Location
الخريطة, Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.
Summary
Published
8 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 November 2014
Incident Code
CS023
Location
near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In its January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near At-Tanak is currently being assessed: “#1 Nov. 7, 2014 near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria via regional human rights organization report.” Further research by our Syria team indicated that this incident was in fact previously known to Airwars, but had…
Summary
Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 November 2014
Incident Code
CS018
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify…
Summary
Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 October 2014
Incident Code
CS016
Location
المريعية, Mrey'iya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the Damascus Centre for Human Rights two civilian males – both members of the same family – died in an airstrike on the village of Al Maya’iya. Syrian Martyrs also named the two victims, while the DinSyr twitter feed reported "Hamza Ahmad al-Abd Al Jalil Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Jalil. Their bodies were identified among…
Summary
Published
18 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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