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Incident Date
6 March 2017
Incident Code
CS553
Location
الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria
A single source blamed the Coalition for the death of a woman and the injuring of four more civilians in the al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya areas. According to Smart News, “A local source said three raids affected the villages of al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya in the western countryside, killing a woman and wounding…
Summary
Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2017
Incident Code
CI512
Location
Mosul, Souq al-Sha’areen neighborhood, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 5 March, an airstrike targeted an ISIL post in the ISIL—controlled residential area of the Souq al-Sha’areen neighbourhood, in central Mosul. Sources reported that a civilian home was hit, killing seven civilians,…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr040-C
Location
جبل نوفان, Jabal Novan, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that US drone strikes targeted alleged AQAP militant positions in Novan, in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of March 5th. There was one known report of possible civilian injury due to the strike. Local language Twitter sources reported that airstrikes targeted AQAP militants in the Novan mountains. The…
Summary
Published
5 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
2
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
CS549
Location
حمرة ناصر, Hamra Nasser, Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians were reported killed following alleged Coalition air raids on three villages in Raqqah governorate. Micro Syria – citing Smart News – said that “six civilians were killed and 10 wounded due to likely Coalition warplane raids in Hamra Naser, Hamra Balasem and Karamah villages. Four of those killed were from Hamra Balasem, while…
Summary
Published
4 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4–5 March, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr035-C
Location
جعار, Ja'ar, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in or near Ja'ar, in the Sama'a area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 4th to March 5th. One source reported a single militant casualty, and another reported that "civilians including a child" were killed as the result of overnight strikes in Bayda governorate, of…
Summary
Published
4 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1927
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
In this single-source incident, the Smart News Agency "that five dead and 14 wounded, including women and children, arrived at the al Tabaqa hospital". It said they had died in a bombing by "military aircraft" on Palmyra's eastern desert - and went on to say that the culprit was likely to be Russia. It is…
Summary
Published
3 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
14
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2017
Incident Code
LC062
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi: Ganfouda 12 building complex, Benghazi, Libya
A woman reportedly died on March 5th after she sustained severe injuries from shrapnel after an airstrike on March 3rd from what was described as a foreign aircraft. The aircraft hit the 12 Buildings in Ganfouda approximately on March 3rd in support of the LNA campaign. Alnabaa reported: “On Sunday, one of the women trapped…
Summary
Published
3 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1926
Location
السخنة, Sokhna, Homs, Syria
One source, the Smart News Agency, reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in an airstrike on Sokhna. Smart said that a convoy was struck. @youthvoiceSSS reported that "a convoy belonging to Daesh" was struck by the regime - but made no mention of civilian harm.
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2–3 March, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr026-C
Location
يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources suggested that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in al-Ghail village and in the broader Yakla area of Qaifa, Bayda governorate, overnight from March 2nd to March 3rd, killing at least three alleged militants. Some sources reported that there was an unspecified number of civilian casualties. Local sources reported that the overnight strikes…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr012-C
Location
منطقة ال عتيق, Al Ateeq area, Shabwa, Yemen
Several sources reported that US airstrikes targeted AQAP militants in Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa province, at dawn on March 2nd 2017. Some local language Twitter sources reported that three areas of the Yashbum Valley had been targeted by US strikes simultaneously. There were some allegations of civilian harm from the wider US campaign in the area,…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Religious
(
Prayer Space
),
Residential
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CS546
Location
الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, Syria
According to Smart News, five civilians died and two were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Rasafa. Smart reported that the warplanes – “likely” belonging to the Coalition – “bombed a bus as it passed through on the road from al Rasafa to al Mansoura (30 km west of Raqqa City), after civilians…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CI503
Location
المنصور, Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
Four civilians were reported killed at al Mansour during heavy fighting, according to a single source. Their bodies were buried at Amel school. According to Shafaaq, “Four civilians were killed in the Mansour district, southwest of Mosul during the battles between Iraqi forces and organize Daesh in the neighborhood, which is still under the control…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2017
Incident Code
CI504
Location
New Mosul neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
An eyewitness, Ghania Hassan – resident of the al-Jadida (New Mosul) neighborhood – told Foreign Policy that more than 56 civilians were killed after a Coalition missile hit a house where they were gathered, reportedly forced to by ISIL combattants. The eyewitness account as written down by Sam Kimball, Foreign Policy: “If they stopped the…
Summary
Published
2 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
56
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2017
Incident Code
CS545
Location
كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria
Between one and five civilians died and nine others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ksrat Sheikh al Juma’a, according to single source Smart News. There was some confusion in reporting. In the first paragraph, Smart said that one civilian died, but in the second paragraph put the death toll at five. A…
Summary
Published
1 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
CS542
Location
كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Smart news network, reported the death of two civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Kasra Faraj. According to Smart’s source, “two people were killed when the international coalition aircraft targeted a medicine depot belonging to the Islamic State in the southern countryside of Raqqa, north-eastern Syria. The…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2017
Incident Code
CS543
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local reports. Step news agency and Ka’aka al A’nzi reported that the Coalition had carried out raids “near the workers’ residences in Tabaqa leading to a number of civilians being wounded”. According to Raqqa’s Rebels Brigade, “Coalition planes…
Summary
Published
28 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1921
Location
ربيعة, Rabi'a, Homs, Syria
According to Smart, an unspecified number of civilians were wounded and killed following a "likely Russian" airstrike on Rabi'a. It was reported that "the aircraft fired missiles on the outskirts of the village which was under the control of 'Islamic State', killing three civilians, including a child, and injuring five others, including a woman, some of…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CI492
Location
عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said that four civilians were killed when Coalition airstrikes hit the Ana district, in the west of Anbar province.
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2017
Incident Code
CS540
Location
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
A reported Coalition strike on an ISIL HQ which killed and injured up to a dozen militants also led to the injuring of three civilians, according to a single source. According to Smart News Coalition planes launched an attack at al Mansoura “on an ISIL headquarters, killing five elements and wounding six others, including a…
Summary
Published
27 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2017
Incident Code
CS534
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians died and ten others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the maternity hospital in al Tabaqa, according to a single source. The Smart news agency reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely to be the Coalition launched a raid with three missiles targeting a street and a building near the…
Summary
Published
25 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2017
Incident Code
CI481
Location
مزير, Mazir, Kirkuk, Iraq
A single local media source reported that ten civilians were killed and many others were wounded in Coalition raids on Mazirr village, near Dibis region, north of Kirkuk City. No additional details are presently known. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed the event as non credible due to a lack of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
CI478
Location
المأمون, Mosul, Mamoon, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed, including three kids, and dozens others were injured in Coalition airstrikes targeting their houses in Mamoon neighborhood, at the west side of Mosul.
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1910
Location
جبل البلعاس, Al-Bila'as mountain, Hama, Syria
A single source reported the death of one civilian and the injury of others as a result of alleged Russian airstrike on Al-Bila'as mountain. It was reported that the aerial bombardment was concentrated on the area around al Bila’as Mountains near Akeirbat in Hama, central Syria. Allegedly Russian warplanes struck a camp for displaced people…
Summary
Published
23 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CS523
Location
الخاتونية, Khatouniyah, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart news agency, five non-combatants were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Kahtaniya and al Khatuniyah in the Raqqa countryside. The source also said thayt some livestock was killed. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CS524
Location
Kabish Sharqi and Tishreen farm villages, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians including one child and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Kabish Sharqi and Tishreen farm villages, according to a single source, the Smart news agency. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CS525
Location
سلحبية, Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Salhabiya, 25 km west of Raqqa city, according to the Smart news agency. Jisr TV reported that the Coalition carried out raids on al Salhabiya, but didn’t mention any casualties.
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CS526
Location
جليب خليل, Jleib Khalil, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Smart news agency, reported that three civilians died and five were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Khuytar and Jleib Khalil, north west of Raqqa. According to Smart, “the sources said that the warplanes targeted the villages of Khuytar and the mosque in the village of Jleib…
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2017
Incident Code
CS528
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
According to a single source, the Violations Documentation Center, two adult males from Qusair died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Idlib. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
22 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1904
Location
حقل شاعر, Shaer oil field, Homs, Syria
A single source reported that Russian warplanes "launched missile strikes on Al Sha’er oil field, which resulted in the burning of three oil tankers, killing the driver and wounding two other riders". There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1907
Location
المشتل, Al-Mashtal, Homs, Syria
Two civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al-Mashtal, according to a single source. The Smart News Agency reported "... raids struck al-Mashtal neighborhood in the city of Palmyra, wounding two civilians and destroying houses in the area." 2baddi reported that the planes struck the mountain range adjacent to the archaeological fortress of Palmyra.…
Summary
Published
21 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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