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Incident Date
1 February 2017
Incident Code
CS471
Location
القادسية, Al Qadissiya, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Al Ragga Truth, reported the death of three civilians in an alleged Coalition raid on Al Qadissiya farm, Raqqah. In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical…
Summary
Published
1 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Code
CS465
Location
Western countryside of Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source reported the death of one civilian in an alleged Coalition strike. According to the Syrian Observatory, “SOHR documented the death of a person from the southeastern countryside of Homs, he was killed in bombing by warplanes of the International Coalition on areas in the western countryside al-Raqqah city.” No additional details are…
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
CI442
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that a child was killed and his parents were injured in Coalition airstrikes on Farouk neighbourhood at the right side of Mosul. A government source told Yaqein that a four-year-old boy was killed and his parents seriously injured after an explosive missile was dropped from an aircraft near the al-Farouk neighbourhood,…
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
TS068
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were reported killed in alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. The ISIS propaganda outlet Al A'amaq said that "two children were killed and nine others injured in Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab northeast of Aleppo." There is currently no more information available.
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2017
Incident Code
TS067
Location
تل بطنان, Tal Btan, Aleppo, Syria
Around five civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes near Tal Btan, according to sources on the ground. LCCSY wrote: "Eight dead in Aleppo, most of them killed by the Turkish jets during their escape from Alban to Tal Btan village." There is currently no more information available.
Summary
Published
28 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1847
Location
قحطان, Kahtan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians from the same family were killed when an alleged Russian raid struck civilian homes near a hospital in Kahtan. Only one on the ground source - Euphrates Post - reported on this incident, and it blamed Russian warplanes. It alleged that the homes near Kahtan hospital were struck which led to the collapse of an…
Summary
Published
23 January 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2017
Incident Code
TS059
Location
تل بطنان, Tal Btan, Aleppo, Syria
On January 25th, a single source, Al Bab24, reported: "Rescue teams managed to pull out the bodies of three people from al Othman family. Rasoul al Othman was identified. They were killed a few days ago in Tal Btan, Syria following Turkish artillery shelling." There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
23 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CS449
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Smart News, reported that “IS members were killed and civilians injured on Thursday, in aerial bombardment likely to be by the international coalition which targeted an IS vehicle east of the city of Raqqa, according to witnesses and medical sources.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1838
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Violations Documentation Center reported on adult-male civilian killed by Russian forces in Abu Kamal. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
CS446
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 January 2017
Incident Code
CI427
Location
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that many civilians were killed or injured in Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces, in neigbourhoods at the left side of Mosul. The Iraqi Spring Media Center had tracked the bombings “from dawn until now” and said the raids targeted residential neighbourhoods. It said that hundreds of civilians were fleeing.
Summary
Published
16 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CI425
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, al-Jadid, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the afternoon of 14 January, airstrikes reportedly targeted the house of an ISIL local leader in the Mosul al Jadida neighbourhood of western Mosul. The attack resulted in the collapse of the targeted house…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 January 2017
Incident Code
TS046
Location
التفريعة, Al Tafri’a village, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Syria News Desk, reported that "four civilians were killed by Turkish raids in the village of al Tafri’a north of Baza’ah which is controlled by IS-east of Aleppo." No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Code
CI412
Location
حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
A local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted the Hadbah neighbourhood northeast of Mosul had killed “dozens of civilians.” This took place after ISIL reportedly targeted Iraqi forces with three bombed cars during the afternoon. Ajel Al Mosul spoke of “heavy” and “indiscriminate” airstrikes. It also reported that an “air strike targeted a…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Code
LQ038
Location
بنغازي, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
Alnabaa TV reported that a foreign aircraft conducted airstrikes in Ganfouda. Its source in the Benghazi Shura Council didn’t confirm any casualties. According to Alnabaa, Ganfouda has also been hit by artillery shelling in the early morning hours and civilian infrastructure was heavily targeted in the strike. Alnabaa suspected civilians in the buildings but couldn’t confirm…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
9 January 2017
Incident Code
CI408
Location
حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 January 2017
Incident Code
CI403
Location
حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
One civilian was reported killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes that targeted an ISIL member in a civilian vehicle, in the Hadbah neihbourhood in the northeast of Mosul.
Summary
Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI406
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Local sources said that civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Rashad and Riad regions Sunday evening in Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk. Only once source, News of Iraq, claimed there were civilian casualties.
Summary
Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 January 2017
Incident Code
CI400
Location
الموصل, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and medical sources said that 15 civilians were killed and many others injured and children displaced, in an alleged Coalition airstrike. Al Jazeera said that as many as 27 civilians were killed on Saturday in an airstrike by the international coalition in the east of Mosul. A medical source, D. Raed Ahmed al-Hamdani, had…
Summary
Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 January 2017
Incident Code
CI401
Location
ابن الهيثم, Mosul, ibn El Haithem new area, Nineveh, Iraq
Local and medical sources said that 12 civilians were killed and many others injured, mostly displaced women and children, in the locality of Ibn al-Haytham – new area of Mosul (the valley of the eye) due to Coalition airstrikes southeast of Mosul. Al Jazeera said that the Coalition strikes hit the area “where displaced families…
Summary
Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 January 2017
Incident Code
TS076
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians were reported killed and 16 more injured because of Turkish shelling of Al Bab, Syria, according to a single source. Syria News Desk wrote: "Six civilians were killed and 16 others wounded last night after Turkish artillery targeted residential areas near the Al Manshiya roundabout in the city centre of Al Bab in…
Summary
Published
7 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
16
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI402
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Dargizliya, 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 7 January, 15 civilians, including two women and three children, were alleged to have been killed in an airstrike targeting ISIL vehicles at the Hamameel roundabout in the Dargizliya neighbourhood of eastern…
Summary
Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1814
Location
رسم العبد, Hama, Hama, Syria
It was reported by a single source that one adult male died following alleged Russian shelling. It does not specifically say where he was killed, however, it does report that he was from in Rasem al Abd in Hama. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 January 2017
Incident Code
CI398
Location
حي سومر, Mosul, Sumer, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said civilians were killed and injured after Coalition Apache helicopters targeted a market in Sumer neighborhood, southeast of Mosul, with machine guns. On the same day, a young man named as Mostafa al Lahibi was reported killed by unspecified shells in the same neighbourhood.
Summary
Published
7 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 January 2017
Incident Code
CI392
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources told Mosul Ateka that 26 civilians from four families were killed when their home was bombed by Coalition strikes. There are no additional accounts of this alleged incident at the moment.
Summary
Published
5 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI385
Location
Mosul, Mushirfan, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “(2.) Jan. 2, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 January 2017
Incident Code
LC055
Location
سبها, Gwirat al-Mal checkpoint, Sabha, Libya
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged GNA/Misurata Air Force strike on the road leading to Sabha, local media reported. According to m.boshgma, “A military aircraft of the Third Force took off from the Tamanhint base and targeted the road leading to the city, injuring civilians”. AJEL.Ardalsharif.News and krama1951libya published carbon copies of this…
Summary
Published
2 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
30 December 2016
Incident Code
TS035
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Around six or seven civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Al Bab, Syria, according to LCCSY. It reported that "24 people were killed in Aleppo, the majority by Turkish airstrikes in Al Bab city, Russian warplanes in Tadif and a car bomb in Soran." Turkey Post and Deutsche Welle only said there were…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
30 December 2016
Incident Code
CI381
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
An unnamed doctor at a local medical centre near Mosul told Iraqi Spring Media Centre that his facility had received 200 civilians over the preceding 24 hours, as a result of bombing and mortar shelling. In related news, Kurdistan’s health minister told reporters that health facilities in the region had so far received 13,000 injured…
Summary
Published
30 December 2016
Civilians reported injured
200
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 December 2016
Incident Code
TS034
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab, Syria. LCCSY reported: "By the end of the day, 16 people were killed in Aleppo, majority are by landmines by ISIS and Turkish artillery shelling in Al-Bab city." Smart News only mentioned Turkish airstrikes in the area in…
Summary
Published
28 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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