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Incident Date
28 October 2016
Incident Code
LQ037
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
Libya’s Channel and Libya Akhbar reported on October 28th that ISIS was using civilians as human shields and that the evacuation of civilians was causing delay to the GNA campaign. The outlets both referred to Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous spokesman Rida Issa: “A member of the media centre of the Chamber of Operation, Rida Issa, said that…
Summary
Published
28 October 2016
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
28 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1515
Location
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
A single source, Halab News, reported the deaths of “Abdallah al Hasan al Khalaf and his two children, following the explosion of a cluster bomb left by Russia planes following a bombing of Sarmin in Idlib”. The source added that the victims were from the town of al Eiss. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
28 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Code
CI311
Location
بعشيقة, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq
An Iraq-based journalist told Airwars he had been informed by a peshmerga contact of four civilian deaths near Bashiqa. According to the reporter, A peshmerga called me and said he saw three wounded and four were crushed to death when their house was hit by either a missile or a bomb. Anadolu reported a military…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 October 2016
Incident Code
CI309
Location
ليلان, Lylan, Kirkuk, Iraq
Five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strikes in the Lylan area south of Kirkuk. The Baghdad Post cited a local source as saying that an air strike carried out by international coalition aircraft near the village of Lylan killed five civilians. Iraq Amsi said the strikes took place in the evening.
Summary
Published
25 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
LC047
Location
الجيزة, Giza, Surt, Libya
The US conducted four airstrikes in the Giza neighbourhood in Sirte. One source on Facebook mentioned that Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous soldiers found seven dead bodies of civilians in a house. The bodies were apparently charred. According to Madridi Aween, “Our rebels found a number of bodies in several houses in the camp during a search by the…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
22 October 2016
Incident Code
CS344
Location
حاجي كوسا, Haji Koussa, Aleppo, Syria
Several outlets including Halab Today TV reported that a 15 year old girl named Iman Sillo was killed “following Coalition raids.” One report, from Hara FM, indicated that two civilians were killed.
Summary
Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 October 2016
Incident Code
CI302
Location
الموصل, Mosul, South, girls' school, Nineveh, Iraq
The Russian Military General Staff claimed that a Coalition airstrike on a girls’ school south of Mosul killed a number of civilians. According to Sputnik News, The Russian General Staff said that more than 60 civilians were killed and 200 others were injured during air strikes launched by the international coalition led by the United…
Summary
Published
21 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 October 2016
Incident Code
LC046
Location
الجيزة, Giza, Surt, Libya
On October 21st Ahmed El Sharkawy claimed that the bodies of children and women were trapped under rubble in Giza but didn’t say what the reason for the destruction was. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
19 October 2016
Incident Code
CI299
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Muhammadiyah Mosque, Nineveh, Iraq
Between two and three civilians were killed in a Coalition strike on the Al Rawda Al Muhammadiyah Mosque in the al-Muthanna area of Mosul city, according to local MP Abd Al Raheem Al Shamery and other sources. According to some reports, a kindergarten at the mosque was also destroyed. Given reported British actions in the…
Summary
Published
19 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1390
Location
جب القبة, Jeb al Qubba, Aleppo, Syria
SMO News reported that “Russian warplanes shelling targeted Al-Shawqi hospital in Jib Al-Quba and destroyed it. Some people were killed and others wounded.” Likewise Al-Jazeera reported how the hospital was left destroyed after the strikes. There are no other details available at this time.
Summary
Published
2 October 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1357
Location
حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
LCCSY reported four dead civilians as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Mashhad neighbourhood of Aleppo. It added that “some people were wounded.” Currently there is no more information available.
Summary
Published
26 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1304
Location
جزمتي, Jazmati neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, reported an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on Aleppo’s Jazmati neighbourhood. @naifaleidi and @HalabTodayTV also reported Russian strike on Jazmati but made no mention of civilian harm. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
22 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1307
Location
المشهد, Al Mashad neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Al Jazeera reported that seven civilians died in alleged Assad regime airstrikes on the Aleppo neighbourhoods of "Sukkari, ِMashhad, Marjeh, and Salhin". @alhammamnetwork made no mention of civilian harm but said that "Omar Orabi, from the Istaqim Kma Umirt terrorist organisation, died when Syrian helicopters targeted a gathering in the Al Mashad neighbourhood". No further details…
Summary
Published
22 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 September 2016
Incident Code
CI286
Location
الزاوية, Zawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq
An unspecified number of civilian casualties may have occurred near Haditha Dam following a reported strike on an imminent ISIL assault. According to El Nel News, Coalition aircraft bombed a gathering of Daesh militants, killing dozens of terrorists and foiling an attack on the perimeter of Haditha Dam in Anbar province in western Iraq. Yaqein…
Summary
Published
16 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1271
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to HNN, “20 civilians were killed in Russian raids on Abu Kamal.” However, Deir Ezzor 24 reported that “all news reporting a massacre in al Boukamal has been dismissed and is totally untrue.” USEmbassySyrau tweeted “ten raids by the coalition in Abu Kamal in Syria destroyed 29 targets of ISIS near Abu Kamal in…
Summary
Published
15 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1265
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
According to Syria News Desk, “seven civilians were killed and dozens wounded in an initial toll following Russian warplane shelling on a vegetable market in al Ferdos neighbourhood in the centre of Aleppo city.” LCCSY also reported that Russia shelled al Ferdos, but made no mention of civilian harm.
Summary
Published
11 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1251
Location
Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Bab al Nairab neighbourhood, according to a single source. Halab Today reported a Russian strike killed one civilian. However, both Syriansnews and Buraq media said that there had been no civilian casualties, and did not identify the culprit of the strike.
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1241
Location
Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
Al Latamna Youth reported the death of one civilian male following cluster bomb raids by suspected Russian planes on the town of Kafr Zita. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
7 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
CS305
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Halaab News, named the child Zuheir Mohammad al Maghrabi as having been killed in an alleged Coalition raid on Manbij. No further details are currently available. In their May 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…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 August 2016
Incident Code
CI279
Location
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to two sources, at least 7 civilians killed including a child and woman and 6 injuries by an alleged Coalition airstrike in Rutba district west of Anbar. The sources cited that the strikes targeted various locations in Rutba district. No additional details are presently known. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition…
Summary
Published
21 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1168
Location
الحميدية, Hamidia, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported an unspecified number of civilian deaths in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hamida, Sinaa and Kanamat in Deir Ezzor. According to LCCSY, “The Russian aviation raided a gas station near Dawar Al-Halabiah and Al-Orwa gas station in the town of Al-Ginenah, while another raid struck the town of Ayyash in the western countryside.…
Summary
Published
18 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 August 2016
Incident Code
CI276
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Four civilians were reported killed and 24 injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Mosul, as the battle for the ISIL-occupied city intensified. No additional details are presently known. See the following report. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in…
Summary
Published
15 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 August 2016
Incident Code
CS291
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
There were claims that two children died in northern Manbij as a result of Coalition strikes, though few specific details have emerged. The originator of the story may have been Al A’Amaq (ISIL’s news arm) which reported: “Urgent: two children killed following a US raid on north of Manbij city.” According to Shaam News, “very…
Summary
Published
8 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 August 2016
Incident Code
CS290
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
As the battle for Manbij reached its final stages, so-called Islamic State claimed that Coalition aircraft had committed a ‘massacre’ of civilians in the town. However, most sources reported that ISIL was forcibly trapping civilians in the town, and using them as human shields. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed…
Summary
Published
7 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
LC038
Location
قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
An elderly man was reportedly killed in an LNA airstrike in Ganfouda, according to Emhona who reported the event on Twitter. He didn’t provide any further details. The LNA itself reported that its MiG-21 and a MiG-23 targeted the Shura Council in Ganfouda which reported five of its fighters died in an official statement on…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1096
Location
شغور, Shaghuor, Idlib, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center named one adult male civilian, as killed by a Russian cluster bomb. While the source reports that the victim was from Shahour village, it’s unclear whether he was killed there. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1087
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
According to Syria News Desk, “three media opposition activists were killed yesterday while covering the fighting south of Aleppo, one of them a reporter for Step News agency. They were killed as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the building they were inside.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1082
Location
Jeb al Qebr, Aleppo, Syria
According to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes, along with Assad’s warplanes and helicopters, committed a massacre that claimed the lives of 16 people when they targeted the Medical Center the Job_Qebba neighborhood and houses in the Ansari and Sukkari neighborhoods with dozens airstrikes and barrel bombs”. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
31 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1076
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
According to a single source, HNN, one civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Atarib. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
30 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2016
Incident Code
CI269
Location
حي البكر, Hit, Bakir, Al Anbar, Iraq
An unspecified number of civilians was reported killed and injured during alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit. According to the Iraqi Spring Media Centre, Coalition aircraft have struck the Bakir and Mahboubiya neighbourhoods in Hit in western Anbar, resulting in deaths and injuries. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition…
Summary
Published
27 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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