Reported civilian and ‘friendly fire’ deaths from Coalition airstrikes March 2017

March 2017

March 1st 2017: (S476)  Al Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Between two and 12 civilians including four children were killed and up to 14 others injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to sources.
Smart News initially reported that “A medical source said that two civilians died and three were wounded, including a child in critical condition.” Raqqa is Being Slaughtered said “warplanes launched a raid near the church roundabout in al Tabaqa” – though didn’t mention the culprit. The monitor later put the death toll at 12, as did Asharqiya Voice, LCCSY and Shaam News, which also blamed the Coalition.
According to Syria News Desk, four children were among the 12 killed. It reported: “The media opposition activist Mohamed Osman, quoting civilian sources from within al Tabaqa city, told Syria News Desk:  ‘the international Coalition targeted residential sites near the church roundabout in the Second [al Thani] Quarter within al Tabaqa with several rocket blasts. This caused the destruction of four residential buildings consisting of a two-storeys, and the burning or another house and two cars, in addition to material damage to a number of shops.”
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition deemed the incident non-credible due to what it described as insufficient evidence: “March 1, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via social media report: After review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
Civilians reported killed: 12, including 4 children
Civilians reported injured: 3-14
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Asharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], GRAPHIC RBSS (4) – photos [Archived], GRAPHIC Al A’Amaq video (ISIS propaganda), Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Coalition casualty report (July 2017)
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For February 28th-March 1st, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed six watercraft, an ISIS training camp, and an ISIS maintenance facility.”
For March 1st-March 2nd: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed an ISIS training camp, an ISIS-held building, a weapons storage facility; and a VBIED factory.”

 

 

March 1st 2017: (I403) سوق الشعارين Sha’aren Market, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said that 18 persons were either killed or injured, including children and women, after airstrikes reportedly struck the Sha’aren market and mills area in western Mosul.
Iraq News reported “the deaths of four people and the injuring of 14 others including women and children, following an aerial bombardment on the Sha’aren market and the Mills neighbourhood at the right side of Mosul, on Wednesday morning.”
@zyaad_alsenjary said on Twitter that “displacement into the old city of #Mosul increased the population density dramatically so any bombing operations or clash means the fall of a large number of innocents”.
Civilians reported killed: 4
Civilians reported injured: 14
Sources: Iraq news [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @zyaad_alsenjary [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Samir Ali Yousif (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived],  Iraq news center (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon news [Arabic] [Archived], Journalists around the world [Arabic] [Archived], Neighbourhood of Wadi Hajar Facebook page [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested – unclear who was responsible for the airstrikes. 
Coalition position: For February 28th-March 1st, the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine mortar systems, six fighting positions, five VBIED facilities, three supply caches, three ISIS-held buildings, three VBIEDs, and an improvised weapons factory; damaged six supply routes; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 1st-March 2nd it reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 1st 2017: (I404) حي  الفاروق  al-Faruq neighborhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said that up to 80 civilians were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraqi airstrikes targeted the Omar mosque area in al-Faruq neighborhood in western Mosul. 
The mosque was used as a shelter by displaced families, according to the Niniva Media Center. 
Reuters cited three local witnesses, noting that “The Omar al-Aswad mosque, in the al-Faruq district of the old city center, was hit by an airstrike, three residents in the same area told Reuters by phone. Neighboring houses were damaged or collapsed because of the blast, they said without giving a precise estimate of the casualties as their moves are restricted by the militants.”

Urgent Mosul news reported that “this morning warplanes targeted Omar Black Mosque in al-Faruq area on the right side [with] several missiles, which led to the death of more than 50 civilians and the destruction of homes adjacent to the mosque.
Residents had also reported this to Reuters, said Mosul MNN. “They added that the neighboring houses were damaged or collapsed because of the blast, without giving precise estimates of the number of dead and injured because the regulation restricts their movements. A spokesman for the Coalition led by the United States said he did not know that an attack targeted a mosque. For his part, the Iraqi military officer told the media that the battle continues, and that forces [may be] targeting elements of Daesh wherever they may be, but [he] declined to mention targeting this particular mosque.”
One resident of al-Faruq neighbourhood, Thanon Alaa Younis (on the right), was named as killed in the raids.
In its July 2017 casualty report the Coalition appeared to deny responsibility for the attack, noting: “March 1, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographic area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.”
The coordinates supplied to Airwars – 36.344546, 43.121074 – were less than 400m from Farouk though were also less than 1000m from Sha’aren, scene of another alleged event that day.
Airwars is presently querying this incident with the Coalition.
Civilians reported killed: 50-80 or more
Civilians reported injured: Up to 30
Sources: MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq news center [Arabic] [Archived], Niniva our home (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon news [Arabic] [Archived], Niniva Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Niniva Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Eye [Arabic] [Archived], Urgent Mosul news [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq news center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Journalists around the world [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Sawalif Maslawiah Ateka [Arabic] [Archived], Reuters, Coalition monthly civilian casualty report (May 2017), Coalition monthly report (June 2017), Coalition monthly report (July 2017), 
Quality of reporting: Fair, though apparently no Coalition strikes reported
Coalition position: For February 28th-March 1st, the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine mortar systems, six fighting positions, five VBIED facilities, three supply caches, three ISIS-held buildings, three VBIEDs, and an improvised weapons factory; damaged six supply routes; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 1st-March 2nd it reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 1st 2017: (I405) موصل الجديدة Al Jadida/ New Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq

Summary: At least two children were killed and other family members injured in New Mosul neighborhood in western Mosul. One source said ISIL targeted an unidentified warplane, which responded by launching a missile. The missile hit a house nearby, close to Yakatha mosque. However, Urgent Mosul News (Facebook) said that an ISIL car was targeted, which escaped without being damaged.
The victim was later named on a local neighbourhood blog page as Sana Faris Hamushi, a young girl. In another Facebook group page (سوالف مصلاويه عتيقه), it was reported that Taqwa Faris, a 9-year-old girl, had also died in the raids as a result of shrapnel injuries.
Civilians reported killed: 2 or more, including 2 children 
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Facebook page of Wadi al Hajar Neighbourhood [Arabic] [Archived], سوالف مصلاويه عتيقه [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested – may be Coalition or Iraqi forces aircraft
Coalition position: For February 28th-March 1st, the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine mortar systems, six fighting positions, five VBIED facilities, three supply caches, three ISIS-held buildings, three VBIEDs, and an improvised weapons factory; damaged six supply routes; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 1st-March 2nd it reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

March 1st 2017: (I407a) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on June 2nd 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment  of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “12. March 1, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographic area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as Mashahda in Mosul.
The strike was assessed as non credible based on the claim that “no Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.” However, the Coalition reported multiple strikes in Mosul that day.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 02/06
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For February 28th-March 1st, the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine mortar systems, six fighting positions, five VBIED facilities, three supply caches, three ISIS-held buildings, three VBIEDs, and an improvised weapons factory; damaged six supply routes; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 1st-March 2nd it reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

March 1st 2017: (S477) Kasrat Sheikh al Juma’a village, south west of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: 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 second report by Smart, however, said that one person died in a strike “believed to be by the international Coalition.”
Civilians reported killed: 1-5
Civilians reported injured: 9
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source and confusion in reporting.
Coalition position: For February 28th-March 1st, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed six watercraft, an ISIS training camp, and an ISIS maintenance facility.”
For March 1st-March 2nd: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed an ISIS training camp, an ISIS-held building, a weapons storage facility; and a VBIED factory.”

 

March 1st-2nd 2017: (I407)  النبي شيت Nabi Sheet neighborhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents said 14 civilians from three families were killed in a Coalition airstrike reportedly targeting a car bomb parked near their houses in Nabi Sheet neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul.
The sources reported that “the victims’ bodies [are] still under the rubble and could not be pulled out because of the intensification of the fighting in the region.” All sources blamed the Coalition for the raids.
Locals reported to FaceIraq News that “the three families are Nazim Abdul Rahman Chet‘s family; the family of Dawood, Suleiman, and the family of Yousef Mahmoud Salhan.”
On April 30th 2017 the Coalition claimed responsibility, noting: “March 1, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, it was assessed that the strike blast set off a secondary explosion of an ISIS VBIED parked next to a house down the street from the target location resulting in the unintentional death of 14 civilians.” A senior offciial later confirmed to Airwars that the incident occurred in Nabi Sheet.
Civilians reported killed: 14
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Shafaaq [Arabic] [Archived], MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Diyalamedia [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], The Baghdad Post [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon [Arabic] [Archived], Faceiraq news [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly casualty report (May 2017),
Quality of reporting: COALITION CONFIRMED CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 1st-March 2nd the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 2nd-March 3rd it stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”

March 2nd 2017: (S478) Al Rasafa, Al Mansoura road, 30km west of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: 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 were displaced from Sokhna town northeast of Homs. This reportedly led to the death of five civilians, including women and children and serious injury of two others.”
Civilians reported killed: 5
Civilians reported injured: 2
Sources: Smart News [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For March 1st-March 2nd: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed an ISIS training camp, an ISIS-held building, a weapons storage facility; and a VBIED factory.” For March 2nd-March 3rd it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a weapons storage facility.“

 

March 2nd 2017: (I406) الشفاء Al-Shafaa neighbourhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said that 20 civilians were killed and 18 injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted a residential building in Al-Shafaa (Shifa) neighborhood in western Mosul.
Some sources quoted ISIL media reporting this incident. Others said local press sources provided the information. Most reports blamed the US specifically for the raids.
Civilians reported killed: 20
Civilians reported injured: 18 
Sources: Aljazeera Mubasher Channel [Arabic] [Archived], Urgent Mosul news [Arabic] [Archived], Shehab News agency [Arabic] [Archived], Rafah city [Arabic] [Archived], Salam Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], Al Gad news [Arabic] [Archived], Al Rafidain Channel [Arabic] [Archived], Diyala people [Arabic] [Archived], Journalists around the World [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 1st-March 2nd the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 2nd-March 3rd it stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”

March 2nd 2017: (I405b) موصل الجديدة New Mosul neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: 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 airstrikes, that would be better,” said Ghania Hassan, a resident of the al-Jadida neighborhood. “The coalition has destroyed us.” Hassan has good reason to hate the coalition airstrikes. On March 2, Islamic State militants barged into her home at 5 a.m. and took her and others to another home, where she was packed in with what she believes were well over 100 others in the basement. This may have been an attempt to use the civilians as human shields.
In the basement, Hassan and the group listened to Islamic State fighters firing machine guns nearby. She said that the owner of the house, a man named Abu Imad Ayad, knew his home might be struck by airplanes because of the Islamic State fighters firing all around it, and that he and his son climbed to the roof and tried to signal to the air force not to fire on them.
But at 11 a.m., a missile screeched in and the house crumbled on top of her. She said God is the only reason she survived. “They went up to the roof and were saying, ‘Don’t shoot.’ Then the house fell, and both died,” she said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Hassan said neighbors pulled her out — and would eventually excavate 56 bodies from the rubble. She maintains that it wasn’t just one missile, but several, that fell on the homes of al-Jadida. “House upon house fell,” she said.
Civilians reported killed: 56
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Foreign Policy [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source
Coalition position: For March 1st-March 2nd the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 2nd-March 3rd it stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”

March 2nd 2017: (I405a) المنصور Al Mansour neighborhood of West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: 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 of the organization Daesh. Witnesses said that “the dead were buried in the Hope [Amel] School district.”
Civilians reported killed: 4
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Al Shafaaq [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Neighbourhood of Wadi Hajar Facebook page,
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source. Contested since cause of death unknown.
Coalition position: For March 1st-March 2nd the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 19 fighting positions, four supply caches, four mortar systems, four VBIEDs, three tunnels, two recoilless rifles, two VBIED factories, an ISIS-held building, a command and control node; and a barge; damaged 10 supply routes and two tunnels; and suppressed 14 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 2nd-March 3rd it stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”

 

March 3rd 2017: (I408)  المحطة Al-Mahatta (Station) neighborhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents said a number of civilians were killed after an alleged airstrike struck the Abu Huraira School in the station area. The school was reportedly being used by displaced families fleeing the violence in other neighbourhoods.
Mosul Ateka (Facebook) reported Fawad Ali Abu Abdullah (picture below) as having been killed in the raids on March 3rd, 2017.
On April 30th 2017 the Coalition accepted responsibility for 10 deaths, noting: “March 3, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS headquarters, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed.”
A senior Coalition official provided the following coordinates for the strike – 36°19’55.9″N 43°07’17.0″E – which locate it slightly to the south of the Ras al Jadah train station.
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: ‘On 4 March, an airstrike reportedly targeted an ISIL convoy in the ISIL-controlled Mahata neighbourhood, western Mosul city. Sources reported that a nearby civilian residential compound was hit, killing 21 civilians, including eight women and six children, and wounding 15 others, including three children and three women. Sources also reported that a number of ISIL militants were killed and their vehicles were destroyed.’
Civilians reported killed: 10-21, including women and children
Civilians reported injured: 2-15
Sources: Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @RwSRnw8e3bDEae5 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @alweyatiraq [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @mwz_news [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Sawalf Maslawiah Ateka (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly civilian casualty report (May 2017), UNAMI and OHCR report [archived] 
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED COALITION CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 2nd-March 3rd the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”
For March 3rd-March 4th it noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 21 mortar systems, 13 fighting positions, five heavy machine guns, four medium machine guns, and an ISIS headquarters; and damaged five supply routes.”

 

March 3rd 2017: (S479) بئر “مكسار” Miksar oil well, north of الرصاف al Rasafa, 30 km west of Raqqah, Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to four civilians were killed and a similar number injured after a reported Coalition strike targeted an oil well near al Rasafa.
According to the Syrian Mirror “Coalition warplanes targeted Miksar oil well which is north of Rasafa, and killed four people.” Micro Syria reported similar.
Smart News reported that “aircraft likely from the international coalition launched a raid on Miksar oil well north of Rusafa area (about 30 km west of Raqqa), killing three civilians and wounding four others who were taken to hospital.”
Civilians reported killed: 3-4
Civilians reported injured: 4
Sources: Syrian Mirror [Arabic] [Archived], Micro Syria [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 2nd-March 3rd the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a weapons storage facility.“
For March 3rd-March 4th it noted: “Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed a gas oil separation plant. Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, a VBIED factory, and a VBIED staging area.”

 

March 3rd 2017: (S480) الطبقة Al Tabaqah, Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to 12 civilians were reported killed and four injured in an air raid which most sources blamed on the Coalition.
According to MicroSyria “Warplanes carried out two raids in Tabaqa which is under the control of ISIL and killed 5 civilians, and wounded others including women and children who were taken to hospitals.” Smart News also placed the death toll at five, with four injured. Al Quds placed the toll higher at 12 killed, while the Syrian Observatory reported 10 deaths: “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of at least 10 persons, including 5 citizen women and children under the age of 18. Sources confirmed to the Observatory that they were recovered from under the rubble of buildings that were destroyed by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition in al-Tabaqa city which is located in the western countryside of al-Raqqah and controlled by the “Islamic State” organization. Also other body parts were found, but it is unknown whether they belong to other bodies or they are body pieces from the other corpses.”
On November 30th 2017 the Coalition confirmed responsibility for the event: “March 3, 2017, near Al Tabqah, Syria via Airwars report. During a Coalition strike that destroyed a Daesh weapon storage facility, it was assessed that five civilians were unintentionally killed.”
The Coalition is currently withholding the exact coordinates for this incident.
Civilians reported killed: 5-12, including 5 women and children
Civilians reported injured: 0-4
Sources: Syrian Mirror [Arabic] [Archived], Micro Syria [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], Bassem Jarrer tweet [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Coalition monthly report (December 2017)
Quality of reporting: Was Fair CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 2nd-March 3rd the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a weapons storage facility.”
For March 3rd-March 4th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, a VBIED factory, and a VBIED staging area.”

 

March 3rd 2017: (I410a) المنصور Al Mansour neighborhood of West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Surviving family members told Buzzfeed investigators that five members of a family died in a suspected Coalition strike. The alliance later accepted responsibility.
Buzzfeed casenotes for the incident were later shared with Airwars:
“GPS Coordinates: 36°19’02.5″N, 43°06’35.1″E
Date and approximate time: March 3, at around 11am
Casualties: The nephew and four nieces of Zayd Younes Mohamed, all deceased. Four surviving children and brother, some with injuries.
Comments: This strike was not concurrent with the ISF assault into the neighborhood. ISIS had that day moved an anti-aircraft gun on the other side of a thin wall beside the home. The strike target the gun. It destroyed the home in the process; witnesses were not sure if the gun was also hit. Zayd and his brother buried the dead children. When they approached the Iraqi government for compensation, they were told that since the bodies were no longer at the site of the blast, the government could not prove that the dead were victims of the blast, and their case was rejected.”
In its August monthly casualty report the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting that “March 3, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: During a strike on an ISIS machine gun position engaging ISF, it was assessed that five civilians, not previously observed during the engagement, were unintentionally killed.”
Officials confirmed to Airwars that this was the al Mansour neighbourhood, and provided matching co-ordinates.
Civilians reported killed: 5, all children
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Buzzfeed field investigation notes. See also Buzzfeed report (June 2017), Coalition monthly casualty report (August 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 2nd-March 3rd the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”
For March 3rd-March 4th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 21 mortar systems, 13 fighting positions, five heavy machine guns, four medium machine guns, and an ISIS headquarters; and damaged five supply routes.”

 

March 3rd 2017: (I410b) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on June 2nd 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “13. March 3, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographic area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as Mashahda in Mosul.
The strike was assessed as non credible based on the claim that “no Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.” However, the Coalition reported multiple strikes in Mosul that day.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 02/06
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 2nd-March 3rd the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed six fighting positions, four heavy machine guns, three medium machine guns, two tunnels, a rocket-propelled grenade system, a VBIED, and a VBIED facility; damaged seven supply routes; and suppressed 22 mortar teams.”
For March 3rd-March 4th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 21 mortar systems, 13 fighting positions, five heavy machine guns, four medium machine guns, and an ISIS headquarters; and damaged five supply routes.”

March 4th 2017: (I409) المحطة Al-Matahin (Station) and other neighborhoods, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said that up to 40 civilians were killed and more than 76 injured, mostly children and women, in Coalition airstrikes on the Station, Mills and Fatah neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul.
While Iraqi Spring Media Center blamed the US for carrying out the raids (and posted several graphic images of children allegedly killed) Yaqein said Iraqi government forces were responsible.
Civilians reported killed: 36-40, including at least 5 children
Civilians reported injured: 76-84
Sources: Jqiqqi [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Sunna news [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @noor123noor86 [Arabic] [Archived], Raad Hashim (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Cennet Yolculari (Facebook) (Video by Al Amaq [ISIL media outlet] [Arabic] [Archived],  Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], VERY GRAPHIC Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (4) [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested – both Coalition and Iraqi forces blamed for the raids
Coalition position: For March 3rd-March 4th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 21 mortar systems, 13 fighting positions, five heavy machine guns, four medium machine guns, and an ISIS headquarters; and damaged five supply routes.”
For March 4th-March 5th it said: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and a rocket-propelled grenade team; destroyed nine fighting positions, a heavy machine gun, an ISIS-held building, and a mortar system; damaged 26 supply routes; and suppressed 15 mortar teams.”

 

March 4th 2017: (I410) المنصور Al Mansour neighborhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq

Summary: Local sources said that a number of civilians were killed or injured, mostly children and women, when airstrikes struck the Shula kindergarten in Mansour neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul.
According to press sources, the warplanes had targeted an ISIL headquarters. None of the sources identified the warplanes.
Wadi Hajar (Facebook) posted a photo of a young girl (see below), saying that she and her father, as well as all of their family members, died in the airstrikes on Al Mansour. In a second post it showed a photo of a young man, stating that Mohammed Jadou was among the victims.  
In what may be a related incident, Amnesty field assessors noted the following: “On 4 March, in the afternoon, another house in our al-Mousour apartments neighbourhood was destroyed by mortars. There was a car bomb in front of the house, and the ISF tried to hit the car bomb. There was a huge explosion. The attack killed three people. Two people were buried under the rubble, and we couldn’t dig them out. My cousin, XXXX – 45 years old – died from a piece of shrapnel in his back. We buried him in the garden. The grave is still there.”
Civilians reported killed: 2-4 or more, including at least 1 child
Civilians reported injured: unknown 
Sources: Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Algharbiya News [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Archived], Wadi Hajar (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Wadi Hajar (Facebook) (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @HamidHadeed [Arabic] [Archived], Amnesty field research. See also At Any Cost: The civilian catastrophe in West Mosul,
Quality of reporting:  Contested – currently unclear who carried out the airstrikes
Coalition position: For March 3rd-March 4th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 21 mortar systems, 13 fighting positions, five heavy machine guns, four medium machine guns, and an ISIS headquarters; and damaged five supply routes.”
For March 4th-March 5th it said: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and a rocket-propelled grenade team; destroyed nine fighting positions, a heavy machine gun, an ISIS-held building, and a mortar system; damaged 26 supply routes; and suppressed 15 mortar teams.”

March 4th 2017: (S481) حمرة ناصر Hamra Naser and حمرة بلاسم Hamra Balasem villages, Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: 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 10 wounded were taken to Tabaka Takhasosi hospital.
Smart said it was unable to determine where the other two fatalities had occurred. 
Civilians reported killed: 6
Civilians reported injured: 10
Sources: Micro Syria [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting:  Weak – effectively single source
Coalition position: For March 3rd-March 4th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, a VBIED factory, and a VBIED staging area.”
For March 4th-March 5th it said: “Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes engaged an ISIS staging area and damaged a supply route.“

 

March 5th 2017: (I411) الدواسة Dawassa neighborhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local and press sources said between 64 and 130 civilians were killed in total and many others injured by different kind of bombing during the Iraqi offensive to control the governmental compound in Dawassa at the right side of Mosul.
Mosul Eye reported that “the number of civilian casualties today has risen to more than 130 civilians [who] have been killed because of the bombings and battles, and 12 victims were exposed to Daesh [ISIL] snipers.”
Yaqein said the Iraqi government was responsible, and spoke of 64 civilians killed. 
Iraq News posted two pictures of a father who reportedly lost all his family members in the bombings except his little daughter. 
In another post, Iraq News said “US Apache helicopters [were] flying heavily” in support of Iraqi government forces. Iraq Eye also suggested active involvement of the Coalition: “International coalition using Apache helicopters, artillery, mortars and rocket power and smart bombs in the battle of the right coast, which gave Iraqi forces [a] quick advance to liberate [the] more older [neighbourhoods] and the ability to accelerate the resolution of those tough battles.”
Civilians reported killed: 64-130
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: Mosul Eye [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Moghred_Ninawa [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq Eye [Arabic] [Archived], Naynawaalghad TV [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting:  Contested – both the Coalition and Iraqi forces blamed
Coalition position: For March 4th-March 5th it said: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and a rocket-propelled grenade team; destroyed nine fighting positions, a heavy machine gun, an ISIS-held building, and a mortar system; damaged 26 supply routes; and suppressed 15 mortar teams.”
For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 5th 2017: (I411a)  حي الابار Hal al Abar neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In a previously unreported incident, Amnesty field researchers spoke with survivors of a March 5th incident which left five non-combatants dead and five more injured – all from one family.
The following unpublished report was shared with Airwars: “I survived an attack on 5 March. Our house was encircled by IS and ISF fighters, and we were under house arrest – we couldn’t leave the house at all. Our house is in Hai al-Abar neighbourhood, in the area bordering Yarmouk neighbourhood, near Mahatat al-Qafar.
I was in the sink, washing my hands, and suddenly I lost consciousness. I didn’t hear anything in the air, and I don’t remember anything before I fainted. When I woke up, I was in the hospital.  We lost five members of my family in this attack:
XXXX, 62 years old – my father in law
XXXX, 26 years old – my husband
XXXX, 21 years old  – my brother in law
XXXX, 18 years old – my brother in law
XXXX, 17 years old, my relative.
The rest of the family all had light injuries from the shrapnel. There were 10 of us total who were in the house. We found out later, from neighbours and relatives, that the house was completely collapsed from a mortar attack. My leg was shattered from something falling on it, and I have shrapnel in my face and my right hand. They took me to a hospital controlled by IS in my neighbourhood, and I stayed there for a few weeks, but then they sent me home because they said they didn’t have space for me. I went and stayed with my family in my uncle’s house, in the same neighbourhood, also near Mahatat al-Qafar. I was there with my father, mother, sister, my husband’s uncle, and his children. We were all staying in one room, because that was the safest place to be in the house.
After a few weeks, in the beginning of April, the ISF came to our neighbourhood, in the middle of the night. They were two houses away from our house, and we went out to them.
There were no stretchers, so my family had to put me on a vegetable cart. They sent us to the Mansour neighbourhood, where they had a military ambulance. From al-Mansour, they took me to Ghayara, and we had to cross over the river in a boat – that was the only way. It was the most difficult time, because I can’t swim, and I would have died if I had fallen in. The river was at least 50 meters wide.
They put me in a boat with three other people. They were in the centre of the boat, and they put me on the bow of the boat, on a piece of wood that they were holding in place with their hands. We made it, thank god. I was sure the boat would tip over.  In the end we made it across the river, and then they took me here, to this hospital.”
Civilians reported killed: 5, including a 17-year old
Civilians reported injured: 5
Sources: Amnesty field investigation. See also At Any Cost: The Civilian Catastrophe in West Mosul, Iraq (Amnesty International – July 2017),
Quality of reporting:  Contested – unclear whether the mortar round was Coalition or ISF
Coalition position: For March 4th-March 5th it said: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and a rocket-propelled grenade team; destroyed nine fighting positions, a heavy machine gun, an ISIS-held building, and a mortar system; damaged 26 supply routes; and suppressed 15 mortar teams.”
For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 5th 2017: (S482) Ar Raqqah, Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: One civilian was reported injured in what appeared to have been a targeted strike on Ar Raqqah.
According to Smart News, “Two members of Islamic State were killed and a civilian injured on Sunday, after aerial bombardment most likely by the international coalition on the city of Raqqa, northern Syria, according to a local source. The source said, that coalition aircraft targeted a van belonging to the organization [ISIL], in CIF State Street in the city, which led to the deaths of two fighters and the wounding of a civilian who was close to the scene of the bombing.”
On April 30th 2016 the Coalition classed the event as ‘not credible’, noting: “March 5, 2017, near Raqqah, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”
Civilians reported killed: 0
Civilians reported injured: 1
Sources: Smart News [Arabic] [Archived],  Coalition monthly casualty report (May 2017),
Quality of reporting:  Weak – single source. Discounted by Coalition.
Coalition position: For March 4th-March 5th the Coalition noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes engaged an ISIS staging area and damaged a supply route.”
For March 5th-March 6th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed two vehicles; and suppressed an ISIS tactical unit.“

March 5th 2017:  (I411b) الموصل‎ Mosul: Souq al-Sha’areen neighborhood, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: 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, including two women, and wounding five others, including a woman. In addition, ISIL militants at a checkpoint were also killed.”
Airwars researchers have so far identified no known public allegations of civilians killed or injured relating to this incident.
Civilians reported killed: 7, including 2 women
Civilians reported injured: 5
Sources: UNAMI and OHCR report [archived] 
Quality of reporting:  Poor – single source
Coalition position: For March 4th-5th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and a rocket-propelled grenade team; destroyed nine fighting positions, a heavy machine gun, an ISIS-held building, and a mortar system; damaged 26 supply routes; and suppressed 15 mortar teams.”
For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

March 6th 2017: (I411c)   نبي شيت ٌNabi Sheet neighbourhood, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources reported that 16 civilians were killed and dozens of others injured in violent clashes and airstrikes on Nabi Sheet neighbourhood.
Mosul Ateka posted a photo (see below) of the aftermath, stating “This is the area of Nabi Sheet, the centre of Mosul city, and the main market for handicraft and construction..”
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 reportedly targeted ISIL militants in the Nabi Sheet neighbourhood of central Mosul city. A civilian home was hit, killing 13 civilians, including four children and two women, and wounding seven others, including two women and a child. All the victims were from the same family. Sources reported that a large number of ISIL members were killed and their weapons were destroyed. This area was under ISIL control at the time of the incident and was then retaken by ISF on 7 March.”
Civilians reported killed: 13-16, including women and children
Civilians reported injured: 7-24
Sources: Naynawaalghad TV [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Ateka [Arabic] [Archived], UNAMI and OHCR report [archived] 
Quality of reporting:  Contested
Coalition position: For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 6th-March 7th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”

March 6th 2017: (I412) Railway station, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and security sources reported that up to 33 civilians (mostly former Iraqi and police officers) died after Coalition airstrikes targeted the railway station at the right side of Mosul.
The sources reported that the Coalition had ‘mistakenly’ targeted the train station, which killed up to 33 people (25 -33 civilians and eight ISIL members). Most of the victims were former members of the security services, of the Iraqi army and the police. They were detained in the station which ISIL was using as a temporary prison.
Anadolu News cited Major Major Abdullah al-Humam al-Mayahi of the Iraqi Federal Police as saying that “ISIL militants had detained in the early morning hours of Monday, about 41 men who were formerly part of the security service.” The men had been bought to the train station for questioning. According to Major al-Mayahi, a Coalition strike “caused the deaths of about 33 detainees and wounding eight others, as well as killing and injuring several (unspecified) Daesh militants organize Daesh and destroying some of their vehicles.”
Civilians reported killed: 18-33 civilians and 8 ISIL fighters
Civilians reported injured: 8-24
Sources: Aljazeera Mubasher Channel [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera-Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], TalAfar is fine (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Arabil [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera-Iraq (2) [Arabic] [Archived], KPN news [Arabic] [Archived], Almadenah News [Arabic] [Archived], JBC News [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @TRTalarabiya [Arabic] [Archived], Anadolu News [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Fair
Coalition position: For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 6th-March 7th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”

 

March 6th 2017: (I413) Several neighbourhoods at the right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents sources said that between 41 and 52 civilians were killed, including 23 children and one woman, and more than 70 injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces struck civilian homes at dawn, at the right side of Mosul.
Witnesses told Iraq News that there were “dozens of women and children buried under the rubble of their homes, which collapsed over their heads.”
A volunteer doctor in Mosul, named as Dr. Adam Saudarson, told Ajel Al Mosul that – in this week alone – 700 civilians had been killed and more than 150 were missing as a result of battles in west Mosul.
Yaqein also reported the death of hundreds of civilians killed and wounded in a few days. It spoke of “about 420” dead and “more than 500 wounded”. It said it expected the numbers to become even higher, “with the continuation of the bombing and destruction and the targeting of civilians.”
Civilians reported killed: 41-52, including 23 children and 1 woman
Civilians reported injured: 70 or more
Sources: Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @alaraby_ar [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @ikramhumanright [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (4) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (5) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (6) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (7) [Arabic] [Archived], Ajel Al Mosul [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Contested – sources blame both the Coalition and Iraqi government forces 
Coalition position: For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 6th-March 7th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”

 

March 6th 2017: (I414a)  حي الصمود Sumud Quarter, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed and more than 40 people were still under the rubble after a Coalition airstrike targeted the Sumud Quarter near the main generator.
The Telegraph interviewed several witnesses, who reported:
“The planes waited until one of the Daesh walked out into the street and then they struck. The fighter was only injured, but 11 members of one family in the house next door were instantly killed.”
The colossal destruction bore out their claims. Samood is a hellish landscape. Every third house seems to either bear the scars of a fierce firefight or is completely levelled. Burned-out husks of cars and the rubble from razed houses block most of the neighbourhood’s streets.”
Civilians reported killed: 11-55
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: @rafidenchannel [Arabic] [Archived], Younis Al Aseel (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Adamyiah News [Arabic] [Archived], Saad Ubead Ferhan (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Yassin Al Timimi (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Anwar Mohammed Selman (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul (Facebook) (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Almogaz Online [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Telegraph [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position: For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight mortar systems, seven vehicles, four VBIEDs, three ISIS-held buildings, two medium machine guns, two command and control nodes, two roadblocks, a heavy machine gun, an artillery system, and an ISIS checkpoint; damaged 11 supply routes, eight vehicles, and two fuel tanker trucks; and suppressed 10 mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 6th-March 7th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”

 

March 6th 2017: (S483) كديران Kdeiran town, western Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: Between six and 12 civilians were reported to have died in Coalition airstrikes on the town of Kdeiran in western Raqqah.
According to the Syrian Observatory, “four persons were killed including a man and his son in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition on areas in Kdiaran town west of al-Raqqah city.” The Syrian Network also placed the toll at four.
Step News initially reported four deaths though later raised its estimate to 12, noting “A new massacre committed by the international coalition in the countryside of Raqqa-west, on Monday 6th March, as our correspondent reported that coalition warplanes targeted the town Kdeiran with several air strikes, killing 12 civilians as a primary outcome, including women and children and injuring dozens of civilian casualties in addition to the destruction of several houses in the targeted town.” LCCSY was alone in not specifying a perpetrator.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered has named four of the dead as:
Mheimid al Mustapha
Mohammad al Hussein
Yusuf al Doghan and one of his sons
Civilians reported killed: 4-12, including 1 child
Civilians reported injured: 2-24
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – list of dead [Arabic] [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Shamna TV [Arabic] [Archived], Step News (1) [Arabic] [Archived], Step News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic] [Archived], Violations Documentation Center [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Fair
Coalition position: For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed two vehicles; and suppressed an ISIS tactical unit.“
For March 6th-March 7th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a footbridge and an ISIS-held building.“

مصدر محلي لقناة شامنا في #الرقة : طائرات "التحالف" الدولي تقصف بلدة #كديران غرب مدينة الرقة ما أدى لسقوط 4 مدنيين على الأقل وجرح آخرين

— ShamnaTV (@shamna_tv) March 6, 2017

 

March 6th 2017: (S484)  الخاتونية Al Khatouniya and السلحبية al Salhabiya villages, western Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: 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 four civilians, some seriously, while a hospital source said they had taken the injured to the National Hospital in the city of Raqqa.”
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: 1, a woman
Civilians reported injured: 4
Sources: Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting:  Weak – presently single source
Coalition position: For March 5th-March 6th the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed two vehicles; and suppressed an ISIS tactical unit.“
For March 6th-March 7th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a footbridge and an ISIS-held building.“

 

March 7th 2017: (I415) السجن القديم ٌOld prison, Right side of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said entire families were trapped under rubble, mostly children and women, after their houses were bombed near the Old Prison area and Muthanna school. It was reported that that the screaming of the victims could still be heard. It was unclear who carried out the raids – Iraqi Spring mentions both the Coalition and Iraqi government forces. Others speak of “military planes” but did not state who was responsible. 
Civilians reported killed: 2 or more
Civilians reported injured: 2-24
Sources: MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Ajel Al Mosul [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Contested – both Iraqi forces and Coalition were blamed
Coalition position: For March 6th-March 7th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”
For March 7th-March 8th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed nine fighting positions, four mortar systems, three VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two vehicles, a supply cache, a UAV launch site, a medium machine gun, an ISIS-held building, a watercraft, and a command and control node; damaged 11 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed two ISIS tactical units and a sniper team.”

March 7th 2017: (I415a)  حي المنصور Al Mansour neigbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: There were reports that children and women were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling and airstrikes on Mansour neighborhood in West Mosul.
@shvm_90 said in a Tweet: “Heavy shelling and brutal air and artillery aimed at reviving #right side [of Mosul] and the strongest was on #Mansour neighborhood and the fall of victims from children and women”
Amnesty International field researchers interviewed survivors, later sharing their notes with Airwars: “We tried to find any way to survive in our house. We found some desks from a school, and we burned them for the heat. We used to make bread using the fire. These were very hard days for us, full of hunger and fear. We just sat there, hearing the sound of the mortars and the airstrikes. Shrapnel was falling through the air like rain. We sat together, all of us, huddled together, near the wall, waiting for a bullet to come through the wall and kill us.
We were on the ground floor of the house, moving between two rooms, for 14 days. We knew the glass would fly in the house if our house was hit, so we used wood, metal, anything we could to cover the windows. We slept on the floor, on a few cushions. It felt like the explosions never stopped.
We weren’t as afraid of the airstrikes, because the airstrikes were targeting specific locations. What we were afraid of was the mortars, because they were striking everywhere.
On 7 March, there was a mortar attack on our house. Usually everyone was inside, but at that time, XXXX and XXXX were outside. [XXXX – 16 years old; XXXX – 15 years old. They left their tent and joined the interview at this point, and showed us their injuries – XXXX had an injury from the shrapnel on her head, which was visible, and XXXX said that she had shrapnel on her back.]
XXXX: We were outside, chatting in the garden. It was a sunny day. Suddenly there was a strong explosion. I think it was a mortar.
Different interviewee: “We heard something hitting the roof. There were two floors in the building, and the top floor collapsed, and the fence outside was destroyed.”
Separate interviewees told Amnesty the following: “On 7 March, around 2pm in the afternoon, there was a big attack on our neighbour’s house. Their house is about 50 meters away from our house. A family of injured people ran to our house. They had injuries on their heads, their faces, their legs. There was blood everywhere. All of the injuries were from shrapnel. Some of us tried to help them, because we knew a little bit of first aid.
Second interviewee
There was a big attack on 7 March. We were staying in al-Mansour, in a house with 40-50 other people – four or five families. Six IS fighters were using the house. They were standing in the front of the house when the attack came. Around 2pm, I heard the sound of the planes, and then the rockets came. There were two rockets, and they destroyed three houses near to the house we were in. The houses were collapsed. I was probably 50 meters away from the strikes. There were two big explosions, and dust, sand, and shrapnel was everywhere. We didn’t go to the collapsed buildings, because we expected there might be another attack – that had happened before. Some of the people from the attack came into our house. One person later died, from the injuries he had from the shrapnel. Another person had an injury on her jaw.”
Civilians reported killed: 2-10, including reports of women and children
Civilians reported injured: 2-10
Sources: Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @shvm_90 [Arabic] [Archived], Wadi Hajar (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Contested – both Iraqi forces and Coalition were blamed.
Coalition position: For March 6th-March 7th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”
For March 7th-March 8th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed nine fighting positions, four mortar systems, three VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two vehicles, a supply cache, a UAV launch site, a medium machine gun, an ISIS-held building, a watercraft, and a command and control node; damaged 11 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed two ISIS tactical units and a sniper team.”

قصف عنيف وهمجي بالطائرات والمدفعية يستهدف احياء #الساحل_الايمن وأشدهافي حي #المنصور وسقوط ضحايامن الأطفال والنساء#الارهاب_التدميري pic.twitter.com/qQPoYSg3Bk

— عميد ركن خليل الطائي (@shvm_90) March 7, 2017

March 7th 2017: (I415c) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 8, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties. ”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as al Amil in Mosul.
The strike was assessed as non credible based on the claim that “no Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.” However, the Coalition reported multiple strikes in Mosul that day.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 01/09
Quality of reporting:  Discounted ASSESSED INCIDENT
Coalition position: For March 6th-March 7th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”
For March 7th-March 8th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed nine fighting positions, four mortar systems, three VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two vehicles, a supply cache, a UAV launch site, a medium machine gun, an ISIS-held building, a watercraft, and a command and control node; damaged 11 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed two ISIS tactical units and a sniper team.”

 

March 7th 2017: (S485) Euphrates river, near الجسر الجديد al Jasir al Jadeed [the New Bridge], Ar Raqqah, Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: Three civilians including a child were reportedly killed, after an alleged Coalition strike targeted boats on the River Euphrates.
According to Smart News: “Three civilians were killed and two others injured on Tuesday, following the aerial bombardment is likely to be the international coalition on a on the Euphrates River near Raqqa city, north of Syria, as reported by a local source speaking to Smart.
The source said the raid targeted a boat carrying civilians to cross between the two banks of the Euphrates River, near the “new bridge” Al Jasir al Jadid,  killing two men and a child and wounding several others.
The source explained that civilians were resorting to use boats to move between the two shores of the river after the destruction by the international coalition of al Maghla bridge Amolh in order to increase the siege on the Islamic State, as the other two bridges were also destroyed managing to isolate  Raqqa from the southern countryside.
Some of the boats belong to civilians and local fishermen, and are used as a means of movement in exchange for financial remuneration ranging between 300 and 500 Syrian pounds per person depending on the size of the boat and its type (electric or manual ), according to the source.”
Tahrir al Sham militants also mentioned a Coalition raid, though made no mention of casuialties: “crusader international coalition planes launched raids on Raqqa city targeting the enrtrace of al Jisr al Jadid [the New Bridge] and the garage in front of the Euphrates gas station.” Al Araby al Jadid also mentioned strikes on a number of bridges that day.
Civilians reported killed: 3, including 1 child
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], Tahrir al Sham [Arabic] [Archived], Al Araby al Jadid [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Weak – presently single source
Coalition position: For March 6th-March 7th the Coalition noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a footbridge and an ISIS-held building.“
For March 7th-8th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed three fighting positions, two tunnels, a vehicle repair facility, and a tactical vehicle.”

 

March 7th 2017: (S486)  السلحبية  al Salhabiya village, Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: According to outlets, airstrikes most likely by the US-led Coalition killed five civilians and injured 12 more at al Salhabiya.
Smart News reported that “according to a local source in Al Salhabiya village (25 km west of Raqqa), air strikes on the village on Tuesday evening, killed five civilians and wounded 12 others, including women and children who were taken to  the National Hospital in Raqqa.”
The Syrian Mirror reported that “International Coalition aircraft also raided the Al Salhabiya village in the countryside west of Raqqa, killing five civilians and wounding more than 10 others, including women and children, they have also been transferred to the Raqqa National Hospital.”
Civilians reported killed: 5
Civilians reported injured: 10-12
Sources: Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Mirror [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Fair 
Coalition position: For March 6th-March 7th the Coalition noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, one strike destroyed a footbridge and an ISIS-held building.“
For March 7th-8th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed three fighting positions, two tunnels, a vehicle repair facility, and a tactical vehicle.”

 

March 7th-17th est: (I430a) الرسالة  ٌDur al Resala neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Nine members of a family were reported killed in an airstrike in ‘early to mid March’ including four children and three women.
Amnesty International has published the following account: “Witnesses told Amnesty International that in early-mid March (they could not be certain of the exact date), a warplane hit two houses in al-Risala neighbourhood, near al-Hamdilullah mosque. “Karim”, a local resident, described being at home at 11am on the day in question, sheltering from shelling in the back room of his house. He heard an explosion nearby that was followed around 15 minutes later by a second one.
Karim said: “I later found out that the first explosion had hit a house on a street behind mine, perhaps 100m away. It was an old house and it collapsed completely. Six people were killed, all civilians. They were a simple family. Abdel Rahman was the owner and head of the family. He worked as a grave digger. He was killed along with his wife and their four children. The children were aged four, five, six and seven.
“I didn’t go to the scene of the first explosion but I ran to the scene of the second one. This one destroyed a house on my street, less than 100m down. I didn’t see the victims’ bodies; they were buried in the rubble and we didn’t manage to dig them out. It was a rented house and the owner lived nearby. He had come to see the damage and was in the street shouting. He told us that three people had been living there and they had all been killed. They were ordinary civilians, two women and one man.
According to other witnesses, there had been an IS checkpoint on the corner of the street, around 25m from Abdel Rahman’s house. The IS position was usually manned by three fighters, who according to the witnesses, were all killed in the attack. After the first strike, IS fighters were seen running from the neighbourhood. One witness saw two IS fighters running along his street, where the second explosion happened. They had run past the house that was destroyed in the second explosion 10 minutes before it was struck. They were not killed or injured in the explosion, as they had left the area by the time it happened.
Amnesty International cannot be sure whether the delivery system for these explosions was a warplane, as some of the witnesses assumed, or another weapon system. Whatever delivery system was used, the incident illustrates the toll on civilians of using explosive weapons with wide area effects in west Mosul. Six civilians were killed in the first strike, which appears to have been aimed at an IS target that was stationary at the time of attack.
The target for the second strike is less clear, although witnesses told Amnesty International they believe it was an attempt to hit mobile IS targets as they ran through the neighbourhood. Three civilians and no IS fighters were killed in the second strike. Based on the information available, the method of attack pro-government forces employed appears to have been indiscriminate.”
Civilians reported killed: 9, including 4 children and 3 women
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Samarra TV [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @n_iraq67 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @kalimahorra1 [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested – unclear whether Coalition or Iraqi airstrike
Coalition position:  For March 6th-March 7th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four vehicles, three roadblocks, two mortar systems, two tactical vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a supply cache, an artillery system, a sniper position, a UAV launch site, and a VBIED factory; damaged 23 vehicles, 10 supply routes, and a tunnel; and suppressed two mortar teams.”
For March 7th-March 8th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed nine fighting positions, four mortar systems, three VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two vehicles, a supply cache, a UAV launch site, a medium machine gun, an ISIS-held building, a watercraft, and a command and control node; damaged 11 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed two ISIS tactical units and a sniper team.”

 

March 8th 2017: (S487) رطلة Ratlah and العكيرشي Al Aekershi villages, Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: Two or more civilians were reported killed and five injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Ratlah and al Aekershi.
According to Smart News, likely Coalition aircraft “launched raids on the villages of Ratlah (about 15 km south of Raqqa city) and al Aekershi (about 20 km east of Raqqa), killing two civilians and wounding five others who were transported by boats to the Raqqa National Hospital, according to a local source.”
The Syrian Mirror reported that “Field Activists said three civilians were killed and six others injured due to aerial bombing and on the towns of Ratla and al A’kershi and they were transferred to the Raqqa National Hospital.“
Civilians reported killed: 2-3
Civilians reported injured: 5-6
Sources: Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Mirror [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting:  Fair
Coalition position: For March 7th-8th the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed three fighting positions, two tunnels, a vehicle repair facility, and a tactical vehicle.”
For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed three weapons caches, two mortar systems, an artillery system, an ISIS training center, a vehicle, a VBIED, and a fighting position.”

 

March 8th 2017: (S488) الأحوس Al Ahwas village, eastern Raqqah governorate, Syria
Summary: One named civilian was reported killed in a Coalition airstrike on al Ahwas.
According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered a young man named as Mu’taz Minwar al Ta’an died. The Syrian Observatory also reported that “a person was killed in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition, they targeted areas near the village of al-Ahwas east of Al-Raqqah.”
Asharqiya had reported the previous day that SDF forces had heabily shelled the town, forcing civilian inhabitants to flee to the edges. Shaam News also noted that “the international coalition has intensified its bombing of the villages and towns of rural eastern province of Raqqa, leaving new massacres against unarmed civilians, amid continued clashes between SDF forces and elements of IS.”
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (1) [Arabic] [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Asharqiya [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic] [Archived], Kita’a al A’anzi tweet [Arabic] [Archived], Al Etihad Press [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Violations Documentation Center [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 7th-8th the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed three fighting positions, two tunnels, a vehicle repair facility, and a tactical vehicle.”
For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed three weapons caches, two mortar systems, an artillery system, an ISIS training center, a vehicle, a VBIED, and a fighting position.”

#Raqqa#الرقة : خريطة توضيحية لتطورات المعارك بين #تنظيم_الدولة و الميليشيات الكردية #YPG , #SDF في منطقة #الجزرة و #الاحوس ريف الرقة الشرقي pic.twitter.com/bbjuDREima

— سعد الصبر (@Saad_Alsabr) March 7, 2017

Map showing reported SDF advances on March 8th

 

March 8th 2017: الكرامة al Karama town, eastern , eastern Raqqah governorate, Syria

Summary: One named civilian and a possible second victim were reported killed in a Coalition airstrike (or possible SDF artillery strike) on al Karama.
According to Asharqiya the strike hit at or near a clinic in the town. And the |Syrian Observatory said that “A person was killed by bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition on areas in al-Karama town in the eastern countryside of Al-Raqqah yesterday.”
A young male victim was named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered as Juma’a Mahmoud Hamad al Hito. Qasioun reported the death of two civilians – thyough according to Smart News these were the result of SDF shelling of the town.
Civilians reported killed: 1-2
Civilians reported injured: 1
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) 1 [Arabic] [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic] [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Asharqiya [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic] [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position: For March 7th-8th the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed three fighting positions, two tunnels, a vehicle repair facility, and a tactical vehicle.”
For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed three weapons caches, two mortar systems, an artillery system, an ISIS training center, a vehicle, a VBIED, and a fighting position.”

March 8th 2017: (S490) Al Bu Rashed village, eastern Raqqah governorate, Syria

Summary: In a major incident, up to 24 civilians reportedly died when an aircraft allegedly struck a vehicle just outside Al bu Rashed. Most of those killed were said to be children.
All source blamed the Coalition, except one, which said that this was the work of Russia.
Step News initially reported that the vehicle was IS – suggesting a targeted strike. But it later said “the international coalition committed a massacre last night in targeting cars carrying IDPs from the eastern Raqqa countryside near Mattab Al Bu Rashed killing 18 people most of whom are children.” All other reports also said that civilians only were killed.
The Syrian Observatory reported a slightly lower toll, noting that it “learned that 14 citizens at least were killed by airstrikes of warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition. They targeted places in al-Matab town in the eastern countryside of al-Raqqah and west of al-Jazrah town at the northern banks of Euphrates River, and within the casualties there are 6 children under the age of 18 and 4 citizen women, and most of the casualties are from the same family, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll as high as 23 including six children and six women. It also pointed towards the Coalition. A further report by SO4HR put the non-combatant death toll at 24. It said that six members of IS were also killed.
However, Syria News Desk blamed Russia. The source reported: “Activist Mohamed Osman from the countryside of Raqqa told Syria News Sesk that the Russian aviation bombed cars of civilians, mostly families, fleeing from the city of Maskana, who were in the village of Al Bur Rashed on the Raqqa-Aleppo Road, west of Al Tabaqa. Osman added that the raids caused the burning of four civilian carrying displaced people and the complete destruction of two houses”. It put the death toll at 18 displaced people plus 20 more wounded.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered has named the dead as:
Ahmad Omar al Dahish (pictured above) and his family
Ali Omar al Dahish and his family
Omar Khudar al Dahish – child
Abd al Rahman Al Hamad and his family
Mahmoud Adnan al Suleiman (pictured below)
Civilians reported killed: 14-24, including 6-8 children and 4-6 women aid six members of IS.
Civilians reported injured: 2-20
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) 1 [Arabic] [Archived], RBSS (2) – list of dead [Arabic] [Archived], Step News [Arabic] [Archived], Asharqiya [Arabic] [Archived], Step News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Euphrates Post [Arabic] [Archived], Halab Today TV [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic] [Archived], Baladi News [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Step News (3) [Arabic] [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) [Arabic], [Archived], SO4HR (3) [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested – one report blames Russia
Coalition position: For March 7th-8th the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes destroyed three fighting positions, two tunnels, a vehicle repair facility, and a tactical vehicle.”
For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed three weapons caches, two mortar systems, an artillery system, an ISIS training center, a vehicle, a VBIED, and a fighting position.”

 

March 8th 2017: (I415b) 17 تموز July 17th neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: A single source, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, reported that 11 civilians from one family died in a Coalition airstrike on Tammuz 17.
Iraqi military intelligence issued a statement saying the Coalition had targeted senior ISIL leaders in the area: “The US-led coalition led by the United States killed three senior leaders of the Islamic State in an air strike on the Tammuz neighborhood of West Mosul, the military intelligence department said in a statement Thursday night. According to the statement, “aircraft of the International Alliance carried out an air strike targeting the headquarters of Daash, in the neighborhood of Tammuz, killing senior leaders of the organization.
It named the leaders as Abu Aisha (Tajik nationality), one of the most prominent experts in vehicle IEDs; a Russian named as Abu Muhammad al-Rossi, an aircraft or drone engineer; and Abu Omar, a French citizen of Tunisian origin.”
Civilians reported killed: 11
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (1) [Arabic] [Archived], Al Araby [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source
Coalition position: For March 7th-March 8th the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed nine fighting positions, four mortar systems, three VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two vehicles, a supply cache, a UAV launch site, a medium machine gun, an ISIS-held building, a watercraft, and a command and control node; damaged 11 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed two ISIS tactical units and a sniper team.”
For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”

المرصد العراقي لحقوق الانسان: مقتل11 مدنيا من عائلة واحدة بقصف لطائرات التحالف الدولي في حي ١٧ تموز.

— iraqi observatory for human rights المرصد العراقي (@IraqHumanRights) March 8, 2017

March 9th 2017: (I416)  حي العامل Amil (Worker) neighborhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that dozens of civilians were killed or injured and many were still under rubble, after reported Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces targeted Amil neighborhood, west of Mosul.
Iraqi Spring reported that “the government forces shelled their homes in Amil neighborhood at the right side of Mosul after demanding them to stay at home to commit the massacre.”
However, most other sources jointly blamed both the Coalition and Iraqi forces.
Civilians reported killed: 2-24
Civilians reported injured: 2-24
Sources: Ajel Al Mosul [Arabic] [Archived], Ajel Al Mosul (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @Sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by@2011iqbgd2017 [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th the Coalition noted: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”
For March 9th-10th it noted: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”

March 9th 2017: (I417)   .حي المعلمين Al Mua’lmen (Teachers) neighborhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that more than 200 bodies were still under the rubble and on the streets after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces targeted the area close to “Syed Jamal”  mosque in the Teachers district and other neighbourhoods in the West of Mosul.
@Sonawa1 reported on Twitter:  “A huge explosion caused by an air strike this morning near the mosque in Teachers district at the right side caused human damage and destruction of civilian homes # Mosul”. Most sources spoke of dozens of dead and wounded.
Iraqi Spring said 200 civilians were killed. In a tweet, @ahmed_saeed2018 spoke of “around 201 dead and wounded”.
Civilians reported killed: 50-200
Civilians reported injured: 50-200
Sources: Ajel Al Mosul [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @Sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @ahmed_saeed2018 [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon news [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon news (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @sfsq1107 [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested 
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th the Coalition noted: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”
For March 9th-10th it noted: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”

March 9th 2017: (I416a) Between حي العامل Amil (Worker) and .حي المعلمين Al Mua’lmen (Teachers) neighborhoods, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In a June 2nd press release, the Coalition conceded that it had injured one civilian in a strike between two neighbourhoods (also see previous two events.)
According to the release, “March 9, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike to crater roads used by ISIS VBIEDs against Iraqi Security Forces, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured when he entered the target area after the munition was released.”
The coordinates given for the event (38SLF 29234 21291) placed the location right in between Amil and Al Mua’lmen neighbourhoods.
Civilians reported killed: 0
Civilians reported injured: 1
Sources: Coalition casualty report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th the Coalition noted: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”
For March 9th-10th it noted: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”

 

March 9th 2017: (I418) السنجك Sanjak village, Al Qa’im, Western Anbar province, Iraq
or (S492) Al Hari border area, Al Bukamal region, Deir Ezzor governorate, Syria
Summary: Local sources said that an airstrike targeted ISIL members on the Iraq-Syria border, which also resulted in the death of a civilian woman.
Unusually, the incident was attributed to both sides of the border. geolocation by Airwars volunteer Christiaan Triebert (see map below) has concluded that they are almost certainly the same incident.
On the Iraq  side, Al Sanjak village in Al Qa’im province was reported hit. Al Qa’im Al Hadath reported that the shelling had targeted houses belonging to ISIL, that were used as a storage for weapons and suicide belts. It also reported the death of the woman. It did not say who carried out the airstrike. A single other source, a local Sputnik correspondent, reported that “dozens of leaders and elements of Daesh were killed and wounded after the shelling”. It did not report civilian casualties, but blamed the Coalition for the raids.
On the Syrian side, it was also reported that a woman died in an airstrike on the Al Hari border area in the Al Bukamal countryside – though reports were conflicted as to whether Coalition or Iraqi warplanes were to blame. According to the Al Natek Network, “international Coalition raids targeted the village of Al Hari village in the Al Bukamal countryside, leading to the death of one woman and the destruction of a weapons depot in the area.” Alaraby also blamed the Coalition. However, the majority of other sources said that Iraqi forces were responsible. Euphrates Post reported that “Iraqi airplanes destroyed a weapons depot belonging to IS near al Hari border  area”. Others reports re-tweeted each other, also attributing the woman’s death to the Iraqi air force. A second report by Euphrates Post said that an Iraqi woman died in the strike.
Civilians reported killed: 1, a woman
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Al Qaim Al Hadath (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Addiyar news [Arabic] [Archived], Euphrates Post [Arabic], [Archived], Euphrates Post (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Al Natek Network [Arabic], [Archived], Deirfree [Arabic], [Archived], Syriapost1 [Arabic], [Archived], DeryNews [Arabic], [Archived], Radio Al Kul [Arabic], [Archived], Euphrates Post (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Alaraby [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested – unclear whether Coalition or Iraqi aircraft were responsible
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th and March 9th-10th the Coalition did not report any strikes near Al Qa’im.
For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported: “Near Dayr Az Zawr, five strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed two barges, five well heads, a fighting positions, and a vehicle; and damaged two barges.”
For March 9th-10th: “Near Dayr Az Zawr, six strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit; destroyed fives barges, four well heads, and a weapons factory; and damaged an ISIS-held building.”

March 9th 2017: (S491) Al Karama town and nearby villages of Al Ghassaniya, Jadida Khabour and Al Kleib, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Between seven and 14 civilians including six children died and 18 more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Karama town and nearby villages in Raqqa governorate, according to local sources.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of Jum’a Mahmood Hamad Al-Hito “who was killed today due to coalition warplanes shelling in Karama town, east of Raqqa this afternoon.”
Alaraby – citing RBSS – said the Coalition “targeted the only water supply tank in the town” but said there were no reports of civilian casualties. Syria News Desk put the death toll at seven with 18 more injured in raid on Al Karama. The source blamed the Coalition.
Smart also said that the raids were likely carried out by the Coaliton. It reported that “warplanes launched raids on the town of al Karama (about 25 km east of Raqqa), and the nearby villages of Ghassaniya and Jadid Khabour and Kleib, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries. A medical source reported that nine were killed and 18 wounded, including two children and three women, who were taken to the National Hospital in Raqqa.”
Zaman Alwasl put the death toll higher at 14 including six children.
Civilians reported killed: 7-14, including 6 children
Civilians reported injured: 18
Sources: Alaraby [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [RBSS] [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart News [Arabic], [Archived], Syria news desk [Arabic], [Archived], SHRC [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Orient news [Arabic], [Archived], Alsouria [Arabic], [Archived], Syrain Observatory for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Mirror [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa24 [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], ShammaTV [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed three weapons caches, two mortar systems, an artillery system, an ISIS training center, a vehicle, a VBIED, and a fighting position.” For March 9th-10th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four vehicles, a fighting position, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a VBIED factory; and damaged three supply routes.”

March 9th 2017: (I419)  الطوافة Tawafa, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that dozens of civilians were killed and that their bodies were still under the rubble after a violent airstrike targeted Tawafa area, between the station and Bab Al Beith, and demolished the houses of the entire street.
MNN reported that engineer Younis Hamadoun Qasim al-Naimi Oribi (see photo below) was killed in the raids. He worked for the directorate of agriculture. MNN reported that he was “martyred because of the demolition of the house as a result of the bombing [which] led to the destruction of the entire row in the neighborhood block.”
In an earlier post, MNN reported that a member of the Nineveh Provincial Council had launched an appeal to Iraqi forces and the Coalition to “stop the indiscriminate shelling on the right side of Mosul, having claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians” and to “open humanitarian corridors for civilians out towards the safe areas controlled by military units.”
Civilians reported killed: 12-24
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: Ajel Al Mosul [Arabic] [Archived], MNN [Arabic] [Archived], MNN (2) [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both shelling by Iraqi forces and Coalition airstrikes 
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”
For March 9th-10th: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”

 

March 9th 2017: (I417a) 17 تموز July 17th neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: In a previously unknown civilian casualty event, the Coalition confirmed in April that two civilians died during an attack on a vehicle.
As the release noted, “March, 9, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed when the target vehicle passed their location at the time of the strike.”
Airwars has been unable to identify any casualty reports for the July 17th neighbourhood – coordinates 38SLF 28561 26253 – for that day. However there were reports of heavy shelling at the time.
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly casualty report (May 2017), Hamid Hadeed tweet [Arabic] [Archived], 2011iqbgd2017 tweet [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”
For March 9th-10th: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”

March 9th: (I420a)  حي الفاروق  Farouk neighbourhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: A local source told Airwars’ Iraq-based field researcher that three of his family members died in the Farouk neighbourhood of Mosul, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted their house at 3pm in the afternoon while they were praying.
The family member provided Airwars with the names of the casualties: his father Mezahim Abdullah Suleman, his brother Maher Mezahim Abdullah and his brother Mohamed Mezahim Abdullah.
Civilians reported killed: 3
Civilians reported injured: 
Sources: Local eyewitness report direct to Airwars
Coalition position: For March 8th-9th, the Coalition reported: “Mosul, fives strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed six vehicles, five tanker trucks, four mortar systems, 4 VBIEDs, two supply caches, a fighting position, an artillery system, an ISIS-held building, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a weapons storage facility; damaged 32 supply routes; and suppressed nine mortar teams, a sniper team, a medium machine gun team, and an ISIS tactical unit.”
For March 9th-10th the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”

 

March 10th 2017: (S493) Hamra Blassem village, east of Raqqa city, Raqqa governorate, Syria

Summary: Four civilians died and seven were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hamra Blassem, according to local sources.
Halab Today, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered and the Syrian Network all blamed the Coalition, putting the death toll at four.
According to Syria News Desk – which also pointed to the Coalition – “the media opposition activist Ahmed Mazer, quoting civilian sources from the eastern countryside, said that the strikes caused the destruction of three houses and the burning of another, in addition to damage to other property.” Raqqa Post reported that  “the main water supplying tank was destroyed in Hamra Blassem”. It also blamed the Coalition.
Four victims were named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and the Violations Documentation Center as:
Ahmad al Ali al Mustaph al Diyab
Mohammad Ismail Al Abd al Diyad
Abd al Hamid al Hamad al Jijan (pictured above)
Abdallah Ahmad al Hamid or al-Hadidi (pictured)
Civilians reported killed: 4
Civilians reported injured: 7
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [RBSS], [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today TV [Arabic], [Archived],  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Violations Documentation Center [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa Post [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa Post (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Albosleh [Arabic], [Archived], RFS [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa Post (3) [Arabic], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 9th-10th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four vehicles, a fighting position, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a VBIED factory; and damaged three supply routes.“ 
For March 10th-11th: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, two ISIS-held buildings, two watercraft, two weapons factories, a tunnel, a vehicle, and a VBIED; and damaged a supply route.”

 

March 10th 2017: (S494) Raqqa city, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: One civilian died and five others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, according to a single source.
According to Smart News, “a local source in the town of Raqqa said the strikes targeted al Qitar road [Station road] and al Bustan park, killing one civilian and wounding five others”. It said the strikes were “likely” conducted by the Coalition.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that the Coalition had carried out three raids in Raqqa, but didn’t mention any civilian casualties.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 5
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (2) [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source.
Coalition position: For March 9th-10th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four vehicles, a fighting position, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a VBIED factory; and damaged three supply routes.“ 
For March 10th-11th: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, two ISIS-held buildings, two watercraft, two weapons factories, a tunnel, a vehicle, and a VBIED; and damaged a supply route.”

 

March 10th: (I420)  حي الفاروق  Farouk neighbourhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 

Summary: Local residents and press sources said dozens of civilians were killed or injured in Al Farouk neighbourhood in the west of Mosul. This reportedly included 19 members from the same family, including women and children. They died when their house was bombed. Sources reported that many of the victims were still under the rubble after shelling by different weapons had increasingly targeted the area.
A source told Yaqein that “the bombing caused the deaths of dozens of dead and wounded, amid the utter absence of any ambulance operations in light of the continuing bombings of the government.” Other sources also mentioned the Coalition. Witnesses told Al Jazeera Iraq that the bombing was “barbaric and indiscriminate.”
Sawif Ateka has named a 6-year old girl, Aya, as one of the victims.
Civilians reported killed: 19-24, including at least one child
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: Ajel Al Mosul [Arabic] [Archived], Ajel Al Mosul (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @Sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Sawalif Maslawia Ateka (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @VAVAVA_x [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (4) [Arabic] [Archived], MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], Sawif Ateka [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested: reports mention both the Coalition and shelling by Iraqi forces 
Coalition position: For March 9th-10th the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”
For March 10th-11th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, an ISIS heavy machine gun team and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed six fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two mortar systems, a command and control node, a tactical vehicle, a roadblock, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged eight supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 17 ISIS mortar teams and ten ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 10th 2017: (I420c) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as Rajm Hadid in Mosul.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 01/09
Quality of reporting:  Discounted ASSESSED INCIDENT
Coalition position: For March 9th-10ththe Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”
For March 10th-11th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, an ISIS heavy machine gun team and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed six fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two mortar systems, a command and control node, a tactical vehicle, a roadblock, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged eight supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 17 ISIS mortar teams and ten ISIS tactical units.”

March 10th 2017: (I420b) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as al Uamal in Mosul.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources:  Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 29/09
Quality of reporting:  Discounted ASSESSED INCIDENT
Coalition position: For March 9th-10ththe Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”
For March 10th-11th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, an ISIS heavy machine gun team and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed six fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two mortar systems, a command and control node, a tactical vehicle, a roadblock, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged eight supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 17 ISIS mortar teams and ten ISIS tactical units.”

March 10th: (I421) اليرموك  Al-Yarmouk neighbourhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: Local press and residents, as well as al-Amaq (ISIL) press sources, said that Coalition shelling had targeted several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul, especially near apartments in Al-Yarmouk neighbourhood, with munitions equipped with controversial White Phosphorus. No civilian casualties were reported.
Iraqi Spring posted a video on Facebook of al-Amaq agency [ISIL], showing “the effects of the US phosphorus bombing, which targeted residential neighborhoods near the Yarmouk Apartments in the right side of # Mosul city.”
Urgent Mosul News also reported heavy shelling by warplanes in the neighbourhood, but unlike all other sources, did not identify them as being Coalition aircraft.
A Bellingcat investigation later concluded: “The international US-led Coalition appears to have used white phosphorous (WP) munitions in their battle against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, Iraq, based on a video posted online by an IS-linked propaganda outlet. It is known that the US has used WP in Iraq, and while aware of the video, the Coalition neither confirmed or denied the specific use of WP in Mosul. It has not been possible to establish whether civilians were present at the targeted site, but when WP is used in residential neighbourhood the tactical military advantage may well be outweighed the stigma of using WP in civilian areas, as a Human Rights Watch employee stated earlier. While the statement was made in the context of attacks, it also holds for other usages of WP. No multimedia or textual information could be found hinting towards civilian injuries or casualties due to the alleged use of WP.”
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Muslim clerics commission in Iraq (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Nabdapp [Arabic] [Archived], Salah Alshorbji (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Christiaan Triebert geolocation tweet, Bellingcat investigation,
Quality of reporting: 
Coalition position: For March 9th-10th the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”
For March 10th-11th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, an ISIS heavy machine gun team and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed six fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two mortar systems, a command and control node, a tactical vehicle, a roadblock, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged eight supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 17 ISIS mortar teams and ten ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 10th: (I422) نابلس Nablus neighbourhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: Security forces and press sources told Al Araby that two children (aged four and seven years old) were found alive under the rubble by Iraqi forces, while their mother was killed. They reported that she died after a Coalition airstrike bombed their home in Nablus neighbourhood in West Mosul, on the Friday night.
It was reported that the “daylong” crying of the mother had drawn the attention of Iraqi troops, who then lifted the ruins and found the two children, who miraculously survived and were taken to a military hospital. However, the source said that the mother (30 years old) had suffered a head trauma which led to her death.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2
Sources: Alaraby [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source, though well documented
Coalition position: For March 9th-10th the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed 11 vehicles, nine mortar systems, eight fighting positions, five VBIEDs, two medium machine guns, two roadblocks, two watercraft, an anti-air artillery system, a supply cache, an ammunition cache, and a recoilless rifle; damaged 15 supply routes; and suppressed 10 mortar teams.”
For March 10th-11th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, an ISIS heavy machine gun team and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed six fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two mortar systems, a command and control node, a tactical vehicle, a roadblock, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged eight supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 17 ISIS mortar teams and ten ISIS tactical units.”

March 10th 2017: (S495) Qahtani village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Three civilians died and four were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Qahtani village, according to a single source.
Smart News reported that “a local source in the village of Qahtaniya [about 10 km west of raqqa], said that three civilians from one family, including a child, were killed and four others injured”, following strikes “likely” to have been carried out by the Coalition.
Civilians reported killed: 3
Civilians reported injured: 4
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For  March 9th-10th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four vehicles, a fighting position, a tactical vehicle, an ISIS headquarters, and a VBIED factory; and damaged three supply routes.”
For March 10th-11th: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, two ISIS-held buildings, two watercraft, two weapons factories, a tunnel, a vehicle, and a VBIED; and damaged a supply route.”

 

March 11th 2017: (S497)  المنصورة Al Mansoura town, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: One civilian died and three were injured in an alleged Coalition air strike on Al Mansoura town, according to a single source.
Smart News said that warplanes “likely” belonging to the Coalition “launched raids on the burners for oil [primitive oil refineries] near the town of Mansoura [24 km west of the city of Raqqa] killing one person and wounding three others, who were taken to the National Hospital in At Tabaqa.”
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 3
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For  March 10th-11th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, two ISIS-held buildings, two watercraft, two weapons factories, a tunnel, a vehicle, and a VBIED; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 11th-12th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 12 strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units and two ISIS staging areas; destroyed three fighting positions, two tanker trucks, a weapons storage facility, a well head, an ISIS-held building, and an anti-air artillery system; and damaged two bridges.”

 

March 11th 2017: (S498) Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya, east of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Two civilians died and five were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya, according to a single source.
Activists told the Smart new agency that warplanes “likely” belonging to the Coalition carried out strikes on Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya.
Smart reported that “the planes launched raids on al Karama and Ghassaniya (20 km east of the city of Raqqa), killing two civilians and wounding five civilians, including two children, who were taken to the National Hospital in Raqqa”.
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: 5
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source.
Coalition position: For March 10th-11th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, two ISIS-held buildings, two watercraft, two weapons factories, a tunnel, a vehicle, and a VBIED; and damaged a supply route.” For  March 11th-12th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 12 strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units and two ISIS staging areas; destroyed three fighting positions, two tanker trucks, a weapons storage facility, a well head, an ISIS-held building, and an anti-air artillery system; and damaged two bridges.”

 

March 11th-12th 2017: (S501) Kasrat Al Faraj, east of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Between 12 and 22 civilians including six  children and seven women died and up to 26 more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Kasrat Al Faraj area, east of Raqqa city, according to multiple local sources which said that the raids targeted schools.
Al Natek Network reported that “17 were killed, most of them women and children, and 15 injured following an American raid targeting a school building which is occupied by IDP in al Kasrat area south of the city of Raqqa.” The Shaam News Network, Step news agency and Qasioun were among other sources also blaming the Coalition.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights initially put the death toll at 19, however, a later report said that it had risen to 22, including six children, seven women and 18 displaced people.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “air raids launched by the international Coalition at midnight yesterday targeted Saqer Kureish school – Al Bouhouth al Zira’iya – Rotko company and the military gas station south of the city of Raqqa.”
Euphrates Post said that ” a scientific research centre on the outskirts of southern Raqqa city” was targeted by the Coalition.
According to Syria News Desk, “Coalition aircraft carried out four raids on two schools hosting displaced people, killing 12 civilians, all of whom were displaced from the countryside east of Aleppo, including children. Additionally, 26 civilians were wounded.” The source added that the death toll was likely to rise due to the severity of injuries.
Civilians reported killed: 12-22, including 6 children and 7 women
Civilians reported injured: 15 – 26
Sources: Al Natek Network [Arabic], [Archived], Al Murasilin team  [allied to IS] [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [RBSS] [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Euphrates Post [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], Syrian Press Center [Arabic], [Archived], Al Manar [Arabic], [Archived], The Syrian Revolution Movement [Arabic], [Archived], Ahmad al Shibli [self-described independent journalist] [Arabic], [Archived], Amwai news [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Al Boselh [quoting Sana news agency]  [Arabic], [Archived], Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Battles News Network [Arabic], [Archived],  [Arabic], RBSS [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (3) [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For  March 11th-12th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 12 strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units and two ISIS staging areas; destroyed three fighting positions, two tanker trucks, a weapons storage facility, a well head, an ISIS-held building, and an anti-air artillery system; and damaged two bridges.”
For  March 12th-13th: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions and an ISIS headquarters.”

 

March 11th-12th 2017: (S503) Maskana, Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Between eight and ten civilians died and up to 16 others were wounded in an airstrike on Maskana, according to local sources – though field reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the Coalition, the Assad regime or Russia. The Coalition later denied involvement.
Syria News said that “According to activists, the international coalition bombed the neighborhood Rihaniyya in Maskana, resulting in eight martyrs and the presence of dozens of wounded under the rubble, including women and children”.
Qasioun also pointed towards the Coalition, putting the death toll at ten.
In a video for Al Jisr TV, a reporter says that Russia and the regime were to blame, putting the death toll at eight with 16 more injured.
The Step News Agency and Smart blamed Russia, while RFS Media said that the regime was responsible. 
Maskana Halab reported that “eight displaced people including women and children killed as a result of an air raid targeting a house in al Rihaniya in Maskana” – though they didn’t indentify the culprit.
According to Syria News Desk – which attributed the event to Russia and the regime – “a civilian source from Maskana who declined to be identified said that the strikes destroyed at least five houses and two stores on the east side of the highway district Rihaniyya, in addition to the burning of two houses and two cars.”
On April 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event as ‘not credible’: “March 12, 2017, near Maskana, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”
Civilians reported killed: 8-10
Civilians reported injured: 14–16
Sources: H16043061 [Arabic], Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], The Heroism of the Syrian Army [Arabic], [Archived], Muhhib Liljami’ [Arabic], [Archived], Maskana Halab [Arabic], [Archived], Al Jisr TV [Arabic], [Archived], Ahdath agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian News [Arabic], [Archived], Step News Agency [Arabic], [Archived], RFS media office [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Coalition monthly casualty report (May 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested Russia or Assad
Coalition position: The Coalition has not publicly reported any strikes in Aleppo governorate between March 11th-13th.

 

March 11th-12th: (I423) Central neighborhoods of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: A single source reported that dozens of civilians were killed or injured during the last two days due to different types of shelling in downtown/central Mosul. It was reported that many of the injured had no access to medical treatment and that people were unable to leave their homes, which were damaged by the bombings.
Civilians reported killed: 12-24
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: Alaraby [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source. Different types of shelling are mentioned.
Coalition position: For March 10th-11th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, an ISIS heavy machine gun team and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed six fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, two VBIED factories, two mortar systems, a command and control node, a tactical vehicle, a roadblock, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged eight supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 17 ISIS mortar teams and ten ISIS tactical units.”
For March 11th-12th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed seven fighting positions, three ISIS-held buildings, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, a VBIED, an artillery system, and a watercraft; damaged 20 supply routes and an ISIS-held building; and suppressed 15 mortar teams and five ISIS tactical units.”
For March 12th-13th: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units, an ISIS staging area and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 16 fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two supply caches, two VBIED factories, and a vehicle; damaged 22 supply routes; and suppressed 14 ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS sniper team.”

 

March 12th 2017: (S499) Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya, east of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Five civilians died and eleven were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya, according to a single source.
According to the Smart news agency, five civilians died and 11 others were wounded when warplanes “thought to belong to the Coalition” targeted Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya.
Civilians reported killed: 5
Civilians reported injured: 11
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source.
Coalition position: For March 11th-12th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 12 strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units and two ISIS staging areas; destroyed three fighting positions, two tanker trucks, a weapons storage facility, a well head, an ISIS-held building, and an anti-air artillery system; and damaged two bridges.”
For March 12th-13th: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions and an ISIS headquarters.”

 

March 12th 2017: (S500) Kasrat Al Faraj, east of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: An ISIL leader and his family died in an alleged Coalition strike in Kasrat Al Faraj, according to local sources.
According to the Smart news agency, “local and medical sources told Smart that an Islamic State commander and his family were killed in  an aerial bombardment  likely carried out by the international coalition on the village of Kasrat al Faraj”. Smart added: “The Iraqi was killed with his wife and his son, pointing out that their charred bodies were transferred to the National Hospital of the city, to be buried later.”
Other sources also blamed the Coalition, with Syri Scope naming the ISIL leader as Attiyat allah al Iraqi. Reports said that the Coalition targeted the car the victims were travelling in.
Civilians reported killed: 2, including 1 child and 1 woman and one ISIL leader.
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Al Alam [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Alhadathnews [Arabic], [Archived], Syria Scope [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March  11th-12th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 12 strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units and two ISIS staging areas; destroyed three fighting positions, two tanker trucks, a weapons storage facility, a well head, an ISIS-held building, and an anti-air artillery system; and damaged two bridges.”
For  March 12th-13th: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions and an ISIS headquarters.”

 

March 12th 2017: (S502) Al Ahwas village, eastern Raqqa countryside, Raqqa govenrorate, Syria
Summary: One civilian doctor died and several others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Ahwas village, according to local sources.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Abdallah A’fadli was killed following coalition raids on al Ahwas village”. VDC also named him as a victim.
Fourat al Wafa also blamed the Coalition and named “Dr. Abdallah Afadli” as a victim.
According to Al Manar, “a doctor was killed after Coalition aircraft targeted his clinic in Al Ahwas”.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], [Archived], Fourat al Wafa [Arabic], [Archived], Violations Documentation Center [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Al Manar [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Press Center [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 11th-12th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 12 strikes, engaged three ISIS tactical units and two ISIS staging areas; destroyed three fighting positions, two tanker trucks, a weapons storage facility, a well head, an ISIS-held building, and an anti-air artillery system; and damaged two bridges.”
For March 12th-13th: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions and an ISIS headquarters.”

 

March 13th 2017: (I424) Central and Western neighborhoods of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq

Summary: Local residents and press source said that up to 25 civilians were killed, mostly children and women, and 117 wounded due to an ongoing battle in downtown (Central) and Western Mosul. Both shelling and Coalition airstrikes were reported.
Local residents and press sources said that airstrikes had heavily targeted the July 17, Rifai, Shifa, Bab Sinjar, New Mosul (near Yaqatha mosque), Hermat, Farouk and al-Jawsaq neighborhoods in the West of Mosul. Many civilians were reportedly killed (30) or injured (58-117) and many were still under the rubble.
While Iraqyoon blamed the Coalition, most sources mention both airstrikes and artillery shelling, without specifying who carried out the raids. It was reported that the number of civilian casualties resulting from the strikes on homes near Yaqatha Mosque in New Mosul was still unknown yet.
Ninawa media center launched an appeal, stating: “Appeal to the leadership of the Liberation of Nineveh operations. Indiscriminate shelling intensifies [in] the neighborhoods under ISIL control at the right side (the old city and western neighborhoods), the level of victims rises to a scary level. Indiscriminate shelling does not affect the Daesh gangs but kills children, women, young people and destroys houses of the residents. We urge you on behalf of the people of Mosul”
Witnesses also reported a strike in al-Jawsaq neighbourhood. Reportedly, the Coalition bombed an ISIL car, thereby also wounding Thamer Abu Reem – who lost his legs in the bombing – and killing three of his daughters (of 2 years and 14 years and unknown age). Mr. Abu Reem had said while crying: “I know that the pilot did not know that my daughters were there”.
Civilians reported killed: 25-30, including two children
Civilians reported injured: 58-117
Sources: Iraq news center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Ninawa media center (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Eye news agency [Arabic] [Archived], Amjed Gk (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Sawlif Ateka [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Ninawa media center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (4) [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Dyala People (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News center [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Ateka [Arabic] [Archived], local resident Hossam Zuhairi [Arabic],
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both shelling by Iraqi forces and Coalition airstrikes 
Coalition position: For March 12th-13th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units, an ISIS staging area and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 16 fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two supply caches, two VBIED factories, and a vehicle; damaged 22 supply routes; and suppressed 14 ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS sniper team.”
For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 13th: (I425b) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment  of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 13, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via international organisation: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: Unknown
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 30/11
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 12th-13th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units, an ISIS staging area and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 16 fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two supply caches, two VBIED factories, and a vehicle; damaged 22 supply routes; and suppressed 14 ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS sniper team.”
For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”

March 13th: (I425c) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment  of civilian harm claims “near al Jadida, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 13, 2017, near al Jadida, Iraq: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find civilians were harmed in this strike.”
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: Unknown
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 25/01
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 12th-13th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units, an ISIS staging area and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 16 fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two supply caches, two VBIED factories, and a vehicle; damaged 22 supply routes; and suppressed 14 ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS sniper team.”
For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”

March 13th: (I426)  المحطة Al-Mahatta (Station), West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: Local press sources and relatives of victims reported that 21 or more people, including an elderly woman with her two sons and a displaced family, were hit by a rocket. All victims were still under the rubble in Al-Mahatta neighborhood in West Mosul. The Coalition later accepted responsibility for at least 11 deaths in the attack.
Mosul Eye initially reported: “Their family members called the Golden Brigade for the rescue but no one has showed up to rescue them. The family is under huge distress
The house location: 36°19’49.3″N 43°06’01.5″E (36.330361, 43.100417) – Near Monastery of Saint Catherine Of Nuns. Please, Attend this as soon as possible”
The group later said all had died.
The Los Angeles Times later visited the scene: “The Times also visited a residential compound in west Mosul’s Mahata neighborhood, where survivors said a March 13 airstrike killed at least 21 people, including four children, in three houses that were reduced to a heap of crumbling concrete. Survivors said they had not been contacted by Iraqi or coalition authorities, and the strike was not mentioned in Sunday’s report. Scrocca said the coalition is investigating. ‘My house has been destroyed by an airstrike and that is very clear,’ survivor Shahab Ahmed Aaid, 25, said on Sunday. ‘All my neighbors are witnesses. I want the coalition and U.S. to investigate and be fair about it.’
In its September 2017 casualty report the Coalition accepted responsibility: “March 13, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that 11 civilians in an adjacent structure were unintentionally killed by secondary explosions from the VBIED.”
Officials told Airwars that this related to an incient at Mahatta, with coordinates [36°19’49.3″N 43°06’01.5″E] which exactly matched this event.
Civilians reported killed: 11-21, including 4 children and 1 or more women
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Mosul Eye [Archived], Iraq News [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Eye (2) [Archived], News of Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], Los Angeles Times, Coalition monthly casualty report (September 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 12th-13th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units, an ISIS staging area and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 16 fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two supply caches, two VBIED factories, and a vehicle; damaged 22 supply routes; and suppressed 14 ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS sniper team.”
For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”

the whole family were found dead

— Mosul Eye عين الموصل (@MosulEye) March 14, 2017

March 13th 2017: (S504)  Zor Shamr village, east of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Two civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Zor Shamr village, east of Raqqa, according to a single source.
Smart news agency reported that the strike was “likely” carried out by the Coalition.
They reported that “the bombing targeted a fuel tanker while it was crossing the village of Zor Shamr (45 km east of Raqqa City), under control of IS, which was heading towards Raqqa having come from Deir Ezzor. The driver and his assistant were killed.”
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For March 12th-13th, the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, four strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions and an ISIS headquarters.”
And for March 13th-14th: “Near Ar Raqqah, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, an ISIS-held building, and a vehicle; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 13th-14th 2017: (I425a) الموصل الجديدة Al Jadida/ New Mosul neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: Relatives, local residents and press sources said up to 29 people from two families were killed after Coalition airstrikes struck their houses in the New Mosul neighborhood of West Mosul. The Coalition later conceded causing 27 deaths in the event.
According to Al Jazeera Iraq, 29 civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and many others were injured due to airstrikes and artillery shelling on the Monday evening. Other sources placed the event at 4pm to 5pm the following day.
Ahmad Al Jomaily reported on Facebook that “Ahmad Al-Abdullah al-Jumaili, his wife and his son Bashar al-Jumaili were killed and other family members were missing.
Salih Alluhaiby also reported several victims, however without mentioning the names: “It moved to the mercy of God the compassionate, my sister and her daughter and her family and the family’s nephew after the bombing of Coalition aircraft in the New Mosul.”
Om Esraa posted a graphic video on Facebook and said: “Hours ago I communicated with parties in search of something to get us to the family of a disaster under the rubble in the New Mosul [neighbourhood], whose house was bombed the day before yesterday at ten in the morning (…)”.
The Los Angeles Times later reported the following: “Ihab Adnan was finishing removing 27 of his relatives who had been killed in his grandfather’s house in an airstrike on March 14 — a date outside the time frame the U.S.-led coalition is investigating. “Daesh was not letting us go out,” said Ihab Adnan, 35, a laborer, using a common term for Islamic State as he picked his way through the remains of his uncle’s house next door. Adnan pointed to a photo in the ruins of his 13-year-old cousin, Ali Ramadan, whose body was now zipped in a body bag. He said a series of airstrikes began at just after 5 p.m., and “everything was exploding.”
He could hear his relatives screaming next door. Adnan was screaming, too. He emerged to discover several families had been buried in their collapsed houses: 18 in his uncle’s house, 72 in a nearby home, 130 in another. He could hear some of the injured crying. “We were running and taking people out” of the ruins, Adnan said.”
Buzzfeed field investigators also placed the event on March 14th, providing the following incident report to Airwars:
“GPS Coordinates: 36°19’46.5″N, 43°05’42.1″E
Date and approximate time: March 14 at around 4pm
Casualties: 26 civilians killed, including nine family members of Yusuf Yahya Abed. This was one house that had been split into two. This was a kinetic strike, launched as part of an ISF assault into the neighborhood.
Comments: This is down the street from Site A. Residents couldn’t say for sure was the target could have been.”
In its September 2017 monthly casualty report, the Coalition accepted responsibility: “March 14, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: During a strike on ISIS fighters engaging partner forces from a fighting position, it was assessed that 27 civilians in an adjacent structure were unintentionally killed.”
Officials also supplied coordinates to Airwars, which exactly matched those of the al Jadida event.
Civilians reported killed: 27-29 or more
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Al Jazeera in Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], Salih Alluhaiby (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq Sunna News [Arabic] [Archived], GRAPHIC: Om Esraa (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Ahmad Al Jomaily (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed, Coalition monthly casualty report (September 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 12th-13th the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units, an ISIS staging area and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 16 fighting positions, five VBIEDs, four mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two supply caches, two VBIED factories, and a vehicle; damaged 22 supply routes; and suppressed 14 ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS sniper team.”
For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 14th 2017: (S505) Al Thani neighbourhood, Al Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Two civilians reportedly died and six were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Thani neighbourhood of Al Tabaqa.
The Smart news network reported: “A local source in al Tabaqa  city (55 km west of Raqqa), said that the raids affected the second district [Al Thani neighbourhood], killing two civilians and wounding six others”. Smart blamed the Coalition.
Al Ahed also pointed towards the Coalition in a report which was fairly identical to Smarts, though it said that the news came from militant sources.
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: 6
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Al Ahed [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – effectively single source
Coalition position: For March 13th-14th: “Near Ar Raqqah, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, an ISIS-held building, and a vehicle; and damaged two supply routes.” 
For March 14th-15th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed six fighting positions, two mortar systems, an ammunition cache, an ISIS-held building, and a weapons cache.”

 

March 14th 2017: (S506)  Various locations: Al Karama, Al Ghassaniya, Jadidat Al Khabour and Kleib villages, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Seven non-combatants including three children died and five others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on various locations in Raqqa governorate, according to a single source.
The Smart news network reported that “seven civilians were killed including of three children, and five others were injured, including women, following raids on the town of Al Karama (25 km east of Raqqa) and the villages of Al Ghassaniya, Jadidat al Khabour and Kleib. The injured were transported in boats to the South Bank to Al Tabaqa national hospital, according to local sources.” Smart said that the strikes had “likely” been carried out by the Coalition.
Al Ahed published a report which was mostly identical to Smart’s, though it said that the news came from militant sources.
Shaam News Network and Asharqiya Voice also reported that the Coalition carrie dout raids on Al Karama, though made no mention of civilian casualties.
Civilians reported killed: 7, including 3 children
Civilians reported injured: 5
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Al Ahed [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], Asharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – While several sources say Coalition carried out raids, only one source alleges that there were civilian casualties.
Coalition position: For March 13th-14th: “Near Ar Raqqah, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed four fighting positions, an ISIS-held building, and a vehicle; and damaged two supply routes.”
For March 14th-15th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed six fighting positions, two mortar systems, an ammunition cache, an ISIS-held building, and a weapons cache.”

 

March 14th: (I428)  دور السكك  Dur Al Sekak, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: Local residents and press source said that five family members were killed in an airstrike targeting their house near the railway. They used to live together in the same house in Dur Al Sekak at the right side of Mosul. It is unclear which aircraft carried out the attack.
Shafaaq News reported that the bombing resulted in the “complete destruction of the house and a source said that “the bombing claimed the lives of all residents in the house but it was not possible to know exactly how many.”
Iraqi Spring put the death toll at seven and said ten others were wounded. One of the victims was identified as engineer Yasser Al Nuaimi (see photo below) in a tweet by @n_iraq67, who reportedly died together with four of his relatives.
Civilians reported killed: 5-7 or more (of the same family)
Civilians reported injured: 10
Sources: Shafaaq  [Arabic] [Archived], MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], EIMosulOfficial (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @n_iraq67 [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested – unclear which aircraft carried out the strike
Coalition position:  For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 14th-15th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 11 fighting positions, five mortar systems, three watercraft, two supply caches, two VBIEDs, a medium machine gun, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an anti-air artillery system, and an ISIS headquarters; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed 11 ISIS mortar teams and six ISIS tactical units.”

March 14th: (I429) باب سنجار Emergency Hospital in Bab Sinjar neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq 
Summary: There was a single claimn that ‘dozens’ of civilians were killed or injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly struck the emergency building at the general hospital in Bab Sinjar, in West Mosul.
Civilians reported killed: 12-24
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source.
Coalition position:  For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 14th-15th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 11 fighting positions, five mortar systems, three watercraft, two supply caches, two VBIEDs, a medium machine gun, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an anti-air artillery system, and an ISIS headquarters; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed 11 ISIS mortar teams and six ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 14th: (I430)   الرسالة  ٌDur al Resala neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that a family of seven was killed after an airstrike hit their house in Dur-al Resala neighbourhood, West Mosul.
Hani Abu Obeida was named by @n_iraq67 as one of the victims. It was reported that his son Musab was the only survivor. The rest of the family reportedly died.
Only one source said it was the work of the Coalition. Other sources did not specify who carried out the raids.
Civilians reported killed: 7
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Samarra TV [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @n_iraq67 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @kalimahorra1 [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested – only one sources blames the Coalition. Others do not identify who carried out the raids.
Coalition position:  For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 14th-15th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 11 fighting positions, five mortar systems, three watercraft, two supply caches, two VBIEDs, a medium machine gun, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an anti-air artillery system, and an ISIS headquarters; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed 11 ISIS mortar teams and six ISIS tactical units.”

March 14th: (I428a) Al-Mahatta (near the Station), West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents told journalists of the French newspaper Mediapart that 26 people were killed after an airstrike reportedly carried out by an “American-built F-16” targeted an ISIL combatant who was sitting on the roof of their house. A young girl was also severely injured.
The report by Mediapart.fr [in translation] reads: “In the neighbourhood of Mahatta, close to the station, 26 civilians paid the price with their lives, killed by an airstrike on Tuesday 14th, around 4pm in the afternoon.
Amad, Mahmoud, Youssef, Marwan, Abdullah Fatah, his wife, his mother are the five direct witnesses interviewed by Mediapart, refugees in some houses south of the city.
It was the men of the 2nd Division of the Special Iraqi Forces who asked for this strike which then killed 26 civilians in a house in Mahatta.
Stunned, Khalef Khudair, 50 years, spreads out the identity cards of the 18 members of his family killed by the attack on the floor of a house where he took refuge. “It was Tuesday 14 March, between 4pm and 4.15pm, he explains. A man from ISIL was posted on our roof. I was in a room with two other people. Two enormous missiles fell on the house. The room next to it, where all the others were, was completely destroyed.” After he blacked out, until people took him out of the rubble.
A neighbour, Ahmed Abu Ahmed, 41, says he saw everything: “The ISIL fighter had installed a heavy PKC machine-gun on one of the roofs. The Special Iraqi Forces first tried to come to him, but he succeeded in repelling them. Then two missiles fell, one right after the other.” As a former policeman, Ahmed Abu Ahmed is convinced that it is an F-16 aircraft – an American-built bomber, which carried out the strike. He rushed to search in the rubble until nightfall.
At first count, there were nineteen bodies. But the next day, neighbors hear a voice that came from under the ruins: “Mamma! Dad !”  Ahmed Abu Ahmed searched again and found a little girl, legs broken, wounded in the head, and carried her to an ambulance. The excavations continued and seven more bodies are identified, putting the toll at twenty-six dead. The relatives of the victims claim only one thing: to be allowed to bury the corpses, which they had to leave behind, when the Iraqi forces evacuated them from the area.
In its July 2017 casualty report the Coalition appeared to rule itself out of the incident, noting that “March 14, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties. The closest strike to the report of possible civilian casualties was approximately a kilometer away.”
Coordinates supplied to Airwars by the Coalition (36.339149, 43.109260) placed the assessment at the al Roubah area of Mosul, around 800m from the station indicating that this was the most likely claim being assessed. 
Civilians reported killed: 26, including at least 2 women
Civilians reported injured: 1 or more
Sources: Mediapart.fr [French] [Archived] – Jérémy André, Mosul (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Snap [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017), Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested – local sources say that Iraqi forces asked for the strikes, though speak of an American-built F-16 which is used by US, Belgian and Iraqi forces at Mosul.  The Coalition appears to have denied involvement. 
Coalition position:  For March 13th-14th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 27 fighting positions, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, an artillery system, a mortar system, a heavy machine gun, a road block, a vehicle and a VBIED factory; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed five ISIS mortar teams and two ISIS tactical units.”
For March 14th-15th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 11 fighting positions, five mortar systems, three watercraft, two supply caches, two VBIEDs, a medium machine gun, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an anti-air artillery system, and an ISIS headquarters; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed 11 ISIS mortar teams and six ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 15th 2017: (S508)  Jadida Khabour village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Five civilians including two women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Jadida Khabour village in eastern Raqqa, according to local sources.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: “a man and a woman were killed and there was information about another woman who was killed in bombing by Coalition planes on areas in Jadida Khabour”.
The victims were named as Khabour Al-Mohammed Al-Khabour and his wife, and another woman: Houriya Al-Abdullah Al-Teef Al-Habbal. However a local tweeter claimed that Mr al-Khabour was only wounded.
Al Raqqa Truth named two further victims of a Coalition strike as 
Hamad al Zoueikh
Ahmad al Hanoush
Civilians reported killed: 5, including 2 women
Civilians reported injured: 1
Sources: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], [Archived], Spm-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Mohammed Abdullah blog [Arabic] [Archived], Q Alenzy tweet [Arabic] [Archived], 24 Raqqa tweet [Archived], Syrian Human Rights Committee [Arabic] [Archived], Revolutionary Forces of Syria [Arabic] [Archived], Al Raqqa Truth [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 14th-15th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed six fighting positions, two mortar systems, an ammunition cache, an ISIS-held building, and a weapons cache.”
For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.”

#Raqqa#الرقة : #توثيق : إصابة "خابور محمد الخابور" وإستشهاد زوجته "حورية عبدالله البوحبال" بقصف #التحالف_الدولي قرية #الدرواشا شرق الرقة

— Saad Alenezi (@saadalinizy) March 15, 2017

 

March 15th 2017: (S507) Al Thani neighbourhood and Awwal neighbourhood, Al Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Between one and two civilians died and up to five were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Thani and Awwal neighbourhoods of Al Tabaqa, according to local sources.
According to Smart news agency, “local sources reported the death of one civilian and wounding of others, on Wednesday evening, as a result of aerial bombardment likely carried out by the international Coalition on Al Tabaqa city (55 km west of Raqqa). “The source told Smart that the warplanes launched two raids on the first and second neighbourhoods, killing one civilian and wounding five others, who were taken to the National Hospital in the city.”
Micro Syria also blame the Coalition putting the death toll at one civilian.
Hewar.Khayma said that two were killed – though it didn’t identify who the warplane responsible belonged to. A tweet by Abdulbaset10 had noted “An American warplane B52 is flying over Tabaqa city now.”
Civilians reported killed: 1-2
Civilians reported injured: 2-5
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], Vedeng [Arabic], [Archived], Micro-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Hewar.Khayma [Arabic], [Archived], Abdulbaset10 [Arabic], [Archived], Orient News [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position: For March 14th-15th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed six fighting positions, two mortar systems, an ammunition cache, an ISIS-held building, and a weapons cache.”
For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.”

 

March 15th: (I430d)  الهرمات Hermat neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local eyewitnesses reported the deaths of 25 civilians following an air or artillery strike on the hermit area of West Mosul.
An unpublished Amnesty International field investigation was shared with Airwars: ““On the street we were staying, in my uncle’s house, three houses were levelled by one attack, around 12pm on 15 March. I don’t know if it was mortars, or artillery, or an airstrike. I think it was artillery, because I heard the “ssssss” sound before it hit. After the attack, 5 families were dead under the rubble – at least 25 people. One of the families was headed by “Abu Amar.” No IS fighters were killed. Our neighbours said that IS fighters ate lunch in one of the house, and they prayed there. Of course the strike came 20 minutes later, when the fighters were already gone. I saw the destroyed houses the next morning, when we ran out of the house. The houses were on our same street, just one house away from ours.”
Civilians reported killed: 25
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Amnesty International field investigation. See also At Any Cost: The Civilian Catastrophe in West Mosul, Iraq (Amnesty International – July 2017), 
Quality of reporting: Contested – possible air, artillery or mortar attack
Coalition position: For March 14th-15th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 11 fighting positions, five mortar systems, three watercraft, two supply caches, two VBIEDs, a medium machine gun, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an anti-air artillery system, and an ISIS headquarters; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed 11 ISIS mortar teams and six ISIS tactical units.” For March 15th – 16th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, four mortar systems, two ISIS-held buildings, two vehicles, a medium machine gun, an artillery system, and a rocket-propelled grenade system; damaged 17 supply routes and three ISIS-held buildings; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 15th-16th: (I431) باب الطوب Bab Al Tob area, Central Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and military and medical sources said that up to two dozen civilians were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling, and strikes by US Apache helicopters. This reportedly occurred during an ongoing battle around the Bab Al Tob area and other ancient neighborhoods in the center of Mosul.
Naynawa Alghad reported on Facebook that due to the heavy clashes on Thursday morning [March 16th] between Iraqi forces and ISIL in the old parts of the city, the US intervened with Apache helicopters.  A medical source said that the “battles until dawn on Thursday left dozens of dead and wounded civilians, [who] were killed in their homes by the fighting.”
Iraqi Spring said that up to 20 people were killed and 50 injured.
However, Yaqein reported that four people, including women and children, were killed and six wounded. Nineveh Media Center posted a photo (see below) of the aftermath of the strikes, saying “This is Mosul, without comment!!!”.
Civilians reported killed: 4-24
Civilians reported injured: 6-50
Sources: Naynawa Alghad (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq news center [Arabic] [Archived], Ninawa media center [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both shelling by Iraqi forces and intervention of US Apache helicopters and ground troops
Coalition position: For March 14th-15th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team; destroyed 11 fighting positions, five mortar systems, three watercraft, two supply caches, two VBIEDs, a medium machine gun, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an anti-air artillery system, and an ISIS headquarters; damaged 18 supply routes; and suppressed 11 ISIS mortar teams and six ISIS tactical units.” For March 15th – 16th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, four mortar systems, two ISIS-held buildings, two vehicles, a medium machine gun, an artillery system, and a rocket-propelled grenade system; damaged 17 supply routes and three ISIS-held buildings; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 16th – 17th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, seven vehicles, a recoilless rifle, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an explosives factory, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged 14 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed 13 ISIS mortar teams.”

March 16th: (I432) Several neighbourhoods in West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said that at least 21 civilians were killed and 17 were injured, including women and children, because of airstrikes and artillery shelling in neighbourhoods of West Mosul.
Iraq News Center placed the death toll even higher: “Many surviving civilians [and] witnesses from the right side [of Mosul] confirmed that Coalition airstrikes targeted civilian houses and there were 20 civilians killed in one house and 11 in another and 3 in a fourth house. Large numbers of innocent civilians are the direct victims of Coalition airstrikes and mortar and artillery shelling by Iraqi forces ”
Al Jazeera – citing Islamic State – said 21 people had reportedly died: “For its part, Daesh said that 21 civilians – mostly children and women – were killed in when bombing targeted the western neighborhoods of Mosul.“
Civilians reported killed: 21-34
Civilians reported injured: 17-24
Sources: Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq news center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News Center (2) [TV report] [Arabic] [Archived], Al Sonawa tweet [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both mortar and artillery shelling by Iraqi forces and Coalition airstrikes.
Coalition position: For March 15th – 16th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, four mortar systems, two ISIS-held buildings, two vehicles, a medium machine gun, an artillery system, and a rocket-propelled grenade system; damaged 17 supply routes and three ISIS-held buildings; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 16th – 17th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, seven vehicles, a recoilless rifle, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an explosives factory, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged 14 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed 13 ISIS mortar teams.”

 

March 16th: (I432b) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary:  In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and details to assess its credibility.”
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 07/07
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED EVENT
Coalition position: For March 15th – 16th: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, four mortar systems, two ISIS-held buildings, two vehicles, a medium machine gun, an artillery system, and a rocket-propelled grenade system; damaged 17 supply routes and three ISIS-held buildings; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 16th – 17th: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, seven vehicles, a recoilless rifle, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an explosives factory, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged 14 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed 13 ISIS mortar teams.”

 

March 16th 2017: (S509) Al Thakana neighbourhood of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: The Shaam News Network reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely belonging to the coalition launched a raid on the Al Thakana neighborhood in Raqqa, near the Shariah Court, killing four civilians and two members of IS and wounding eight others, including one member of IS. The wounded were taken to the National Raqqa Hospital.  A medical source reported that among the IS dead is one of the judges at the court who goes by the name of Abu Afra Al Jazrawi.”
Madar Daily placed the number of injured at six, while Orient News said five civilians died.
Civilians reported killed: 4-5, and 2 members of ISIL
Civilians reported injured: 6-7, and 1 member of ISIL
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Madar Daily [Arabic] [Archived], Orient News [Arabic] [Archived], Aleppo Media Centre [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.” 
For March 16th – 17th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”

 

March 16th 2017: (S508a)  جديدة كحيط Jadida Kahit village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Al Ragga Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Kahit. the victims were named as:
Ibrahim al Salem al Moussa
Ahmad al Hassan al Moussa
Hassan al Mohamamd al Moussa
Mush’al al Abd al Shawwakh al Hanish
No further details are currently available
Civilians reported killed: 4
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Al Raqqa Truth [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.” For March 16th – 17th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”

 

March 16th 2017: (S508b)  جديدة بلدية Jadida Baladiya village, eastern Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Al Ragga truth reported the death of one unidentified male civilian in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Baladiya. 
No further details are currently available
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Al Raqqa Truth [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.” For March 16th – 17th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”

 

March 16th 2017: (S510) قرية المنصورة Al Mansoura village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: The Smart news agency reported that likely Coalition airstrikes targeted the oil refinery area of Al Mansoura, “killing one worker and injuring others, in addition to destroying three burners and a car used to transport oil.”
Madar News used identical language in its own report.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Madar News [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Weak – effectively single source
Coalition position:  For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.” For March 16th – 17th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”

 

March 16th 2017: (S511) Al Jina town, west of Aleppo, Aleppo governorate, Syria

Summary: A unilateral US drone strike on a mosque complex near al Jina town killed between 37 and 62 civilians according to multiple reports and eyewitness statements. While the US has admitted it carried out the attack, officials have claimed that al Jina’s Omar Ibn al Khattab mosque where the casualties occurred was not targeted in the raid. The Pentagon instead insisted that “an al Qaeda in Syria meeting location” had been struck – though announced an investigation into reported civilian deaths.
The evening attack at al Jina – which was initially blamed by many on Russia – was in fact according to the Washington Post conducted by two US Reaper drones , which fired six Hellfire missiles at the location at around 7pm before dropping a 500lb bomb. The results were devastating.
At least 300 people were reportedly present for an evangelical religious class at Jina’s new mosque when it was struck – among them some children. According to Step News, “US aircraft targeted a Dawah centre of al Dawah Wa al Tabligh. The  group holds a weekly meeting in one of their centres every Thursday which is attended by dozens of students of religious studies, sheikhs, shariaa experts and  fighters in the Islamic factions and civilians from the region.” In Islamic theology according to Wikipedia, “the purpose of da’wah is to invite people, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to understand the worship of Allah as expressed in the Qur’an and the sunnah of the prophet Muhammad and to inform them about Muhammad.”
Suspicions of US involvement were first raised by online monitors including Bellingcat, after missile fragments were found at the scene. After initially claiming a unilateral strike that day was in Idlib, CENTCOM confirmed to Airwars late on the night of March 16th that the attack at Al Jina had in fact been by the US.Spokesman Major Josh Jacques told reporter Samuel Oakford that the target was  “assessed to be a meeting place for al Qaeda, and we took the strike… It happened to be across the street from where there is a mosque.” He said the mosque was not the target, and that it wasn’t hit directly. Both CENTCOM and the Pentagon told Airwars that they were further investigating the attack.

In an effort to discredit claims that it had targeted worshippers, the Pentagon also issued a photograph which it said showed the mosque at al Jina intact. However this appeared to backfire, with most commentators noting that both buildings including that targeted were in fact mosques.   
The White Helmets – more usually seen aiding casualties from Assad regime or Russian strikes, led the rescue effort. It eventually estimated that at least 50 people had died. As Shaam News reported, “The bombing was following by residents and rescue teams putting out a call to all defense teams in the region calls for help for all defense centers and ambulance crews in the area to go to the site shelling and help lift the martyrs out of the basement.”
One angry eyewitness told Smart News: “This is a praying center. For those aged from 8 to 60 years old. Unarmed civilians. Where is the terrorism? They are unarmed, not terrorists. Peaceful civilians praying. I am one of them, there are no terrorists here. There are almost 250 people including children and the elderly. Many are under the rubble and we don’t have the equpiment to lift them. Assad, Europe and Russia took everything from us, how can we lift them? By our hands? All you do is send us a food basket, we don’t need it anymore. Keep it for yourselves.” A number of cities and towns in the area reportedly cancelled Friday Prayers for fear of further attacks.
Syria News Desk claimed that 15 children were among the dead. While this number cold not be verified, the White Helmets have named five victims under the age of 17, and a child was filmed being rescued from the rubble at al Jina.
The militant Islamic rebel group Ahrar al Sham – the apparent target of the US attack – later issued a statement attacking “the shameful spectacle where the an international community has turned from a passive silent party in towards  the Syrian case to a contributor to the killing of the Syrian people.”
Turkey’s deputy Prime Minister condemned the US attack as a ‘war crime.’ However Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “In principle, we have no doubts that the US military targeted terrorists.” 
The following civilian casualties have so far been named by the White Helmets:
Mohammad Khaled Orabi, 14 years old, al Jina
Hasan Omar Orabi, 10 years old, al Jina
Ahmad Nouri Issa, 23 years old, al Jina
Mustapha Nashat Said al Sheikh, 23years old, al Jina
Ahmad Kiyali, Deir Hassan
Ali Mustapha, 17 years old, Barisha
Abd al Rahman Hasim, 17 years old, Barisha
Ahmad al Zein, displaced from Aleppo
Ismail Hamada al Sheikh, displaced from Aleppo [pictured above]
Nadim Abu Bashir Kababi
The wife of Nadim Abu Bashir Kababi, Ghousoun Makansi
Nassim Hussein Abbas, 23 years old, Mare’
Adel Mohammad Qitaz, 17 years old, Abin Sama’an
Ibrahim Abboud, 35 years old, Maarat al Atarib
Kinjo Haj Yusuf, 22 years old, Kafr Najad
Abu Hussein Taliha, Taliha
Abd al Al Qader Janat, 22 years old, displaced from Aleppo
Abd al Latif Mu’del, Maarat al Na’assan
Nader Fatloun, displaced from Aleppo
Safwat al Zein, displaced from Aleppo
Bashir al Ghabra, Al Tal, Damascus
Abd al Ghafour Abd al Ghafour, Barisha
Adel Mohammad Rashid
Mohammad Abd al Salam, displaced from Aleppo
Saleh Fatloun, displaced from Aleppo
Mustapha Nasser Yasin, Sarmada
Mufid A’kal, Al Tawama
Ibrahim Qatiba
Ibrahim Bassamiya
In addition the White Helmets have named 26 of 100 or more people reportedly injured in the attack.
Civilians reported killed: 37-62, including 1 woman and 5-15 children
Civilians reported injured: 100 or more
Sources: Halab Today TV [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today TV (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today TV (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today (5) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (1) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (5) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (6) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (5) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency (6) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Video – Step News (7), Shaam News (1) [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News (2) – pictures [Arabic] [Archived], LCCSY (1) [Arabic] [Archived], LCCSY (2) [Arabic] [Archived], LCCSY (3) – casualties [Arabic] [Archived], Washington Post, Halab News (1) [Arabic] [Archived], Halab News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Halab News (3) – photos [Arabic] [Archived], Halab News (4) – photos [Arabic] [Archived], Halab News (5) – photos [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Halab News (6), Shaam News (3) [Arabic] [Archived], White Helmets Aleppo (1) – pictures [Arabic] [Archived], White Helmets Aleppo (2) [Arabic] [Archived], White Helmets Aleppo (3) [Arabic] [Archived], White Helmets Aleppo (4) [Arabic] [Archived], Video – White Helmets (5), Video – White Helmets (6), Aleppo Media Centre (1) [Arabic] [Archived], Aleppo Media Centre (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Hadi al Abdallah report, Video – Al Jisr TV report, Video – Smart News (7), Aleppo Media Centre (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Aleppo Media Centre (4) – photos [Arabic] [Archived], White Helmets Aleppo (7) [Arabic] [Archived], Halab News Network (7) [Arabic] [Archived], Halab News Network (8) – photos [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Halab News Network (9), GRAPHIC Video – Shaam News Network (4), Syria News Desk [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network (5) [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News Network (6) [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Step News (7) [Arabic] [Archived], Step News (8) [Arabic] [Archived], White Helmets Aleppo (7) – casualty list [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News (8) [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News (9) [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Smart News (10), Bilal Abdul Kareem tweet (1) [Archived], On the Ground News (1) [Archived], Bellingcat investigation, Airwars (1), Airwars (2), Aleppo Media Centre (5) -photos [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Aleppo Media Centre (6), Video – Aleppo Media Centre (7), Video – Halab Today TV (6), Halab Today TV (7) [Arabic] [Archived], Smart News (10) [Arabic] [Archived], Step News (9) [Arabic] [Archived], Sputnik News (1), Sputnik News (2), Video – Step News (10), Video – Halab News Network (10) – survivor testimony, Video – Halab News Network (11), Video – White Helmets Aleppo (8), Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (3) [Archived], Video – Shaam News Network (7), Violation Documentation Centre – casualty list [Archived], Jenan Moussa tweet thread [Archived], LCCSY (4) [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (4) [Archived], The Intercept, New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, Vocativ, Airwars, Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Bellingcat [Archived], Forensic Architecture [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair – US has confirmed conducting unilateral strike at location, though denies targeting mosque
Coalition position:  A CENTCOM press release issued in the early hours of March 17th 2017 stated: “U.S. forces conducted an airstrike on an Al Qaeda in Syria meeting location March 16 in Idlib [later corrected to Aleppo], Syria, killing several terrorists.”

Step News films aftermath of devastatng US strike on al Jina, Syria

Halab News Network reports from the scene

Rescuers pull out a survivor at al Jina

Exclusive: US Says it Carried Out Deadly Strike that Hit an Aleppo Mosque https://t.co/Y45M05Dplz

— Airwars (@airwars) March 17, 2017

Rescue work continued into March 17th (Smart News)

White Helmets announce that at least 50 people are likely to have died at al Jina

 

وكالة أعماق: تتحدث عن 21 قتيلا معظمهم أطفال ونساء و17 جريحا نتيجة قصف جوي ومدفعي أمس على عدة أحياء بالجانب الأيمن من مدينة #الموصل #نينوى

— تنسيقية الموصل (@sonawa1) March 18, 2017

Step News films aftermath of devastatng US strike on al Jina, Syria

Halab News Network reports from the scene

 

March 16th 2017: (S512) سد الفرات Euphrates Dam, الطبقة Al Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: An alleged Coalition airstrike at the Euphrates Dam near al Tabaqa reportedly killed one named civilian worker.
According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, “an air raid launched by the international coalition yesterday on the area around the Euphrates Dam in al Tabaqa killing Hamidi al Abd al Majid al Nayef one of the employees at the dam.”
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic] [Archived], Mohab Nasser tweet [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (1) [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 15th – 16th: “Near Ar Raqqah, 13 strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, an IED, a weapons storage facility, a storage facility, a VBIED facility, a UAV facility, a logistics facility, and an ammunition cache.” For March 16th – 17th: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”

 

March 17th-18th 2017: (I441) الموصل الجديدة  Al Jadida/ New Mosul neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In the highest confirmed civilian casualty event of the war against ISIL, at least 105 and as many as 141 non-combatants were later confirmed by the Coalition as having been killed in a US airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area. At least 137 bodies were reportedly recovered from the scene.
Locals have claimed that as many as 230 or even 520 civilians were killed in the catastrophic event at al Jadida – though these higher numbers may conflate a series of events over a number of days of violence in the neighbourhood.
The Coalition later confirmed it had carried out a strike “in the vicinity of alleged civilian casualties” and launched an investigation. This eventually concluded that a US bomb had killed between 105 and 141 civilians – though the Coalition also claimed that ISIL explosives had contributed to the disaster.
The Iraqi military initially placed the death toll at 61 killed – and blamed ISIL. This was at odds with Iraqi civil defence on the scene, who reported at least 137 bodies at first and said the incident was caused by an airstrike.
It was reported that a house near Al Rahma Al Ahli Hospital was bombed in which hundreds of displaced people were hosted, providing them food and shelter as well as a cellar to provide protection from airstrikes. However there were also claims that ISIL had deliberately trapped people in the building.
There was some initial reporting confusion about the date of the incident, which was placed variously between March 17th-20th. It is possible that a number of additional strikes in the near vicinity over some days may also have caused casualties.
Both the Coalition and Iraq had announced investigations into whether they had conducted an airstrike which may have ‘iandvertently’ ignited a fuel truck and perhaps a VBIED at the scene.
Correspondences Team identified the house as the 3-storey building of Haj Tawfik house. Abdulrahman Al Lawzi reported on Facebook that the Coalition hit the house in New Mosul and that all the people in it had died. 56 male bodies had been found, but “rescue efforts were unable to reach the lower hall where the bodies of women and children are buried”. In total, 126 people were reported killed, as well as 8 in the house next door. Later, Waradana news said that about 150 bodies were still under the rubble. Mosul Insta, a local Facebook group, reported as many as 250 dead:
“More than 250 human beings lost their lives in vain. Children, women, elderly and disabled only in the new Mosul area. The list of victims goes on and on and the war rages and burns everything and I do not see it ending soon. The people of Mosul do not have their parents”.
Al Jazeera posted a graphic video reporting the strikes, speaking of 137 bodies, mostly women and children.
Iraqi Vice-President Osama al-Nujaifi called for an immediate halt to the bombing of western Mosul neighborhoods. “The intensity of the fighting against the terrorist is not exempting officials and leaders from moral and humanitarian responsibility for the increase in the number of innocent civilian casualties who have been forced to remain in their areas by the terrorist organization,” he said.
In a filmed visit to the scene on March 24th, the head of the Iraq Provincial Council Basma Basim said that she feared as many as 500 locals had in fact died at al Jadida. The Iraqi Observatory also claimed that 500 bodies had so far been recovered. Local MP Ali al-Metwati claimed 600 had died – and that the authorities were covering up the deaths. These high allegations may relate to overall civilian fatalities in the neighbourhood.
On March 26th, Alaraby news reported that “the number of people killed in the US air raid on the new Mosul district on the western coast of the city rose to 511, including 187 children under the age of 15, Iraqi officials said.”
A day later, on March 27th, Al Araby put the death toll at 520. On March 31st, it raised it to 531.
The UN and Amnesty International subsequently released information on the attack. The Amnesty report contained the following account: “As the fighting intensified Wa’ad Ahmad al-Tai, his brother Mahmoud and their families sought shelter at their other brother’s two-storey home hoping it would offer them more protection. “We were all huddled in one room at the back of the house, 18 of us, three families. But when the house next door was bombed, it collapsed on us, precisely over the room we were sheltering in. My son Yusef, nine, and my daughter Shahad, three, were killed, together with my brother Mahmoud, his wife Manaya and their nine-year-old son Aws, and my niece Hanan. She was cradling her five-month-old daughter, who survived, thank God,” he said.”
Victims from New Mosul known to have been named so far are:

The family of the wife of Karim Jassim Al Salim
Hisham Hazem and Issam Hazem of the Sheikh family
The family of Khadr Kaddawi – 12 people including Yarub Khader Kadawi
Basem al-Muhzam’s family – 11 people
The family of Sinjari – 30 people
Here is Mosul – a local Facebook group – also reported two victims: Firas and Taiba, two young children of Ali Sarhan Al Hayali. They died when a mortar reportedly hit their nearby home, in what may be a separate event.
Twin brothers Ali and Rakan Thamer Abdulla [pictured below], their father Haj Thamer Abdulla and 23 additional family members
A relative of the family said the following in a video by Al Jazeera:
“My family were in three houses, 26 persons, I was always in touch with them before the bombardment. On Thursday morning, my brother sent me a message which reads “ Wafa’a, we cannot call due to the heavy bombardment” my heart was feeling like I am not going to see my family again. Their neighbor, Saker, was the only one who survived (…)”
Civilians reported killed: 141- 230, with a claim of up to 520 killed (possibly reflecting a wider neighbourhood toll)
Civilians reported injured: 30 or more
Sources: Ninawa Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Rudaw [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Snap [Arabic] [Archived], Captain Farqad (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Gym Egypt [Arabic] [Archived], Ninawa Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon [Arabic] [Archived], Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Ninava Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Ninava Media Center (4) [Arabic] [Archived], Ninava Media Center (5) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @mimifofo67 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by‏ @ololo214 [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq People (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Eye [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @iyad732 [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Shafaaq [Arabic] [Archived], Waradana [Arabic] [Archived], Ninava Media Center (6) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul News Now (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], VIDEO Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Abdulrahman Al Lawzi (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Insta [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News center [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @n_iraq67 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @zyaad_alsenjary [Arabic] [Archived], Mosul Eye (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Here is Mosul [Arabic] [Archived],  Naynawa Alghad (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Alaraby [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Alquds [Arabic] [Archived], MNN [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Iraqyoon (3) – head of Mosul Provincial Council [Arabic], Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon (4) – casualties [Arabic] [Archived], Video – Al Arabiya [Arabic], Nineveh Media Centre [Arabic] [Archived], Nineveh Media Centre (2) [Arabic] [Archived], The Independent [Archived], Nineveh Media Centre (3) – pictures [Archived], New York Times (1) [Archived], New York Times (2) [Archived], The Guardian (1) [Archived], The Guardian (2) [Archived], Mosul Eye (2) tweet [Archived], Reuters [Archived], AFP [Archived], Washington Post [Archived], Buzzfeed [Archived], UNAMI tweet [Archived], Los Angeles Times [Archived], Anadolu News [Archived], Daily Telegraph [Archived], Radio Free Europe [Archived], Iraq Military statement (March 26th) [Archived], Alaraby (2) [Arabic] [Archived],  Alaraby (3) [Arabic] [Archived], Al Araby (4) [Arabic] [Archived], VIDEO Iraqyoon News (4) [Arabic] [Archived], VIDEO Iraqyoon News (5) [Arabic] [Archive], Iraqyoon News (5) [Arabic] [Archived], UNHCR [Archived], Amnesty International [Archived], Thakira1 (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived], Thakira1 (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Mohammed Kareem [Arabic] [Archived], Women of Mosul [Archived], Women of Mosul (2) [Archived], Maram al Alhanin Facebook post [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Los Angeles Times, Coalition casualty report (June 2017), Amnesty International: At Any Cost – the civilian catastrophe in West Mosul (July 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position:  For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

#Iraq: UN Expresses Profound Concern about Terrible Loss of Life in Western #Mosul – https://t.co/JXhvmQE6cq @OCHAIraq pic.twitter.com/bnku6zz3J0

— UNAMI (@UNIraq) March 25, 2017

 

March 17th 2017: (S513) الصفصافة تحتاني Al Safsafa near Tahtani, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: According to reports one civilian male died and at least two others were injured following alleged Coalition strikes at Al Safsafa. The victim has been named as Ibrahim Al-Mohammed Al-Arabi.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and SHRC were among some sources who didn’t identify the warplanes responsible – though other reports blamed the Coalition.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2
Sources: Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Sdusyria [Arabic], Raqqapost [Arabic], [Archived], Step [Arabic], [Archived], R,tahrir Alsham [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa_r_w_b [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa_r_w_b [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa24 [Arabic], [Archived], SHRC [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2), [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 16th – 17th the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”
For March 17th-18th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions, two ISIS tactical vehicles, and an ISIS weapons factory; and damaged a bridge.”

 

March 17th 2017: (S514) زور شمر, Zor Shamr village E of Raqqa and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a village SW of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Five civilians were reported killed and eight or more injured following reported Coalition strikes at Zor Shamr and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a.
According to the Smart news agency, which also pointed towards the Coalition, “sources explained that the planes bombed the villages of Zor Shamr (45 km east of Raqqa city) and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a (8 km southwest of Raqqa city), killing five civilians and wounding eight others, including women and children, who were taken to the national hospital in al Tabaqa.”
Civilians reported killed: 5
Civilians reported injured: 8-10
Sources: Micro Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Alyemen Today [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 16th – 17th the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged six ISIS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, an ISIS-held building, and an oil refinement still.”
For March 17th-18th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions, two ISIS tactical vehicles, and an ISIS weapons factory; and damaged a bridge.”

 

March 17th: (I433)  الميدان Medan neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: According to local residents and the recently-formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in the Medan neighbourhood.
According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers in Mosul had told the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights that “more than 40 civilians were killed during Friday and Saturday, when used by Daesh as human shields and American planes bombed them.”
Iraq News said on Saturday that during the past 24 hours as many as 80 civilians died in West Mosul. 
In its June 2017 report the Coalition noted: “15. March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and details to assess its credibility.”
Civilians reported killed: 40-80
Civilians reported injured: 24 or more
Sources: Iraqi Spring Media Centre [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights   [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News Center [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @n_iraq67 [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @2samrraie [Arabic] [Archived], Urgent Mosul News [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both artillery shelling and airstrikes.
Coalition position: For March 16th-17th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, seven vehicles, a recoilless rifle, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an explosives factory, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged 14 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed 13 ISIS mortar teams.”
For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”

March 17th: (I441b)  Zanjili neighbourhood, Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties. ”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as the Zanjili neighbourhood in Mosul.
The strike was assessed as non credible based on the claim that “no Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.” However, the Coalition reported multiple strikes in Mosul that day.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 01/09
Quality of reporting: Discounted COALITION ASSESSED INCIDENT
Coalition position: For March 16th-17th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, seven vehicles, a recoilless rifle, a heavy machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an explosives factory, a supply cache, and an ISIS-held building; damaged 14 supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed 13 ISIS mortar teams.”
For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”

March 18th: (I434) حي المشاهدة Al Mashahda Quarter of West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control.
Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the neighbourhood in preparation of “storming it”. Other sources blame the US or the wider Coalition.  
Civilians reported killed: 5
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Tweet by Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by @YZaatreh [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Sonawa1 [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], Adhamiya News [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both artillery shelling and Coalition shelling or airstrikes.
Coalition position: For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 18th: (I435) السرجخانة Aserjkhanh neighbourhood of West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods.
Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side of Mosul on Saturday.”
In what may have been a related event, Yaqein said that 29 civilians died at Jawasaq when it was bombarded by Iraqi forces.
Al Jazeera reported that “15 people from the same family were killed when a rocket hit their house in Serjkhana area, which is located in the old center of Mosul, the western side of Mosul, on Saturday afternoon. The sources added that the rocket led to the destruction of the entire house and killing everyone who was in it, mostly women and children, as well as events of major damage to the neighboring houses in which many families were located.” This may also be a separate incident.
The New Mosul People Facebook page received an appeal from local residents (see below), saying: “Families were bombed by a plane an hour ago and about 50 persons were killed. My family and kids shouting under the rubble, in the third street behind Fathi Al Ali mosque [in Aserjkhanh neigbourhood], neighbour of barber Mahmood Abu Arkan, we ask to save them from under the rubble, Mohammed Ganim Aub Al Muhazam and Jassim Ameen Aub Al Mahzam families.” It did not say who carried out the raids.
Civilians reported killed: 13-50
Civilians reported injured: 17-24
Sources: Iraqi Spring Media Centre [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived],  Al-Jazeera Iraq [Arabic] [Archived], New Mosul People [Facebook] [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources report both artillery shelling and Coalition airstrikes.
Coalition position: For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 18th: (I435c) Risala district, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary:  In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as the Risala district in West Mosul.
Puk Media quoted a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Seven displaced persons were interviewed, who said that their house in in al Risala district “was completely destroyed by the aerial bombardments”.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 01/09, Puk Media [Arabic] [Archived]
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED EVENT
Coalition position: For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 18th: (I435d) Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary:  In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties. ”
The Coalition shared the location of this assessed strike with Airwars. The location was stated as Nahrawan in West Mosul.
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: unknown
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Coalition monthly CIVCAS report 01/09,
Quality of reporting: Discounted ASSESSED EVENT
Coalition position: For March 17th-18th the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed 56 ISIS vehicles, 25 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, two mortar systems, and an ISIS VBIED; and suppressed 20 ISIS mortar teams and four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 18th 2017: (S515) العكيرشي al A’keirshi village SE of Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: The wife and child of an ISIL fighter reportedly died in a Coalition airstrike on al A’keirshi village. The militant – named as Abu Habibia Al-Maghribi – was either killed or injured in the attack. According to Arabs Today his wife was a member of Al-Khansa’a which is part of ISIL’s women’s police force. Their daughter was also killed.
Smart, who also pointed to the Coalitiuon, reported: “The source explained that the planes bombed a house in the village, wounding ‘Abu Habiba Al Maghribi’ [Morroccan], in addition to his wife and his daughter. The wife was part of al Khansaa battaltion which is part of al Hisba women’s office [sort of women’s police].
The source pointed out that the foreign members of IS in the village are angry accusing the residents of dealing with the international coalition forces given that the missile specifically targeted this house and not another one.”
Civilians reported killed: 2, including a woman and child, and 1 ISIL fighter
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Alaraby [Arabic], [Archived], Arabstoday [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 17th-18th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions, two ISIS tactical vehicles, and an ISIS weapons factory; and damaged a bridge.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 11 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, two ISIS headquarters; and damaged three bridges and two supply routes.”

 

March 18th 2017: (S517) شبهر  Shabhar or المطر Al Matar village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Seven named civilians including four women and a child died in a reported Coalition strike in Raqqah governorate – though there was confusion about whether they had died at Shabhar or Al Matar.
Orient News, citing Raqqa Post, said that seven civilians – five from the Matar family – died. It blamed the Coalition. Raqqa Post reported that an infant (“a couple of months old”) also died. Alwatan put the death toll higher at nine, specifically blaming “American Coalition warplanes”.
Sharqiya Voice said that the Coalition strike was carried out on Al Matar village.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, missiles from Coalition jets killed “six children and their mother”.
The dead have been named as:
Amal Al Matar (female)
Thuraya al Matar (female)
Shahad al Matar
Hiba al Matar (female)
Ali al Matar
A few months old girl
Zahra al Firwan (female)
Civilians reported killed: 7-9, including 4-5 women and 1-6 children
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Jisr TV [Arabic], [Archived], Orient [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa Post [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Alwatan [Arabic], [Archived], RFS Media Office [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) , [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 17th-18th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions, two ISIS tactical vehicles, and an ISIS weapons factory; and damaged a bridge.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 11 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, two ISIS headquarters; and damaged three bridges and two supply routes.”

 

March 18th 2017: (S518) جسر المغلة Al Maghla bridge near الكرامة al Karama, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Two or more civilians were reported killed near the al Maghla bridge after Coalition aircraft reportedly struck boats carrying civilians across the Euphrates River.
Civilians reported killed: 2 or more
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source
Coalition position:  For March 17th-18th, the Coalition reported that “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units, destroyed three fighting positions, two ISIS tactical vehicles, and an ISIS weapons factory; and damaged a bridge.”
For March 18th-19th it noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 11 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, two ISIS headquarters; and damaged three bridges and two supply routes.”

 

March 19th 2017: (S519) مزرعة الاندلس Al Andalus farm, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Nine civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Andalus Farms.
According to Qasioun, the strike hit a residential neighbourhoods inhabited by displaced people from Maskana. Nation Defense, which also blamed the Coalition, put the death toll as high as 18.
According to Shaam News “unidentified” warplanes targeted a farmhouse “leading to a terrible massacre against civilians displaced from the eastern countryside of Aleppo, leaving seven martyrs as a primary outcome, and many wounded.”
Nine victims from Maskana – killed by “unidentified planes” – were named by VDC as:
Aboud Hamd al-Kanj – adult, male
Muhannad Aboud al-Kanj – adult, male
Ftaim Mahmoud al-Kanj – adult, male
Hmaidi al-Hamd al-Kanj – adult, male
Sara, wife of Ibrahim al Kanj – adult, female
Son of Ibraheem al-Kanj 1 – child, male
Son of Ibraheem al-Kanj 2 – child, male
Son of Ibraheem al-Kanj 3 – child, male
Son of Ibraheem al-Kanj 4 – child, male
Civilians reported killed: 9-18, including 4 children and 1 woman
Civilians reported injured: 2-24
Sources: Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], NabdSyria [Arabic], [Archived], RFS [Arabic], [Archived], Zaman Alwasl [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian-mirror [Arabic], [Archived], Alaraby [Arabic], [Archived], DeryNews [Arabic], [Archived], National Defense [Arabic], [pro-regime], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqapost [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Euphrates Post [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Syria news desk [Arabic], [Archived], Zaman al Wasl [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human rights (2) [Archived], RBSS (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Violations Documentation Center, Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 18th-19th the Coalition noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 11 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, two ISIS headquarters; and damaged three bridges and two supply routes.”
For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”

 

March 19th 2017: (S520)  الطبقة Al Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Between ten and 15 civilians died and 20 or more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources.
Qasioun reported: “According to A’maq [ISIL], Coalition warplanes raids in Tabaqa targeted the fire station and the bakery and killed 10 civilians and wounded 19. Coalition warplanes also targeted the second street near the cultural center, according to a local source.”
Al Jazeera said that “according to activists, Coalition warplanes led by the USA killed six people from the same family in the slaughter house area in Tabaqa”. The Syrian Network for Human Rights – also pointing to the Coalition – reported the death of six civilians from the same family, including a child and a woman.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently put the death toll at 12 or more, reporting that “air raids launched by the international coalition on Tabaqa city targeted a house near al Kanissa [the church] roundabout and the fire station and the automatic bakery in the city.”
The media media activist Muhab Nasser, “quoting civilian sources from the city of Al Tabaqa, told Syria News Desk that 12 civilians were killed and 17 others, including children, wounded yesterday night, as a result of raids by the coalition of different locations within the city, western. He added that the raids targeted residential sites near the parking lot, the fire building, Al Kanissa street [ church street] and the cultural center in the second district, the field hospital and residential buildings near the automated bakery in the center of the city, causing extensive damage to the residential buildings and the exit of the field hospital.”
The Shaam News Network put the death toll as high as 15, again attributing the incident to the Coalition. The source said that the jets struck several points in the city, “including the garage market, the slaughter house and the firestation”.
Q_Alenzy named the following victims of a Coalition strike:
Abdul Jabbar Sahari
Izz Al-Deen Sahari
Ismail Al-Qabas
Wife of Ismaiel Al-Qabas
Daughter of Ismail Al-Qabas
Abdulkareem Al-Qabas
Maher Al-Qabas
Wael Al-Qabas
Civilians reported killed: 10-15, including 1 child and 2 women
Civilians reported injured: 7-20
Sources: Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], RFS [Arabic], [Archived], Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Jisr TV [Arabic], [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], A’maq [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Thoaralraqqa [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Fursan Aliktihamat [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (3) [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 18th-19th the Coalition noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 11 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, two ISIS headquarters; and damaged three bridges and two supply routes.”
For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”

March 19th 2017: (S521) حمرة بلاسم Hamra Blassem village, eastern Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: At least one named civilian was reportedly killed in a Coalition airstrike which hit a bakery in the town of Hamra Blassem village.
According to multiple sources, Mazid Adham Al-Mazid died in the raid and at least two other civilians were injured. One source claimed that ten people died in the attack – though this may have confused the event with one at nearby al Tabaqa that day. Shaam News and others said the strikes had targeted areas around a refinery and a bakery. All sources blamed the US-led Coalition.
Civilians reported killed: 1-10
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (1) [Archived], Shaam News [Arabic] [Archived], Baladi News [Arabic] [Archived], Arabs Today [Arabic] [Archived], SDU Syria [Arabic] [Archived], Alamawai tweet [Arabic] [Archived], Raqqa 24 News [Arabic] [Archived], Raqqa 24 News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic] [Archived], Shaam News (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (2) [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 18th-19th the Coalition noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, 11 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, two ISIS headquarters; and damaged three bridges and two supply routes.”
For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”

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March 19th 2017: (I436) Old Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Locals reported the deaths of 46 civilians including 28 children and 18 men and women with 80 others injured –  mostly children and women – by different kind of shelling in many neighborhoods of Old Mosul. At least 26 bodies reportedly reached the local forensic medicine hospital.
Iraq News Center spoke of two dozen civilians killed and said that “press sources confirmed that the intelligence forces and defense ministry banned foreign journalists from entering to take pictures of dozens of bodies lying on the sidewalks and in the streets of civilian neighborhoods, who were killed in battles and clashes”.
Iraqi Spring and Correspondences team blamed the Coaition for the raids. They respectively put the death toll at 46 and 47 and reported 80 injured.
In its June 2017 report the Coalition denied responsibility: “16. March 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and details to assess its credibility.”
Civilians reported killed: 46-47, including 28 children and 1 or more women
Civilians reported injured: 80
Sources: Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position:  For March 18th-19th the Coalition noted: ” Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”

 

March 19th-20th 2017: (I443a) حي التنك  Near the Othman bin Afan Mosque, Al Tanak, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident which may be linked to the more general report above, Amnesty International field researchers reported that 11 civilians died in a likely airstrike on al Tanak. 
An unpublished Amnesty field report shared with Airwars states the following: “On 19 or 20 March, two houses were targeted in Hai Tenek / Nahwaran, 150 meters west of the Othman Bin Afan Mosque. It was around 4pm, and I was outside the house, just checking around the area. I didn’t hear the sound of the airplane, but both buildings were destroyed, so it must have been an airstrike [because of the extent of the damage]. 11 civilians were killed from the families staying in the two houses – one of the families was “Riyan”. Mostly those killed were children. I saw the bodies in the rubble myself, and I tried to help dig them out.”
Civilians reported killed: 11, including 6 or more children
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Amnesty field report. 
Quality of reporting: Contested – unclear whether Coalition or Iraqi planes
Coalition position:  For March 18th-19th the Coalition noted: ” Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”

 

March 20th 2017: (I443a) حي التنك  Al Tanak, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Amnesty International field researchers reported that 11 civilians died in a likely airstrike on al Tanak. 
The following account was published: “Amnesty International interviewed witnesses about an explosion in al-Tenak neighbourhood on 20 March which they attributed to an air strike. The explosion caused two houses to collapse just off Street 20, killing 11 civilians. Witnesses told Amnesty International that the target was an IS flatbed truck with a mounted machine-gun, which had been parked outside the houses that were struck. It had driven off and moved to another area at least 40 minutes before the attack. One of the witnesses, a local resident called “Imad”, went to the scene of the explosion.
He told Amnesty International: “I know the people killed in those houses. They were simple people. They were working in construction. A painter decorator was killed in one house with his three children and his grandmother. In the other house a carpenter was killed along with his 30-year-old wife and their four children. All the children killed were between three and eight years old.”
This was not the only strike in the area targeting the IS vehicle, according to people displaced from the area. The vehicle had been moving around the neighbourhood for around 20 days during the period between 5 and 30 March 2017. Pro-government forces kept trying to hit it as it moved around, carrying out at least seven strikes on the neighbourhood and killing many more civilians – men, women and children. They told Amnesty International that pro-government forces did not succeed in hitting the truck.
Amnesty International was not able to verify whether the delivery system used in this series of attacks was a warplane or whether the same type of weapon was used in each attack.89 Whatever the weapons used in this case, it appears to be part of a pattern of attacks by pro-government forces using explosive weapons with wide area effects to try to strike highly mobile targets in densely populated areas of west Mosul. Such reckless tactics repeatedly claimed civilian lives and destroyed homes and civilian infrastructure. Based upon the information available, this attack appears to have been indiscriminate.”
A further unpublished Amnesty field report shared with Airwars states the following: “On 19 or 20 March, two houses were targeted in Hai Tenek / Nahwaran, 150 meters west of the Othman Bin Afan Mosque. It was around 4pm, and I was outside the house, just checking around the area. I didn’t hear the sound of the airplane, but both buildings were destroyed, so it must have been an airstrike [because of the extent of the damage]. 11 civilians were killed from the families staying in the two houses – one of the families was “Riyan”. Mostly those killed were children. I saw the bodies in the rubble myself, and I tried to help dig them out.”
Civilians reported killed: 11, including 7 children and 2 women
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Amnesty field report. See also Amnesty International: At Any Cost – the civilian catastrophe in West Mosul,
Quality of reporting: Contested – unclear whether Coalition or Iraqi planes
Coalition position:  For March 18th-19th the Coalition noted: ” Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 14 fighting positions, four vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a medium machine gun, and an artillery system; damaged 14 supply routes; and suppressed five mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”

 

March 20th 2017: (I437) الزنجيلي Zanjili neighbourhood, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq

Summary: Local residents and press sources said that 43 civilians were killed in airstrikes and missile shelling by the International Coalition and Iraqi forces in Zanjili neighbourhood, in the west of Mosul.
Mosul Eye reported:
“Mosul witnessed 20/3/2017 wave of casualties in a large number, and the initial outcome that we were able to collect was as follows:
134 civilian casualties due to military operations
In Zanjili only 43 victims
New Mosul 36 victim
New Bab, Farouk, seen 55 victims”
Iraqi News agency also reported Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces and put the death toll at 100 for the neighbourhoods Zanjili, New Mosul and Old Mosul.
One victim was later named as Hamed Ismail Hassan Ali (pictured.)
Civilians reported killed: 43 or more
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources: Mosul Eye [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi News agency [Arabic] [Archived], Ahmed Al Ubeidi blog [Arabic] [Archived]
Quality of reporting: Contested – both airstrikes by the Coalition and shelling by Iraqi forces mentioned.
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 20th 2017: (I438) حي الفاروق والباب الجديد New Bab and Farouk neighborhoods, West of Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: A single source reported that 55 civilians were killed by “military operations” in New Bab and Farouk neighborhoods in the west of Mosul.
No further details are currently available.
Civilians reported killed: 55
Civilians reported injured:unknown
Sources: Mosul Eye [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source. Contested.
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”
For March 20th-21st it noted: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 20th 2017: (I439) النبي جرجيس Nabi Jarjis neighbourhood of West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: A family of eleven or seventeen members was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Nabi Jarjis neighbourhood. While most sources did not specify who carried out the raids, Yaqein news said it was the Coalition.
“The US-led coalition forces on Monday bombed houses on the western side of the city of Mosul, the center of Nineveh province, killing 17 civilians in the continued brutal aggression by the forces on Mosul and its people.
A press source said in a statement that “the coalition forces targeted the bombing of civilian housing in the area of Nabi Jarjis west of the city of Mosul.”
“At least 17 civilians were killed and dozens wounded,” the source said.
The source pointed out that “the number of dead is likely to rise sharply in light of the presence of a number of bodies under the rubble, which is difficult to limit because of the intensity of the bombing and its continuation.”
Iraq News center spoke of indiscriminate shelling on the neighbourhood and said 11 of the family were killed.
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 20 March, an airstrike reportedly targeted ISIL fighters in the neighbourhood of Nabi Jarjees in western Mosul. The airstrike killed 11 civilians—all members of one family, including two women and three children—and wounded five others, including one child. A woman was also reported missing.”
Civilians reported killed: 11-17, including women and children
Civilians reported injured: 5-24 or more 
Sources: Mosul Urgent news [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News Center [Arabic] [Archived], Journalists around the World  [Arabic] [Archived], UNAMI and OHCR report [archived] 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 20th 2017: (I440) West Mosul neighborhoods, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that 49 civilians were killed and 100 injured in the clashes and shelling in the neighborhoods of Nablus, Yarmouk, the Old City and the Haraj market in the West of Mosul.
Ninawa Media Center put the number at 38 for the neigbourhoods of Zangali, Rifai and Najjar.
Al Arabi also said that more than 50 were killed in one day. It reported: “After fighting to no avail for more than 10 hours on the walls of the neighborhoods of Nablus and Yarmouk in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the United States aircraft, on Monday, came into the picture [and] after the transformation of the neighborhood to a block of flames and smoke, the Iraqi forces were able to enter and to clearly extend the control.” It said 49 people died and at least 100 were injured.
Civilians reported killed: 49-50
Civilians reported injured: 100
Sources: Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Ninawa media center [Arabic] [Archived], Al Arabi [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and four ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 17 fighting positions, six heavy machine guns, four vehicles, three rocket-propelled grenade systems, a mortar system, a VBIED factory, an artillery system, and a roadblock; damaged nine supply routes; and suppressed six ISIS mortar teams, five ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS anti-air artillery team.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 20th 2017: (I442) حي القاهرة Cairo neighborhood of Anah, Anbar province, Iraq
Summary: Local residents and press sources said that seven civilians were killed and seven injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Cairo neighbourhood in Anah, in the west of Anbar province. While Iraqi Spring blamed the Coalition, the other two sources also mentioned the Iraqi forces.
Yaqein reported that “Seven civilians were killed and seven others were injured on Monday night when a government and international bombardment targeted a residential neighborhood in western Anbar province, the cities of which are under daily bombardment, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries and the destruction of homes and infrastructure.” It spoke of “intense aerial bombardment” on the district of Cairo in the city of Anah. 
Civilians reported killed: 7
Civilians reported injured: 7
Sources: Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Yaqein [Arabic] [Archived], Iraq News center [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th the Coalition did not publicly report strikes in Anbar province. 
For March 20th-21st it stated: “Near Al Qaim, one strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S522) الطبقة Al Tabaqa (دوار الكنيسة  Al Kanissa roundabout), Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: In the first of three reported incidents at al Tabaqa on this date, eight civilians died in a fresh alleged Coalition raid on the city. ‘Dozens’ were also reported injured.
According to local reports, eight members of the family of Musa al-Habib died when their house near the al Kanissa roundaout was struck in an airstrike.
According to Sharqiya Voice, “The international coalition launched an air raid last night targeting al Sina’a street in the market of the town, the gas department and the home of Ibrahim al A’bd between the church and al Shia’a mosque. There is news of martyrs and wounded among civilians.” A further report said that eight members of the Musa al-Habib family died, including women and children. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently also attributed the incident to the Coalition.
In its December 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition conceded killing one civilian at Tabqah on this date. It later confirmed by email to Airwars that its report related to incident S522.
Civilians reported killed: 8, including 3 children and 2 women
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: Raqqa Post [Arabic] [Archived], Mohab Nasser tweet [Arabic] [Archived], All 4 Syria [Arabic] [Archived], Zaman al Wasl [Arabic] [Archived], Step News [Arabic] [Archived], Enab News [Arabic] [Archived], RFS [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (December 2017);
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED COALITION EVENT
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S523) الشارع العريض Al A’rid street, الطبقة Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Three civilians died and up to 20 were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Tabaqa, according to local sources, in the second of three reported incident in the city that day.
Reporters Talk and Q_Alenzy said that 12 civilians were wounded by “American warplanes”, while according to Qasioun 20 people were injured in Coalition shelling of Al-A’rid street.
According to Smart News, “activists reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured by bombing warplanes likely belonging to the international coalition on the town of al Tabaqa (55 km) west of the city of Raqqa, activists said on Monday.” The source put the death toll at three, as did Alaraby, which also blamed the Coalition.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently published an image of an automated bakery in Al Tabaqa, which it said had been destroyed in a Coalition raid.
Civilians reported killed: 3
Civilians reported injured: 12-20
Sources: Reporters Talk [Arabic], [Archived], A’maq [Arabic] [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Alaraby [Arabic], [Archived], Syriahadath [Arabic], [Archived], spm-Syr [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Alamawi [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], Euphrates Post [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Smart news agency (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Coalition monthly report (December 2017);
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 19th – 20th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S523a) كراج السوق Market car park, المنغية Al Manghiya neighbourhood, مزرعة العايد Al Ayed farm and الفيلات Al Villat area, Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: In the third reported event at Tabaqa on March 20th, five civilians died and nine were injured in an airstrike in Tabaqa, though it was unclear from reports who was responsible.
According to the Smart news agency, “five civilians were killed and nine others were injured on Monday evening following raids targeting the market car park and al Manghiya neighbourhood and al Ayed farm and al Villat area in al Tabaqa“. The source didn’t identify the warplanes.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently also reported “attacks on al Tabaqa, targeting the market car park”.
Civilians reported killed: 5
Civilians reported injured: 9
Sources: Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], Coalition monthly report (December 2017);
Quality of reporting: Weak – presently single source
Coalition position:  For March 19th – 20th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S523b) الطبقة Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
On October 27th 2017 the Coalition admitted to have killed a civilian in a strike: “2., March 20, 2017, near Al Tabqah, Syria, via ISIS media report. During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS-held building, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed.”
This confirmed strike might relate to the strikes reported by Airwars that day (S522; S523 or S523a). The Coalition is currently withholding the exact coordinates for this confirmed strike.
Civilians reported killed: 10
Civilians reported injured: 0
Sources: Coalition Monthly Report (November 2017)
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY INCIDENT
Coalition position: For March 19th – 20th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S525) منطقة الماكف Al Makaf area of Raqqa city, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Nine civilians reportedly died and as many as 25 were injured in an alleged Coalition strike near the sheep market of the al Makaf area of Raqqa city.
Step news, RFS, the Shaam News Network and Syrinapc were among sources blaming the Coalition and each put the death toll at nine non-combatants. Al Jazeera reported that eight civilians died though said the warplanes responsible had not been identified. According to the Smart news agency, which also pointed to the Coalition, the strike was on a sheep market.
Syrian News Desk added some more detail: “A civilian source from Al-Raqqa, who asked not to be identified, told the Syrian News Desk that the international Coalition aircraft targeted the market for sheep trade near Al-Mashlab neighborhood east of the city of Raqqa with five raids, causing the destruction of five shops and the burning of five civilian cars that were parked next to it. A large number of livestock was killed, and wounded civilians were taken to medical points inside the city, while some of them are still critical.”
Civilians reported killed: 8-9
Civilians reported injured: 2-25
Sources: Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], RFS [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Syrialive [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa24 [Arabic], [Archived], Soundandpic [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news aganecy (2) [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Syria New Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 19th-20th it stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S524) كسرة شيخ Kasrat Sheikh village, southern Raqqa countryside, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Smart News, Syria Mirror and Rasd all reported that “A man and his son who are displaced from Aleppo were killed in Kasrat Sheikh village in the countryside of Raqqa when their car was targeted yesterday.” However none of the sources identified the culprit.
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Rasd [Arabic], [Archived], Syria-Mirror [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], 
Quality of reporting: Contested – sources don’t say who was responsible.
Coalition position: For March 19th – 20th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 20th 2017: (S526a)  السبخة Sabka village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to fourteen civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sabka village, according to multiple local sources.
The Shaam News Network was among sources reporting the injury of 10 civilians in a Coalition strike, while Syria News Desk put the number of wounded at 14.
Civilians reported killed: Unknown
Civilians reported injured: 10-14
Sources: Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Q-Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], NSO [Arabic], [Archived], Thoaralraqqa [Arabic], [Archived], Deir Press [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa_r_w_b [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 19th – 20th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, six barges, three ISIS headquarters, a tactical vehicle, an IED factory, and a weapons factory; and damaged a supply route.”
For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”

 

March 21st 2017: (S527a) Al Akrad neighbourhood, Raqqa city, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: One to two civilian members of an Islamic State family were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Akrad neighbourhood of Raqqa city, local media reported.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “A local source in the city of Al-Raqqa said raids likely carried out by the Coalition targeted the Al Akrad neighborhood, which was recently evacuated by the organization [IS] and taken as a first line of defense from the northern side of the city. The raids killed one man and one woman and injured six others from the families of IS who did not leave the neighborhood.” Smart News published an identical report.
Arabs Today also reported the death of a man in a Coalition strike. However, it said that “six other members of the organization [IS) who did not leave the neighborhood” were also injured, suggesting that the combatant status of the wounded was uncertain.
Civilians reported killed: 1-2, including a woman
Civilians reported injured: 0-6
Sources: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Smart [Arabic], [Archived], Arabs Today [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair – though combat status of wounded uncertain
Coalition position:  For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”
For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”

 

March 20th – 21st 2017: (S526) المنصورة Al Mansoura, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: In a major casualty incident at least 40 civilians died (and as many as 420 according to some claims) with dozens more injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Badiya school in Mansoura, which was said to have housed up to 100 displaced families.
Coalition commander Lt General Townsend later denied that the strike had killed civilians, stating prior to the conclusion of the Coalition’s own assessment that: “We had multiple corroborating intelligence sources from various types of intelligence that told us the enemy was using that school. And we observed it. And we saw what we expected to see. We struck it. We saw what we expected to see. Afterwards, we got an allegation that it wasn’t ISIS fighters in there; got a single allegation it wasn’t ISIS fighters in there; it was instead refugees of some sort in the school. Yet, not seeing any corroborating evidence of that. In fact, everything we’ve seen since then suggests that it was the 30 or so ISIS fighters that we expected to be there.”
Local monitors disagreed. In a video Jisr TV said: “Tens of people displaced were in that school and until now we couldn’t reach the school and don’t know what happened to them. Whether they evacuated the school or not is unknown before it was targeted by Coalition warplanes.” Qasioun added that “the Coalition carried out three raids on the school and it’s not clear how many people were killed. The school hosted displaced people from Aleppo.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – also pointing towards the Coalition – put the death toll at 33, reporting: “One of the activists of the Syrian Observatory witnessed 33 bodies being pulled out of the rubble of the school which was destroyed by the Coalition’s warplanes, before members of the Islamic State came and kept people away. Additionally, two people were pulled out alive…Activists at the Observatory were unable to count the number of children and women among the 33 bodies because they were covered while they were pulled out.” Step news agency said that the number of deaths had risen to “more than 50 following Coalition raids targeting the town at noon today”.
The majority of sources stressed that most of the victims were women and children. Smart News was the only outlet providing specific figures, reporting a death toll of seven children and nine women. Smart went on to say that “according to another local source, the Islamic State organization demanded that civilians in the western and southern parts of al-Raqqa evacuate their schools and medical centers because they were being targeted by the coalition ‘for the possibility of being headquarters of the organization.'”
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently meanwhile reported that the “the international coalition dropped leaflets on Al Mansoura and the surrounding villages warning residents to leae their homes after 9pm”.
There were some claims of much higher casualties. According to Raqqa Post the death toll may have been as high as 100: “The school hosted more than 50 families from Maskanah, Homs and other places and there are reports, which are not yet confirmed, that over 100 were killed and many more were wounded. Rescue operations are still taking place.” Baladi put the number killed still higher at 200 civilians – “mostly women and children” – with dozens more injured, adding that the school was completely destroyed. Al Natek also put the number killed at 200.
Q_Alenzy said that the school held 300 displaced people, of which 50 men were outside the building at the time of the attack. The source said it hadn’t yet managed to document the total number of deaths, though it reported that three families had died. According to Euphrates Post, the school was hosting even more refugees, up to “500 displaced women and children”.
A report by Syria News Desk did not refer to the al Badiya school specifically, but alleged that there had been “four raids on two schools inhabited by displaced people from eastern Aleppo. Two houses near the school were hit.” Additionally, “the media activist Mohammed Osman, quoting civilian sources from inside Mansoura, told the Syrian News Agency that the search for missing persons was still ongoing, especially as the raids caused the complete collapse of the two buildings, extensive destruction to the surrounding houses and the combustion of cars and motorcycles”.
As more reports came in, the claimed death toll continued to rise, with one local Mansoura group alleging that it had reached 275 – and specifically blaming “American warplanes”. Mansoura in its Peoples’ Eyes claimed an even higher figure: “420 martyrs with people still looking for survivors”.
A subsequent report by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that “the initial death toll for the massacre at Al Badiya school in Al Mansoura committed by the international coalition at dawn yesterday is 183. The bodies are still being pulled out and the number is expected to rise as there was 105 families present at the school.”
The following victims have been named by local groups and monitors:
Khalif Al-Ayto and his entire family
Kitan Al’amash and his family
Khaled Hasan al-Qadi and his family – adult male and female, and 2 or more children
Qasem al-Salama and his family
The family of Saleh Mohammad al Jassem made up of 18 people killed, displaced from eastern Aleppo.
Mohammed Jum’a Al-Hadid and his family
The Violations Documentation Center named additional victims from Palmyra as:
Khitam Khaled Salama al-Daeas – adult, female
Malak Mowaffak Kharaz – child, female
Ahmad Mowaffak Kharaz – child, male
Haneen Mowaffak Kharaz – child, female
Kifae Jomea al-Kharraz – adult, female
Jawhara Jomea al-Kharaz – adult, female
Mohammad Zein Suhair Rabiji – child
Manaf Hussein al A’thab and his wife
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition said it found insufficient evidence that civilians were killed: “March 20, 2017, near Al Mansura, Syria, via social media report: After review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
In September 2017, Human Rights Watch published the findings of a major field investigation into the incident. The report said the Coalition attack took place at around 11pm local time at GPS co-ordinates 35.817220, 38.756306 – and had killed at least 40 named civilians. It said the dead included both IDPs and families of ISIS fighters.
HRW provided the following casualty list:
21 dead from families displaced from the village of Maskanah (information collected from relatives):

1. Dahiya Ramadan, female, around 60 (wife of Adel al-Farhoud)

Family of Ibrahim al-Ibrahim al-Farhoud

1. Ibrahim al-Ibrahim al-Farhoud, male, around 40 (son of Dahiya)
2. Halima al-Hamdi, wife of Ibrahim
3. Ahmad, boy, around 5
4. Isma’il, boy, around 2

Family of Isma’il al-Ibrahim al-Farhoud

1. Isma’il al-Ibrahim al-Farhoud, male, 35 (son of Dahiya)
2. Ala’, girl, around 7
3. Amal, girl, around 5
4. Malak, girl, around 3
5. Adel, boy, 2 months old

Family of Ahmad al-Farhoud (cousin of Ibrahim and Isma’il)

1. Ahmad al-Farhoud, male
2. Nuha al-Farhoud, wife of Ahmad al-Farhoud
3. Aylan, girl, age under 10
4. Lana, girl, age under 8

Family of ‘Idan Ramadan

1. ‘Idan Ramadan, male, 50
2. Zahra, first wife of ‘Idan
3. Naser Ramadan, son of ‘Idan and Zahra, around 13
4. Mansour Ramadan, son of ‘Idan and Zahra, around 9
5. ‘Alia, second wife of ‘Idan
6. Muhammad, son of ‘Idan and ‘Alia, around 15
7. Kafa’, daughter of ‘Idan and ‘Alia

Dead from families displaced from the Tadmor (Palmyra) and Sukhna areas (information collected from relatives):

Family of al-Khaled

1. Maha Khalid al-Salameh, around 30
2. Ali Zuheir al-Khalid, boy, around 7
3. Mohammad Zein Zuhair al-Khalid, boy, around 5

Family of al-Kharaz

1. Muwaffaq Jum’a al-Kharaz, male, 40
2. Khitam Khaled Salama al-Du’as, female, 38
3. Malak Muwafaq al-Kharaz, girl, 8
4. Hanin Muwafaq al-Kharaz, girl, 5
5. Kafa’ Jum’a al-Kharaz, female, 33
6. Jawhara Jum’a al-Kharaz, female, 30

Family of Salama (provided by local activist)

1. Khaled Salama, male, 70
2. Muna Mahmoud al-Kubba, female, 57
3. Muhammad Khaled Salama, male, 28
4. Ahmad Khaled Salama, male, 25
5. Asma’ Khaled Salama, female, 22
6. Yasmine Khaled Salama, female, 20
7. Maha Khaled Salama, female, 18
8. Nur Khaled Salama, female, 15
9. Munaf Hussein al-‘azab, male, 35
10. Fatima Akram Muhammad al-Eid, female, 33
    Following Human Right Watch’s report, the Coalition re-opened and re-assessed the Al Mansoura school allegation. In late June 2018 it concluded it was responsible for killing 40 civilians: “(2.) March 20, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria via social media report. The report was reopened after the receipt of new evidence from Human Rights Watch. During a strike on Daesh militant multifunctional center allegedly caused civilian casualties. Forty civilians were unintentionally killed.”
    Later on the Coalition provided Airwars with the military grid reference of the strike (37SDV780636), placing it at the al Badiya school in Mansoura.
    Civilians reported killed: 40-420, including at least 16 children and 15 women
    Civilians reported injured: 50-56
    Sources: Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Alsouria [Arabic], [Archived], Jisr TV [Arabic], Madar Daily [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Zaman Alwasl [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqapost [Arabic], [Archived], Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Shehab [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Mansoura in its people’s eyes [Arabic], [Archived], Mansoura [Arabic], [Archived], Middle-East [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Orient [Arabic], [Archived], Mansoura in its people’s eyes (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Mansoura in its people’s eyes (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Mansoura in its people’s eyes (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Asaad Hanna [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (10) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2) [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (3) [Archived], RBSS (11) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (12) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (13) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (13) [Arabic], [Archived], Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], RBSS (14) [Arabic], [Archived], Palmyra Media Centre [Arabic], [Archived], Palmyra Media Centre (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Palmyra Media Centre  (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Palmyra Media Centre (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition casualty report (July 2017), Human Rights Watch report (September 2017), Coalition casualty report (June 2018) [Archived]
    Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY INCIDENT Was assessed as Fair
    Coalition position:  For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”
    For March 21st-22nd: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”

March 21st 2017: (S527) الطبقة al Nababalh in central Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: In its June 2017 monthly casualty report, the Coalition said it had unintentionally injured two civilians while striking an ISIS fighting position.
The Coalition noted: “March 21, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, it was assessed that two civilians in an adjacent building were unintentionally injured when the target was struck. “
Officials said the event took place at coordinates 35.826646, 38.545590, which would place it at al Nababalh in central Tabaqah.
The incident is one of three so far confirmed in the town that day. In a second event (S527b) between 15 and 20 civilians were reported killed and dozens more injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on other locations in Tabaqa; in a third event (S527c) one civilian was confirmed killed and one injured. 
Civilians reported killed: 0
Civilians reported injured: 2
Sources: Coalition monthly casualty report (October 2017),  [Archived],  BACKGROUND Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SO4HR) [Archived], Raqqa-SL [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Russia Today [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Micro-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Abojaframgharbel [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa24 [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc (2) [Arabic], [Archived], M11mkn [Arabic], [Archived], Thoaralraqqa [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) {Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (10) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Archived], RBSS (11) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition casualty report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position:  For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”
For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”

 

March 21st 2017: (S527b) الطبقة Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Between 10 and 20 civilians were reported killed and dozens more injured in  Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Tabaqa, according to local sources. Some reports confused this incident with a reported nearby mass casualty event at al Mansour. The Coalition later said it had killed ten civilians in the town that day.
According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Warplanes launched raids on the city of al Tabaqa which targeted the gas depot and the industrial street [al Sina’a street] in the city, causing huge destruction in shops and some homes and seriously wounding many civilians.”
It went on to say that “Coalition planes targeted the building next to the garages in al Tabaqa”. The monitor put the death toll for the day at 20 non-combatants, with dozens more injured,
According to Step News, “sources close to IS reported 17 dead and dozens injured in international coalition raids on al Awwal [the first] neighbourhood in al Tabaqa west of Raqqa”. Sharqiya Voice reported that the Coalition had also carried out two raids near the hospital, as well as targeting the market. Smart News put the death toll at 15, reporting that the Coalition “launched five raids, targeting the garages areas, al Sina’a neighbourhood [the industrial zone] and the area near the obstetrics hospital”.
The Syrian Network, in its April report, described an attack on a carwash in the city: “Tuesday March 21 2017 fixed wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a number of missiles at al Manara carwash in al tabaqa city in the western suburbs of al raqqa governorate which resulted in the killing of six civilians at once including one child. The city is under the control of ISIS.”
Maysaloun school in the city was also reportedly hit – leading to confusion with the nearby al Mansour event at Badiya school on the same day.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered named the following victims:
Abboud Dibo
Ammar Dibo
Ahmad Mahmoud al Dhahhab
Abdel Hamid al Bakri and his son Ali
Muhanad Hussen Al-Hamod Alkran
Mustapha al Mansour aka Abu Munhal
In its October 2017 casualty report the Coalition noted: “3. March 21, 2017, near Al Tabaqah, Syria, via social media report: During a strike against ISIS headquarters structure, staging facility and internet café, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed.”
Officials said the event took place at coordinates 35°50’04.0″N 38°32’47.8″E. 
Civilians reported killed: 10-20, including 1 or more child
Civilians reported injured: 2-36
Sources: Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SO4HR) [Archived], Raqqa-SL [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Russia Today [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Micro-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Abojaframgharbel [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa24 [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc (2) [Arabic], [Archived], M11mkn [Arabic], [Archived], Thoaralraqqa [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) {Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (10) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Archived], RBSS (11) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition casualty report (June 2017), Coalition casualty report (October 2017) [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position:  For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”
For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”

March 21st 2017: (S527c) الطبقة first neighbourhood, Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: In its January 25, 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition said it had unintentionally injured two civilians while striking an ISIS fighting position.
The Coalition noted: “March 21, 2017 near Al-Thawarah, Tabqah, Syria via Airwars report. During a Coalition strike that destroyed an ISIS weapons facility and headquarters reportedly under ISIS control for almost two years, one civilian was unintentionally killed and one was unintentionally injured.“
Officials said the event took place at 37SDV598674 (military coordinates accurate to 100 m), which would place it at the first neighbourhood of Tabaqah.
The incident is one of three so far confirmed in the town that day (See also S527 and S527b). 
Civilians reported killed: 0
Civilians reported injured: 2
Sources: Coalition monthly casualty report (January 25, 2017),  [Archived],  BACKGROUND Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SO4HR) [Archived], Raqqa-SL [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc [Arabic], [Archived], Russia Today [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Archived], Micro-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Abojaframgharbel [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa24 [Arabic], [Archived], Syrianpc (2) [Arabic], [Archived], M11mkn [Arabic], [Archived], Thoaralraqqa [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) {Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Sharqiya Voice (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (10) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Archived], RBSS (11) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English] [Archived], [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition casualty report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position:  For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”
For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”

March 21st 2017: (I443) حي 17 تموز  / July 17th neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: A single source reported that seven civilians were killed and ten injured by a Coalition drone allegedly targeting a market in 17 July neighborhood, in West Mosul.
The Coalition later conceded responsibility for the attack, noting: “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed and three injured when they entered the target area after the munition was released.”
Coordinates provided to Airwars by the Coalition placed the event at 38SLF 28334 26364 – immediately next to the Barak Rahman mosque.
Civilians reported killed: 7
Civilians reported injured: 3-10
Sources: Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 21st-22nd it noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 21st 2017: (I444a) Al Zerai neighborhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, the Coalition announced on June 2nd that it had killed a civilian in the al Zerai area of West Mosul.
According to the release, “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS mortar position firing on Iraqi Security Forces, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the target area after the munition was released.”
Coordinates provided to Airwars by the Coalition placed the event at 38SLF 28990 24005 – which did not correspond locationally with any other public reports that day. 
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 
Sources: Correspondences Team [Arabic] [Archived], Coalition monthly report (June 2017),
Quality of reporting: CONFIRMED CIVILIAN CASUALTY EVENT
Coalition position: For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 21st-22nd it noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 21st 2017: (I444) الموصل الجديدة Al Jadida/ New Mosul Neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources said that six civilians from the same family were killed in an assault on the New Mosul district in the western half of the city.
Sayed Al Bajari reported on Facebook: “Six civilians of a single family were killed in Mosul, west of Mosul, after being bombed 40 minutes ago”
Civilians reported killed: 6
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Tweet by Al Jazeera [Arabic] [Archived], Hadba Channel [Arabic] [Archived], Sayed Al Bajari (Facebook) [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested – source of damage unclear
Coalition position: For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and three ISIS sniper teams; destroyed 14 fighting positions, five rocket-propelled grenade systems, three VBIEDs, a supply cache, an anti-air artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged six supply routes and two fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams and three ISIS tactical units.”
For March 21st-22nd it noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”

 

March 21st 2017: (S525a) جديدة Al Jadida village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Al Raqqa Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida. It named the victims as:
The child Wa’ed Jassem Al Mo
Bayan al Hassan al Farman [female]
Jalila al Hassan al Hamoud al Zeid [female]
No additional details are presently known.
Civilians reported killed: 3, including 1 child and 2 women
Civilians reported injured: Unknown
Sources:  Al Raqqa Truth [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position:  For March 20th-21st the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 19 strikes engaged eight ISIS tactical units; destroyed four petroleum oil lubricant equipment pieces, three barges, three fighting positions, three ISIS headquarters, two VBIED facilities, two VBIEDs, a VBIED factory, a tunnel, a vehicle, a weapons storage facility, and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.”
For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”

 

March 21st-22nd 2017: (S528) الجديدة Al Jadida village, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Jadida village, according to local sources.
According to Halab Today, “The school of Al-Jadida village in the southern countryside of Aleppo was destroyed due to warplane shelling”. The source didn’t identify the warplanes responsible.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – which blamed the Coalition – named two victims as:
Hasan Mohammad Al Hasan al Moussa and Ahmad Al Hasan al Moussa. Q_ALenzy and Spm-Syria also named the victims, attributing their deaths to the Coalition.
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], Spm-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”
For March 22nd-23rd: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed two tactical vehicles, a fighting position, and a heavy transport equipment piece; and damaged four supply routes.”

 

March 21st-22nd 2017: (I445) باب لكش Bab Laksh neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: A local source said that twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed by airstrikes and/ or indiscriminate shelling on the area behind Watan school in Bab Laksh neighbourhood in West of Mosul, on the evening of March 21st-22nd.
A family member later posted: “My wife moved to God (passed away) – the daughter of Professor Saleh Khalil Al Arif as well as her mother, her uncle’s wife and her niece by airstrikes on their home in Bab Lakash near Mosul secondary school for girls on Monday March.21 2017.“
Civilians reported killed: 20
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Ninawa Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Family posting [Arabic] [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Contested
Coalition position: For March 21st-22nd it noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 22nd-23rd it noted: Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight vehicles, four rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, a mortar system, and a tunnel, damaged three supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (S529)  رميلة Rumaila neighbourhood, northern part of Raqqa city, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Four civilians died and dozens more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the Rumaila neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources.
Syrian News Desk reported that “four civilians were killed and 11 others wounded including children, by the Coalition targeting Maysaloun school and nearby houses in Rumaila district east of al-Raqqa with four  raids. These destroyed the school building almost completely and damaged two houses.” [This report may have confused a March 20th strike on Maysaloun school in al Tabaqa.]
Euphrates Post, Step News and Smart News were among other sources which said the Coalition had carried out raids on the neighbourhood leading to a number of casualties.
Enab Baladi reported that “Coalition warplanes carried out three raids in Rumaila neighbourhood in Raqqa and killed dozens and wounded civilians and the final death toll isn’t clear yet.”
Civilians reported killed: 4
Civilians reported injured: 11-24
Sources: Raqqa Post [Arabic], [Archived], Q_Alenzy [Arabic], [Archived], SAM [Arabic], [Archived], Thoaralraqqa [Arabic], [Archived], SY_reporter [Arabic], [Archived], Abosham [Arabic], [Archived], Euphrates Post [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silentlly (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], Smart [Arabic], [Archived], Enab Baladi [Arabic], [Archived], Smart news agency [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair
Coalition position:  For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”
For March 22nd-23rd: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed two tactical vehicles, a fighting position, and a heavy transport equipment piece; and damaged four supply routes.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (S530) فخيخة Fakhikha village, Raqqa countryside, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Two civilians died and four were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Fakhikha village, according to two local sources.
Almanar News (a pro-regime Hezbullah channel) reported the death of two civilians and the wounding of four more by the Coalition.
Smart News reported: “A local source told our correspondent that warplanes likely belonging to the coalition launched a raid on the village of Fakhikhah (about 5 km west of the city of Raqqa, on the other side of the bridge), killing two civilians and injuring four others, who were taken by boats to the city hospital.”
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: 4
Sources: Almanar [pro-regime] [Arabic], [Archived], Smart [Arabic], [Archived], Smart News (2) [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair – though few details.
Coalition position:  For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”
For March 22nd-23rd: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed two tactical vehicles, a fighting position, and a heavy transport equipment piece; and damaged four supply routes.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (S531) رطلة Ratla village, southern Raqqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Four civilians died and ten were reported injured in a claimed Coalition aerial attack on Ratla village, according to a single source.
Smart News reported that “A local source told Smart the bombing targeted the village of Ratla, killing four civilians and wounding ten others, without details of the cases of the wounded and the hospitals that were transferred to them.” Micro Syria repeated the same allegation.
The report coincided with a major aerial assault on the area around al Tabaqa Dam by SDF and Coalition forces.
Civilians reported killed: 4
Civilians reported injured: 10
Sources: Madar Daily [Arabic], [Archived], Micro-Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Smart [Arabic], [Archived], Coalition press release,
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position:  For March 21st-22nd: the Coalition stated: “Near Ar Raqqah, 18 strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; destroyed four command and control nodes, three tanker trucks, three ISIS-held buildings, an oil storage tank, a VBIED, an ISIS headquarters, a fighting position, and an ISIS media facility; and damaged four supply routes.”
For March 22nd-23rd: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed two tactical vehicles, a fighting position, and a heavy transport equipment piece; and damaged four supply routes.”

Syrian Democratic Forces with their Syrian Arab Coalition fighters prepare for an offensive to liberate Tabqah Dam from ISIS Mar 22 in Syria pic.twitter.com/2Ho1SQYhL1

— Inherent Resolve (@CJTFOIR) March 23, 2017

 

March 22nd 2017: (I446) حاوي الكنيسة  Hawi Al Kanissa, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources told Ninawa Media Center that civilians were killed and injured by indiscriminate shelling in the area of Hawi church (Hawi Al Kanissa), in the west of Mosul. 
Civilians reported killed: 2 or more
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Ninawa Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source. Unclear whether air or ground fire
Coalition position: For March 21st-22nd the Coalition publicly stated: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 22nd-23rd it noted: Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight vehicles, four rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, a mortar system, and a tunnel, damaged three supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (I447) الاصلاح الزراعي Islah Al Zeraei (Agricultural Reform) neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources claimed that dozens of civilians were killed or injured by indiscriminate artillery shelling on Islah Al Zeraei (Agricultural Reform) neighbourhood. 
Civilians reported killed: 12-24
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: MNN [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Weak – currently single source
Coalition position: For March 21st-22nd it noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 22nd-23rd it noted: Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight vehicles, four rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, a mortar system, and a tunnel, damaged three supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (I447a) اليرموك Yarmouk neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Two named eyewitnesses told The Guardian that fifteen of their family members were buried under the rubble and died in front of them and that dozens were injured. This happened after several airstrikes reportedly struck three houses and other places in Yarmouk neighborhood, in the west of Mosul.
Ali Assad (32) told the British newspaper that six of his relatives were still under the rubble of their house. “My father, I saw him die in front of me, my brother, two sisters and two cousins. My mother survived, but then she was hit by some other explosion and a concrete slab fell on her. She’s badly hurt.”
It was furthermore reported that “15 people remained buried under three homes in the Yarmouk area of Mosul after a series of airstrikes on 22 March.”
Civilians reported killed: 15
Civilians reported injured: 12-24
Sources: The Guardian [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair – two named eyewitnesses
Coalition position: For March 21st-22nd the Coalition noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 22nd-23rd it noted: Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight vehicles, four rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, a mortar system, and a tunnel, damaged three supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (I447b)  رجم الحديد Rajm Hadid neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq
Summary: Local sources and the UN reported that up to hundred civilians were killed or injured after airstrikes targeted residential houses in Rajm Hadid neighborhood, on March 22 in West Mosul. 
According to the UNHCR an airstrike [not specified] hit a residential building in the neighbourhood. It said: “ISIL reportedly filled the house with people from the surrounding neighbourhood, including children, and then used the house to launch rocket-propelled grenades against the Iraqi Security Forces. The airstrike killed a seven-year-old girl and trapped eight other children under the rubble, seven of whom were later found and taken to hospital.”
According to Al Jazeera, ISIL had launched a surprise attack on the Iraqi Forces fighting in the area. The Iraqi Spring Media Center blamed the US for the strike and said that “about 100 bodies of civilians in the Rajm Hadid [neighbourhood], killed by a US strike last week, are still under the rubble and government forces are preventing journalists and aid organizations from entering the neighborhood.”
Iraqyoon Agency and Ninawa Media Center quoted the spokeswoman of the Russian foreign ministry, who said that “the international Coalition committed a massacre, similar to the massacre of the New Mosul, in the district of Rajm Hadid, West of Mosul.”
Civilians reported killed: 12-100, including 1 child
Civilians reported injured: 7 or more
Sources: UNHCR [Archived], El Baghdadia [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Ninawa Media Center [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqyoon Agency [Arabic] [Archived], Iraqi Spring Media Center (2) [Arabic] [Archived], Al Rafidain Channel [Arabic] [Archived], Al Jazeera News [Arabic] [Archived], 
Quality of reporting: Fair 
Coalition position: For March 21st-22nd the Coalition noted: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 tunnels, 10 fighting positions, three mortar systems, a rocket-propelled grenade system, an artillery system, and a heavy machine gun; damaged 12 supply routes, three fighting positions, three tunnels, and a vehicle; and suppressed four ISIS tactical units.”
For March 22nd-23rd it noted: Near Mosul, five strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units; destroyed 11 fighting positions, eight vehicles, four rocket-propelled grenade systems, two VBIEDs, a mortar system, and a tunnel, damaged three supply routes and a fighting position; and suppressed five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS sniper team.”

 

March 22nd 2017: (S532) الحي الثاني Al Thani (the Second Neighbourhood), الطبقة Tabaqa, Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: In a major casualty incident, between 44 and 56 named civilians died and up to 55 others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an automated bakery in the Al Thani neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local sources.
Step News reported that the Coalition carried out more than 25 airstrikes in Tabaqa since dawn, targeting “the first neighborhood and the second neighborhood and the automated oven and the city market”. Radio Akul, also blaming the Coalition, put the death toll at 27.
However, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, 37 civilians died with 52 more wounded.
Other sources said that a local market was hit as well as the bakery. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 were killed but that the number was likely to rise. According to Syrian News Desk, “The raids focused on the main market behind the bakery building, causing heavy damage to four residential buildings and the burning of cars and shops.”
A local source told the Smart news agency that the Coalition carried out “four raids on an automatic bakery in the city, killing the owner of the bakery, the employees and dozens of civilians who were nearby.” Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – also attributing the event to the Coalition – produced a number of reports naming victims as well as publishing graphic images of the strike’s aftermath. According to Euphrates Post, in addition to targeting the bakery, the Coalition “also targeted one of Daesh’s HQ near the Assyrian church in the city.”
In Sep. 2018 the Coalition conceded it had caused civilian harm, although its estimate was significantly lower than local reports, “March 22, 2017, near al-Thani, Tabaqa, Syria, via Airwars report. During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, seven civilians were unintentionally killed.”

The VDC named 27 victims from Palmyra as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions:
Abd al-Jabbar Sahari – adult, male
Ez al-Deen Sahari – adult, male
Ismaeil Ahmad al-Qobos – adult, male
Wife of Ismaeil Ahmad al-Qobos – adult, female
Daughter of Ismaeil Ahmad al-Qobos – child, female
Abd al-Kareem Ahmad al-Qobos – adult, male
Maher Ahmad al-Qobos – adult, male
Wael Ahmad al-Qobos – adult, male
Daed Mansour – adult, female
Khadijeh al-Ibraheem al-Btoushi – adult, female
Fatima al-Hendi – adult, female
Khaled Salal – adult, male
Mohammad Elaiwi – adult, male
Mohannad Barko – adult, male
Eisa al-Madkher – adult, male
Aboud al-Mdakhar – adult, male
Mahmoud Ahmad Mostafa or Ahmad Ali Al-Mustafa – adult, male
Mahmoud Dahham al-Abdullah – adult, male
Ammar Dibo – adult, male
Aboudi Dibo – adult, male
Hamid al-Bakri – adult, male
Ali Hamid al-Bakri – child, male
Mostafa Mansour – adult, male
Haytham Khalouf – adult, male
Yosra Fattah – adult, female
Hasan Kassab – adult, male
Hamoud Staif – adult, male
The following victims were also named by other sources:
Ibrahim AleiwiIssa
Mariam – the mother of Mohammad al Masri, 50 years old
Raed A’beid
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Madkhar
Ahmad Al Abed
Udai Hasan Khleif, child, 10 years old
Fayez Mohammed Al-Abdullah
Ammar Kahat
Mayada Kashash, female
Ahmad Abdul-Hay Al-juneidi
Ismaeil Hussein Haj A’ref
Shahade Al-Abed – child
Ibrahim Al-Abed – child
Lina Hasan Hajja – female
Mustafa Rajab Abdo (aged 13)
Peipers Al-Hasan – child
Mohammed Alewi
Issa Mohammed Al-Madkhar
Khadija Ibrahim – female
Faryal Dibo – female
Mansour Al-Haji
Mohammed Jamil Asad
Salah Ahmad al Omar
Walid Ahmad al Omar
Hussein Ahmad al Omar
Manar al-Hussein
Ahmad Faraj al Nazal
Abu Hamdo al Hajji
Ahmad Mahmoud Zahhab
Human Rights Watch published a major field investigation into the event in September, which concluded that a 5pm strike on GPS co-ordinates 35.845879, 38.540913 had killed at least 44 civilians. Multiple witnesses and survivors spoke with HRW, with some indicating that the aircraft responsible may have been a B-52 bomber.  The international NGO published the following casualty list:

	Name	Gender	Estimated Age
1.	Khadija Ahmad al-Ibrahim (also known as Khadija al-Botoshe)	Female	40
2.	Daad Mansour	Female	42
3.	Wala’	Female
4.	Muhammad al-‘Alwi	Male
5.	Isma’il (Hussein) Hajj Aref	Male
6.	Issa Muhammad al-Mudkhir	Male	13
7.	Abdallah Muhammad al-Mudkhir	Male	14
8.	Haytham Khalluf	Male	32
9.	Ra’ed Obeid	Male
10.	Su’ad Taje	Female	12
11.	Hadeel Rabih	Female	16
12.	Mohammed (Jamil) Assad	Male	26
13.	Ahmad al-Abed	Male	25
14.	Ibrahim Shehade al-Abed	Male	15/16
15.	Shehade Shehade al-Abed	Male	13
16.	Ahmad al-Mustafa	Male	55/60
17.	Muhannad Barko	Male	35
18.	Khaled (Ahmad) al-Salal (or al-Hilal)	Male	45
19.	Hussein Rashid al-Ahmad	Male	11
20.	Sabri Rashid al-Ahmad	Male	10
21.	Waleed Rashid al-Ahmad	Male	6
22.	Ammar Kenhat	Male
23.	Mayyadah Qashash	Female	50
24.	Hassan Kassab	Male	42
25.	Manar Hussein	Female
26.	Mohammad Bibars al-Hussein	Male	12
27.	Fatima al-Hendi	Female
28.	Mahmoud Ahmad Mostafa/Ahmad Ali Mostafa	Male	60
29.	Mahmoud Dahham al-Mohammad al-Abdullah	Male
30.	Yosra Fattah	Female
31.	Hamoud Staif	Male
32.	Mariam al-Masri	Female
33.	Uday Hassan Khleif	Male	12
34.	Fayez Mohammed al-Abdullah	Male
35.	Ahmad Abdul-Hay al-Juneidi	Male
36.	Lina Hasan Hajja	Female	12
37.	Mustafa Rajab Abdo	Male	13
38.	Mansour al-Haji	Male
39.	Hajy Alehaim	Male
40.	Asma’	Female	12
41.	Mohammd al-Omar	Male
42.	Shaker al-Omar	Male
43.	Mohammed Hamdo Alosh	Male
44.	Majed Mohammed Mahmoud Alosh	Male

Civilians reported killed: 44-56, including 14 children and 8-10 women
Civilians reported injured: 30-55
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