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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CI618
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, 17 July, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named family members were killed and their daughter injured on the morning of April 8th, after an airstrike reportedly struck their house in West Mosul. They also reported a “number of wounded”. Yaqein said a “wrong” Coalition airstrike killed three and wounded two of the same family in West Mosul…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CI619
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources, possibly referring to a statement originating with Al Amaq [ISIL’s media wing], said that that 13 civilians were killed and 91 were injured – mostly children and women – in shelling and bombing by the Coalition and Iraqi forces on several neighborhoods in West Mosul.
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
91
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CI620
Location
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident,…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CI616
Location
سحاب, Mosul, Saha, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that one civilian was killed and eight others were injured in airstrikes on Al Saha neighborhood in West Mosul. Shafaaq spoke of a ‘mistaken airstrike’ by ‘unidentified warplanes’. It also caused the destruction of three houses. Moreover, Urgent Mosul News and Yaqein reported mortar shelling by Iraqi forces on the neighbourhood the…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CI617
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Farouk, Zinjili, Islah Zerae, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources, in what was possibly based on an Al Amaq [ISIL press agency] statement, reported that 22 civilians were killed and 42 injured in Coalition and Iraqi government airstrikes on Farouk, Zinjili and Isilah Zeraei (Agricultural Reforrm) neighbourhoods in West Mosul.
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
42
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 April 2017
Incident Code
CI615
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that a mother and her two children were killed in an airstrike on her house in Zanjili neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Mosul Eye blamed the Coalition for the strike. Other sources did not report who was responsible. See News (Facebook) put the death toll at 13, possibly also referring to other incidents…
Summary
Published
6 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–18
Civilians reported injured
0–60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2017
Incident Code
CI613
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Zanjili, Makawi, Fateh, 17 July, Matahen, Nineveh, Iraq
Local media reported that 51 civilians were killed and 60 wounded due to airstrikes, artillery shelling and/or possible ISIL actions in Makawi, Fateh, 17 July, Matahen and Zanjili neighbourhoods. While all sources blamed airstrikes and artillery, Mosul 24 also said ISIL had played a part in the deaths, noting “the martyrdom of more than 15…
Summary
Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
51
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2017
Incident Code
CI614
Location
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident related to CI613, a mass casualty incident across several neighbourhoods in Zanjili, the Coalition confirmed in June 2017 that a civilian had been killed at Zinjili. According to their monthly civilian casualty report, "During a strike on an ISIS firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when his…
Summary
Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2017
Incident Code
CI609
Location
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq
It was reported that the entire Al-Haj Nizar Al-Hallaq family – up to eight people – was killed after an airstrike hit their house near al-Nahda school in the Rifai neighbourhood of West Mosul. One of the victims was reported by Sawalef Maslaweya as Nizar Mahdi (Abu Muhammad), who used to be a barber. His…
Summary
Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2017
Incident Code
CI610
Location
الشفاء, Mosul, Shafa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 16 civilians were killed and many were injured in Coalition and Iraqi government airstrikes on Al-Shafaa neighbourhood in West Mosul. In September 2019 the Coalition accepted responsibility for this incident. Its monthly civilian casualty report noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against a Daesh mortar position. Regrettably, 16 civilians were unintentionally…
Summary
Published
5 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
16–25
Civilians reported injured
3–25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2017
Incident Code
CI611
Location
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
The Mayor of Rutba city, Imad al-Dulaimi, told local media that eight people, including four children from the same family, were killed in airstrikes on the Seven Km neighbourhood in the western part of Rutba city in Anbar province. According to Yaqein “Dulaimi said in a press statement that ‘a military aircraft bombed civilian houses…
Summary
Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 April 2017
Incident Code
CI612
Location
معيوف, Mayouf, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that more than forty people were killed in unspecified airstrikes on the village of Mayouf, north west of Mosul. According to a report published by Al Arabi, “A local source said that an aerial bombardment targeted last night and blew up a number of houses in the village of Mayouf in the…
Summary
Published
5 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
34–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI604
Location
الموصل: الثورة, Mosul, Thawra, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local sources reported that the wife of professor Hussein Qassem Al-Fakhri was killed in an airstrike on Al Thawra neighborhood in West Mosul. No additional details are presently known. While the Coalition would later confirm two civilian casualty events in Mosul that day, the nearest was 2.5km from Al Thawra.
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI605
Location
الاقتصاديين, Mosul, Iqtishadeen, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS mortar team egressing their firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed by a secondary explosion caused…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI606
Location
حاوي الكنيسة, Mosul, Hawi al Kanassa, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on ISIS fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian pedestrian was unintentionally killed when the vehicle was struck.” The…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI607
Location
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that twenty civilians were killed and six injured, among them many children, at Tal Afar west of Mosul. All claimed that the US or the Coalition was responsible, although Iraq Air Force aircraft had also struck the town. Iraqi Spring Media Center posted several graphic photos, picturing the aftermath of the strikes…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 April 2017
Incident Code
CI608
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
It was reported that eleven people – including an unspecified number of civilians – were killed in Coalition airstrikes on Al Qa’im, in Anbar province. According to Yaqein “11 were killed including civilians in Al-Qaem due to coalition warplanes shellings.” It did not specify how many of the eleven victims were civilians. Local blogger Fareek…
Summary
Published
4 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
CI601
Location
محلة الحمام, Mosul, Mahalet al Hammam / Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that three civilians, including one woman, were killed and two children injured in Al-Hammam neighbourhood close to the al Nouri Mosque in the center of Mosul. Sources are conflicted as to whether this was due to mortar or rocket shelling, Coalition airstrikes or unidentified “military aircraft”.
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
CI602
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Farouk and Makawi, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that up to 23 civilians were killed and 24 injured in airstrikes on Mashahade, Yarmouk, Farouk, and Tanak neighbourhoods in West Mosul and Old Mosul.
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 April 2017
Incident Code
CI603
Location
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition denied social media claims of having caused civilian casualties at Tal Afar. According to the June report, “22. April 3, 2017, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”
Summary
Published
3 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 April 2017
Incident Code
CI599
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named civilians from the same family were killed after a Coalition airstrike targeted a sniper on the roof of their house in Yarmouk neighborhood, West Mosul. MNN and Urgent Mosul News said that Sheikh Mohammed Fathi al-Hussein al-Rashdi and his wife and his son’s wife were among the victims. According…
Summary
Published
2 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 April 2017
Incident Code
CI600
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that warplanes hit civilians while they were on their way to bury a non-combatant who was killed by an earlier airstrike on Al Farouk neighborhood in West Mosul. Yaqein quoted press sources saying that “the warplanes bombarded the neighborhood of Al-Faruq and Mkawi on the right side of Mosul, killing and wounding…
Summary
Published
2 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 April 2017
Incident Code
CI598
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that up to 25 civilians were killed and between 23 and 26 injured in airstrikes and artillery shelling in various neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Fareek Al-Morasleen said on Facebook that US airstrikes and artillery had led to the casualties. The other source did not say who was responsible.
Summary
Published
1 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
14–25
Civilians reported injured
23–26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 April 2017
Incident Code
CI597
Location
several neighbourhoods in West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that up to 25 civilians were killed and between 23 and 26 injured in airstrikes and artillery shelling in various neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Fareek Al-Morasleen said on Facebook that US airstrikes and artillery had led to the casualties. The other source did not say who was responsible.
Summary
Published
1 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
14–25
Civilians reported injured
23–26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 March 2017
Incident Code
CI596
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
Two sources reported that dozens of civilians were killed and wounded due to airstrikes and artillery shelling in several neighborhoods in West Mosul. Al Jiser Channel referred to Al Amaq [ISIL press agency] and said 43 died and 35 were injured. Yaqein said dozens died in airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of 17 July, Zanjili and…
Summary
Published
31 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
43
Civilians reported injured
38
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2017
Incident Code
CI588
Location
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local reports claimed that an airstrike struck the Emergency hospital and severely damaged it. This reportedly led to the death of 29 ISIL fighters and 23 civilians. Mosul Eye blamed the Coalition for the attack, which it also said injured 15 and killed 29 ISIL fighters. A report in Sawlf Ateka said that one of…
Summary
Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2017
Incident Code
CI589
Location
المشاهدة, Mosul, Al-Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals said that up to 60 civilians were killed after residential houses in the Mashahda area in old Mosul were accidentally struck. Coalition airstrikes, an Iraqi missile and artillery were all blamed. Iraqyoon reported that 12 civilians were killed in a “mistaken air strike” that destroyed four homes. Al Jazeera put the death toll at…
Summary
Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–60
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2017
Incident Code
CI590
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
Al Jazeera reported that four civilians were killed and three were injured after mortars hit residential houses in Bab Lakash neighbourhood in Old Mosul. Sources did not say who was responsible for the mortar shelling, though Al Jazeera noted that the Bab Laksh district had faced “several days of armed confrontations by Iraqi forces trying…
Summary
Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2017
Incident Code
CI591
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Dozens of civilians were reported killed or injured after Coalition airstrikes and possibly unidentified mortars hit houses in Zanjili neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Suhaib Al Mashhadany posted a video on Facebook showing a young girl, allegedly the only survivor of the family after shelling hit their home. Two sources, Iraqyoon and Yaqein, blamed the Coalition…
Summary
Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 March 2017
Incident Code
CI591a
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Al Zanjili, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS command and control node and VBIED staging position, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered…
Summary
Published
30 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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