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Incident Date
24 March 2016
Incident Code
CI206
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM later confirmed the death of a civilian in an airstrike near Qayyarah. Their November 2016 report noted: "near Qayyarah, Iraq, during a strike against an ISIL target, it is assessed that one civilian was killed.” The event occurred near the beginning of operations to liberate Qayyarah…
Summary
Published
24 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 March 2016
Incident Code
CI205
Location
Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition announced on April 30th 2017 that it had concluded an assessment on an NGO’s claims of civilian harm “near Hajj Ali, Iraq”. It is unknown to Airwars which NGO it is referred to. According to the Coalition report, “1. March 23, 2016, near Hajj Ali, Iraq, via NGO report: No Coalition strikes were…
Summary
Published
23 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 March 2016
Incident Code
CI204
Location
Mosul, University of Mosul residencies, Nineveh, Iraq
In a fresh day of reported Coalition airstrikes on Mosul University, local sources said three university professors and some of their families were killed and many other civilians wounded, after jets hit academic residences. Up to 15 Daesh fighters also reportedly died. Heavy Coalition activity above the city was reported from dawn onwards. Yagen was…
Summary
Published
22 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
CI203
Location
الثقافية, Mosul, cultural group area, Nineveh, Iraq
At least 15 civilians were claimed killed alongside 40 or more Daesh fighters, in an alleged Coalition air raid on Mosul. NRN News first flashed at around noon local time “the fall of dozens of civilians by bombings on both sides of the city. More soon.” In a later bulletin, the news agency said the…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–25
Civilians reported injured
30–103
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2016
Incident Code
CI203a
Location
القيارة, Qayarrah, Nineveh, Iraq
According to a field investigation conducted by reporters Azmah Khan and Anand Gopal for the New York Times, seven civilian were killed and one injured by a Coalition airstrike on a railway station in Qayyarah. The two journalists provided Airwars with the following: “According to our reporting, the following occurred: When ISIS left a mortar…
Summary
Published
19 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2016
Incident Code
CI202
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Up to 41 civilians were allegedly killed and 53 injured in an airstrike on Hawijah which was said to have struck the city’s main market and hospital. The Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Agency initially reported the “Killing of four [civilians] and the wounding of 10 – most of them women and children – in an air…
Summary
Published
18 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
41
Civilians reported injured
53
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 March 2016
Incident Code
CI201
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said at least four and as many as 13 civilians were killed and 25 injured including children and women after alliance jets struck residential apartments used by displaced people in the Alaymen district of eastern Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency reported: “residents said that international coalition aircraft bombed a residential compound belonging…
Summary
Published
15 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–18
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 March 2016
Incident Code
CI200
Location
العصرية, Asriya, Al Anbar, Iraq
In a major mass casualty incident, 69 civilians were reported killed and 100 injured after alleged Coalition or possibly Iraq government aircraft allegedly struck the village of Asriyah. All of the victims were said to be from the Al Bojaber tribe. According to al Rafidain and other sources, fifteen of those killed were said to…
Summary
Published
9 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
69
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI198
Location
الموصل, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
According to a local source, six civilians from the same family were killed after two missiles by allegedly Coalition jets struck their home in the Shura district south of Mosul. According to Yaqen News, the local Mosul source who reported the deaths also added that “indiscriminate bombardment by Coalition aircraft operations has increased dramatically recently,…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 March 2016
Incident Code
CI199
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary…
Summary
Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 March 2016
Incident Code
CI197
Location
شركة البناء الجاهز, Mosul, Industrial area in Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq
At least 21 civilians including 13 children reportedly died after an alleged night time Coalition strike on an abandoned factory in Mosul, which was being used by Daesh. The Coalition later said it had targeted an ‘ISIL weapons production facility’ in the city. This may also have been linked to the terror group’s chemical weapons…
Summary
Published
5 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
21–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
CI196
Location
شارع بغداد, Mosul, Baghdad Street, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that up to 5 civilians died, including children, when more than 30 Daesh fighters were killed and injured in alleged Coalitions strike on the Mayer garage near Baghdad Street in eastern Mosul. According to NRN News, the night time attack targeted 40 trucks being used by Daesh to transport goods between Syria…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
CI195
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources claimed that at least 13 and as many as 46 civilians from ‘ISIS families’ – including children and women – were killed when their bus was bombed between Qayarrah and Shura south of Mosul as it was trying to cross the Iraqi-Syrian border. The bodies were reportedly transferred to the Forensic Medicine institution…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–46
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 February 2016
Incident Code
CI194
Location
عامرية الفلوجة, Ameriat al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Ameriat Al Fallujah council complained that a mistaken strike by undefined aircraft had hit a civilian house in the village 17km south of Fallujah, which resulted in the death of one civilian and the injuring of 7 others. According to Shaker Mahmoud, head of the council, the strike hit a house in the Heramat Amiriyah…
Summary
Published
20 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CI192
Location
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
As many as 26 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Ar Rutbah, in Anbar province. A video released by Daesh-linked Al A’amaq showed an apparent ‘double-tap’ strike when the location was again bombed shortly afterwards. The Yagen agency reported that “aggressive Coalition strikes killed ten civilians and wounded…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–26
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CI193
Location
الفتحة, Fatha, Nineveh, Iraq
Four civilians were reported killed and two injured during an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Fatha north of Mosul according to Al Araby, which said the bodies were transfered to a local morgue. No additional information is presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 February 2016
Incident Code
CI191
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to multiple local sources, a Coalition or Iraqi government aircraft struck the Sina’i, Bakir and Jame’iya neighbourhoods in Hit district, western Anbar, resulting in the deaths of 2 or 3 civilians and the injuring of 5 more. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq said the strikes were the work of the Coalition. The Iraqi Spring Media Center…
Summary
Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 February 2016
Incident Code
CI190
Location
الرحمانية, Ar Rayhaniyah, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, CENTCOM issued a statement on July 28th 2016 saying that it had injured a civilian during an airstrike on Ar Rayhaniyah: The official release noted that “On February 16, 2016, in Ar Rayhaniyah, Iraq near Mosul, during a strike on an ISIL vehicle, it is assessed that one…
Summary
Published
16 February 2016
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 February 2016
Incident Code
CI189
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
As many as nine civilians were killed in a nighttime Coalition airstrike at Al Qaim. While the US has conceded three deaths, one site referred at the time to “nine dead along with the destruction of civilian property, due to heavy strikes by the international Coalition at midnight yesterday on the city of Al Qaim.”…
Summary
Published
15 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 February 2016
Incident Code
CI188
Location
المحلبية, Mahalabiya, Nineveh, Iraq
Three children reportedly died in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Mahalabiya, to the west of Mosul. An anonymous source cited by Face Iraq complained that there was “constant indiscriminate shelling on the villages and areas of the city of Mosul, under the pretext of the presence of criminal elements from Daesh.” In…
Summary
Published
13 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 February 2016
Incident Code
CI186
Location
حي الكرامة, Mosul, Karama, Nineveh, Iraq
A number of sources reported that at least seven civilian forced labourers were killed in an alleged Coalition on a Daesh pickup truck. The incident took place in the main street area of Karama, a neighbourhood to the east of Mosul. NRN News said that the civilians were being used by Daesh as forced labourers to demolish graves…
Summary
Published
10 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 February 2016
Incident Code
CI187
Location
حي المزارع, Mosul, Mazari / Farms, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition targeted strike on a secret ISIL medical facility reportedly killed 16 doctors, seven Daesh fighters and an unspecified number of patients according to a single source. According to NINA, “the international Coalition carried out airstrikes in eastern Mosul which targeted a secret hospital for Daesh elements. The attack killed 16 Daesh doctors…
Summary
Published
10 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 February 2016
Incident Code
CI185
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi (Al Bosaleh), Al Anbar, Iraq
There were reports of two or three civilian homes in Al Bosaleh village east of Ramadi were struck by the Coalition in the morning, killing at least 17 civilians – including up to 13 from the Alibohvd clan. Yaqen included a reported image (right) of one of the destroyed homes. However, the site also suggested…
Summary
Published
6 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
17–21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 February 2016
Incident Code
CI184
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Several sources reported that an alleged Coalition air strike had hit the Qalqah area of Hit City, resulting in the deaths of up to six civilians and the wounding of 11 others, most of them women and children. Photographs obtained by the Iraqi Spring Media Center appeared to show significant damage, with a number of…
Summary
Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
8–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 February 2016
Incident Code
TI004
Location
قرية الفاضلية, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Fadhiliya. According to the Iraqi National News Agency, "the bombardment of Fadhiliya village at the foot of Mount Bachik, resulted in the deaths of three civilians and the wounding of two others." There is currently no other known source available.
Summary
Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2016
Incident Code
CI183
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
According to multiple reports, an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hawijah resulted in at least 13 civilian deaths. Al Jazeera reported that 16 died in the incident, which it attributed to the Coalition. The Al Amaq Agency (which often distributes Islamic State propaganda) reported that 13 civilians died in a ‘Coalition strike’ while 11 were injured.…
Summary
Published
26 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–16
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
CI181
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources claimed 10 civilians were killed and 20 injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul. According to anti-government site Yaqen, “the international airline alliance this morning carried out several air strikes” in central Mosul which in turn killed 10 civilians and ‘substantially damaged’ a number of homes. Meanwhile, the pro-government site Al Rassid…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
CI182
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes had struck residential homes in Abu Teban village in Hit, west of Ramadi, resulting in the deaths of eight civilians and the injuring of a further 18 – described as mostly women and children. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes between Ramadi and…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 January 2016
Incident Code
CI180
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
The Iraqi Spring Media Centre claimed that “Coalition fighters” had struck civilians in north-west Ramadi, killing 13 civilians and injuring a further 18. Particular news described the alleged Coalition strike as ‘retaliatory’ though gave no further details while noting that there was also significant material damage to civilian houses in the area. Responding to a…
Summary
Published
20 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 January 2016
Incident Code
CI179
Location
المعارض المنفيس, Mosul, Exhibitions area, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources claimed that 11 civilians were killed and 6 others wounded after Coalition aircraft allegedly targeted cars in the Exhibitions area east of Mosul. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, residents in the city’s Exhibitions area said the casualties occurred when aircraft fired on vehicles: “The bodies of civilians were handed over to…
Summary
Published
18 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
6–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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