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Incident Date
9 February 2017
Incident Code
LC060
Location
قاعدة الجفرة الجوية, Jufra air base, Al Jufrah, Libya
The Libya Observer reported that LNA warplanes bombed the Al-Jufra airbase, “killing two and wounding 12.” It was not clear from the report if the victims were civilians or combatants. EAN Libya reported that six people were killed and wounded, but again did not provide a breakdown. Libya News reported that two members of the…
Summary
Published
9 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
6–14
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
7 February 2017
Incident Code
TS077
Location
شيا عفرين, Shya, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent named the following one civilian as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Shya, Syria: ‘Hassan Suleiman Omar, 60, a shrapnel in the eye’ No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
7 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2017
Incident Code
TS074
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, Ahmad Bathish died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Al Bab, Syria. Al Bab 24 wrote that "Ahmad Bathish died following Turkish shelling on Al Bab today [Feb 6th]." Al Bab Coordination also named him in a victims' list posted on Facebook - but didn't identify who was responsible for his…
Summary
Published
6 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2017
Incident Code
TS075
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between 12 and 47 civilians, likely from one family, reportedly died in an alleged Turkish shelling on Al Bab, Syria. LCCSY reported that there was a total of 26 dead in Aleppo on that day, the majority of which in Aleppo and the rest in Al Bab. The Syrian Network of Human Rights said that…
Summary
Published
6 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–47
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2017
Incident Code
CI450
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously reported by so-called Islamic State, the Coalition confirmed on April 1st that it had accidentally injured three non-combatants in an attack. ISIS had reported five deaths and 29 injuries. Locals also said at least five people had died. The Coalition noted in its April 2017 casualty report: “near Mosul, Iraq, via…
Summary
Published
6 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3–29
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1872
Location
تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, Hasan al-Allawi al-Hamed, was reportedly killed in a Russian airstrike on Tadef, Aleppo - though there was only one known source on this event. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria listed the death as "warplane shelling" from "Russian troops".
Summary
Published
5 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 February 2017
Incident Code
TS073
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
One child reportedly died in alleged Turkish or FSA artillery shelling on Al Bab. The Syrian network for Human Rights wrote that "the child Hassan Al Jaboli, age 12, died from Euphrates Shield artillery shells fired on Al Bab city in the Aleppo governorate." There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
4 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 February 2017
Incident Code
CS474
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, First neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and other injured in a confirmed Coalition strike on al Tabaqa. According to the Euphrates Post “four people were martyred including two children and two others injured following international coalition raids on al Tabaqa.” Raqqa is Being Slaughtered reported major destruction in the town, noting that the strikes targeted the…
Summary
Published
4 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1871
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Several civilians were injured in airstrike on Akeirbat, Hama, according to local media. Only two known sources reported on the attack and only one identified a belligerent, it is therefore unclear if Russia were responsible for the raid. Step News Agency reported that "Russian planes carried out raids on Akeirbat in eastern Hama which led to the…
Summary
Published
4 February 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1870
Location
ميادين, Al-Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to seven civilians were killed and 28 injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al-Mayadeen, in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, according to local media. The source Sharqiya Voice reported: "Russian MOD says that five planes targeted IS positions in al Mayadeen. The Sharqiya correspondent confirmed that the areas targeted were civilian with no…
Summary
Published
3 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
6–28
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2017
Incident Code
TS072
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes shelling on Al Bab, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: "The Turkish forces and warplanes renewed their shelling on areas in Al Bab city and its vicinity, which killed a civilian and injured others during the past 24 hours." Al Jazeera quoted the ISIS…
Summary
Published
2 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr009
Location
الخبر, Al Khabr, Abyan, Yemen
Several sources alleged that US battleships bombarded the area of Al Khabr in al-Maraqisha, Abyan governorate, on February 2nd 2017, where AQAP militants were allegedly based. There were no reported civilian or combatant casualties. One anonymous Yemeni government official, speaking to Reuters, said that “ships fired several missiles towards the al-Maraqisha mountains, where al Qaeda…
Summary
Published
2 February 2017
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 February 2017
Incident Code
RS1869
Location
حي القابون, Al Qaboun neighbourhood, Damascus, Syria
Up to three civilians were reportedly killed and 16 more injured in an airstrike on al Qaboun, Damascus, according to local media - though it is unclear whether Assad's regime or Russia were responsible. Geroun News who put the death toll at one and 15 injured, reported that: "Russian fighter jets launched four air raids…
Summary
Published
2 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
12–16
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr008
Location
موجان, Mojan, Abyan, Yemen
Some local language Twitter users alleged that US battleships bombarded the area of Mojan, al-Maraqisha, Abyan province early on February 1st 2017, where AQAP militants were allegedly based. One source claimed that fisherman in the Shaqra area spotted American battleships approaching from the coast. There were no known reports of civilian or combatant casualties. Other…
Summary
Published
1 February 2017
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 February 2017
Incident Code
LC059
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi: Ganfouda 12 building complex, Benghazi, Libya
Two sources reported an LNA airstrike in Benghazi’s Ganfouda neighbourhood. A Twitter source said it hit the 12 Building complex. The Libya Herald reported that soldiers discovered a mass grave in the heavily sieged area: “Soldiers have also today uncovered a mass grave in Ganfouda which contains an unknown number of bodies. Forensic experts are…
Summary
Published
1 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
31 January 2017
Incident Code
TS070
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and six people were reportedly killed in Turkish bombardment of Al Bab, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: "While three people were killed, including a woman, by bombing and shelling by the Turkish forces and warplanes on areas in Tedef town and Al Bab city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo…
Summary
Published
31 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
31 January 2017
Incident Code
TS071
Location
تادف, Tedef, Aleppo, Syria
Around three civilians were reportedly killed in Tedef near Al Bab due to Turkish or Syrian regime shelling. Asharq Alarabi reported: "In the governorate of Aleppo, 15 people were killed, eight of them in the shelling of the towns of Tedef, Al Bureij and Al Bab in the governorate's countryside." Cyberaman only reported Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
31 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
31 January 2017
Incident Code
CS469
Location
دير الزور, near Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian in an incident near Deir Ezzor. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted "During a strike on ISIS construction equipment, after reviewing the post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the…
Summary
Published
31 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI446
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously known to Airwars researchers, the Coalition reported on March 4th that it was assessing an event at Mosul. According to the release “Currently, 19 reports of civilian casualties are still being assessed… Jan. 31, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report.” No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
31 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1866
Location
الأول ريف المهندسينكفرجوم, Kafr Joum, Al Muhandissin Al wwal countryside, Aleppo, Syria
A mother and her six children were killed in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike “massacre” in the countryside of western Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. The noon raid struck three houses in the region controlled by opposition forces. It is currently home to displaced residents from the southern area of the…
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr007
Location
بيحان, Baihan, Shabwa, Yemen
A suspected US drone strike against a car killed two AQAP members in Baihan, Shabwa province on the morning of January 30th 2017, multiple sources reported. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to news agencies, Yemeni officials suggested that a US drone had targeted the car in the Baihan region, on…
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1865
Location
قصر البريج, Qasr al Bureij village, south east al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians from one family died and three more were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qasr al Bureij village, south east al Bab, according to multiple local sources. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "four civilians, including two children and a woman, died in suspected Russian warplanes".
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Code
CI445
Location
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
It was reported that 11 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike at Tanak in western Mosul. The Coalition later admitted a US strike in the near area, noting in their April 2017 civilian casualty report that “During a strike on an ISIS weapons manufacturing facility, it was assessed that one civilian in the building was…
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS069 RS1864
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and seven civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Turkish airstrikes on Al Bab. Hara FM accused Russia of the attack: "Four people dead and three wounded from one family from Russian bombing of the village Qasr al-Bureij southeast of the city of Al Bab." The Syrian Network for Human Rights also…
Summary
Published
30 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr006-C
Location
الغيل, al Ghayil, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least 15 civilians, including at least 10 children and four women, were reportedly killed in a US Navy special forces operation in al-Ghayil village, Yakla region of Bayda province - though the reported civilian toll varied considerably. The US military has to date conceded 12 deaths. A force of US Navy SEALs engaged in…
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–56
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military actors reported killed
4–42
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1863
Location
جبال البلعاس, Al Bila’as mountains, Hama, Syria
In what several sources called a “massacre”, between five and eight civilians including two children and three women died and as many as 10 more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on a camp for displaced people that is located in ISIS territory in the Al Bila’as mountains in eastern Hama governorate. The number…
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1862
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed by Russian airstrikes carried out in Palmyra on the 29th of January 2017. Sources said several air raids struck its western and northern neighbourhoods that resulted in the civilian casualties and damage to property Those wounded in the strikes were moved to a field hospital for treatment in rural Hama,…
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2017
Incident Code
TS068
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were reported killed in alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. The ISIS propaganda outlet Al A'amaq said that "two children were killed and nine others injured in Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab northeast of Aleppo." There is currently no more information available.
Summary
Published
29 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1861
Location
حماده عمر, Hamada Omar, Hama, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and up to seven more were wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Hamada Omar, Hama, local media reported. Smart News reported that: "a number of civilians were killed and wounded, earlier in the day [Jan 28th], in raids by aircrafts likely to be Russian (...)". 7al News,…
Summary
Published
28 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2017
Incident Code
TS067
Location
تل بطنان, Tal Btan, Aleppo, Syria
Around five civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes near Tal Btan, according to sources on the ground. LCCSY wrote: "Eight dead in Aleppo, most of them killed by the Turkish jets during their escape from Alban to Tal Btan village." There is currently no more information available.
Summary
Published
28 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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