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Incident Date

7 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0754

Location

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were killed and nine others wounded in airstrikes on Saraqib, according to local sources. While three alleged that Russia was responsible, two other sources blamed the Assad regime. Shaam News Network said Russia carried out raids on several areas in Idlib, adding: “Activists said that an aircraft targeted the eastern city of Saraqeb…

Summary

Published
7 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 April 2016

Incident Code

CI218

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals claimed five civilians including three children were killed and four or more people injured, after Coalition jets allegedly targeted Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our correspondent said that the bombing killed five people consisting of a family (three children with a…

Summary

Published
6 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 April 2016

Incident Code

CI219

Location

حاج علي, Haj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources claimed “dozens of civilians” including children and women were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraq government jets targeted Haj Ali village in Qayyarah south of Mosul. While most social media reports blamed the Iraqi military for the event, others blamed the Coalition or both. Yaqen, for example, said it was a joint…

Summary

Published
6 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
10–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 April 2016

Incident Code

USSOM050

Location

جيليب, Al Shabaab police station and vicinity in Jillib, Middle Juba, Somalia
The US carried airstrikes in self-defence in Jillib, Middle Juba, as reported by local media. According to one local tweet, the attack took place at night in Jilib. Mogadishu News claimed that eight militants were killed when an al Shabaab police station was struck - noting "civilian houses razed by the strikes." https://twitter.com/Aboukar_Sky/status/718077602817245184?s=20 An AFRICOM…

Summary

Published
6 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 April 2016

Incident Code

CS197

Location

إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
A former Syrian table tennis champion and national coach named as Mukhles Ismaeil Khreaban was reported by VDC as having died “Due to coalition air force’s shelling.” The Public Committee for Sports and Youth in Syria later published a detailed obituary: “The teacher Mukhles Khreiban was martyred yesterday on Tuesday evening in the province of…

Summary

Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 April 2016

Incident Code

CI215

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A likely targeted operation in Mosul killed ISIL’s media chief in the city when his car was struck – but also reportedly slew his wife and five children. The nighttime attack reportedly killed Daesh ‘Media Minister’ Abdel Qader in his car in the vicinity of the city’s Saddam Hospital. However, according to NRN News, “his…

Summary

Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 April 2016

Incident Code

CI216

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In the third reported civilian casualty event of the day, seven civilians from the same family including children and women were reported killed after Coalition jets allegedly targeted an ISIL-occupied house but missed, instead striking the next door house. The attack reportedly took place in the Engineers neighbourhood of west Mosul, and the Daesh militants…

Summary

Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 April 2016

Incident Code

CI217

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In what may be the same incident as CI216 or CI218 – or a separate targeted killing operation – the US revealed three weeks after the event that a strike on an ‘ISIL finance emir’ had also killed a woman civilian. Three months later CENTCOM revealed two additional civilian deaths in the event. General Peter…

Summary

Published
5 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 April 2016

Incident Code

CS196

Location

كنان سلطان, Kinan Sultan, Al Hassakah, Syria
A civilian water worker was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Kinan Sultan. According to Balad News, “A source confirmed that Coalition aircraft targeted drinking water tankers which led to the martyrdom of the citizen Ayman Khader Al Ali, who works on water transport in the southern rural areas Hassakah.” In their February…

Summary

Published
4 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

2 April 2016

Incident Code

USSOM049

Location

Lower Juba, Somalia
This was the second of two strikes confirmed by the Pentagon on April 4th 2016. The attack was a “self-defence air strikes against al Shabaab fighters who posed imminent threats to US and partner nation forces in Somalia,” Department of Defense spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Michelle Baldanza told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Earlier on April 4th,…

Summary

Published
2 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
6
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

1 April 2016

Incident Code

USSOM048-C

Location

Buufow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
At least four and up to 23 al Shabaab fighters were reported killed in a US airstrike at Buufow, near Janaaale. However more than three years later, one civilian fatality was also alleged. Two US actions on April 1st and April 2nd were later said to be “self-defence air strikes against al Shabaab fighters who…

Summary

Published
1 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
4–23
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

1 April 2016

Incident Code

CS195

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A targeted airstrike on Daesh officials in vehicles outside the Al Nour mosque in Al Daraiyeh also killed up to five civilians and injured as many as 30 more. The US later admitted responsibility for the attack, noting: “near Raqqah, Syria, against ISIL tactical unit, it is assessed that three civilians were killed after entering…

Summary

Published
1 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

31 March 2016

Incident Code

USSOM047

Location

Between Jilib and Kamsuuma, Middle Juba, Somalia
A US drone strike targeted a vehicle carrying three al Shabaab figures in southern Somalia. The attack hit in the early evening and killed a senior al Shabaab leader, Hassan Ali Dhoore, according to the Pentagon. There were additional reports that two other militants were killed alongside Hassan Ali Dhoore. There are currently no reports…

Summary

Published
31 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

31 March 2016

Incident Code

CS194

Location

الصالحية, Sala Heya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians in an artillery strike near Sala Heya. Their December 2016 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIL mortar system, it was assessed that three civilians were inadvertently killed by Coalition counter-battery artillery near the point…

Summary

Published
31 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0749

Location

المرج, Marj, Damascus, Syria
Shaam News Network reported that two civilians died in alleged Russian raids on Marj, eastern Ghouta. Baladi and All4Syria also said there had been “warplane raids” on Marj, but that there had been no reports of deaths or injuries. Neither said who had carried out the raids.  

Summary

Published
30 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

30 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0750

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Shaam News Network reported that one civilian died and several others were wounded in a Russian strike in Douma: “Two civilians were martyred in Al Marj area in Russian raids and one was martyred and others wounded in Douma.” However, other sources report that this was a regime action. The Syrian Network for Human Rights…

Summary

Published
30 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 March 2016

Incident Code

LQ028

Location

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
According to its Facebook page, an LNA MiG-21 and a MiG-23 targeted an alleged terrorist headquarters in Qawarsheh and completely destroyed it. The strikes took place at 12:10. At 15:58 the MiG-21 reportedly struck two vessels 150km west off the coast of Benghazi. At 22:45 the helicopter formation targeted two boats and at 03:25 and…

Summary

Published
29 March 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

27 March 2016

Incident Code

CI209

Location

وادي حجر, Wadi Hajar (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq
Four children were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Wadi Hajar to the south of Mosul, as a major military offensive to clear Nineveh of Daesh continued. According to NRN News, jets from the US-led alliance targeted the Daesh-held village which also led to civilian casualties. Responding to a request for clarification about possible…

Summary

Published
27 March 2016
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0748

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One unidentified civilian male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Activists told Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes targeted a bus carrying passengers from Damascus to Deir ez-Zor “near the third stop near Palmyra, which led to the death of one civilian and several wounded.” Syriapost1…

Summary

Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0747

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center named two civilians, Zahra Fihan, and her son Mohammad Abdullah al-Rashed, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Raqqa. The victims were also named by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, which blamed Russia.  

Summary

Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 March 2016

Incident Code

CI208

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Eight civilians were reported killed after missiles of unknown origin struck the Al Noor quarter and Aisha mosque in western Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our Nineveh correspondent reports that four men, two women and two children were killed after the fall of a number of missiles on the neighbourhood of Al Noor…

Summary

Published
26 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 March 2016

Incident Code

CI207

Location

Mosul, Tanak neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents told Airwars researchers that two entire families – 21 people in total – died as a result of alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Tanak neighbourhood in East Mosul, on March 25th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, Jassim Khalaf and Mohammed Sabri, on June 11th 2017.…

Summary

Published
25 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 March 2016

Incident Code

CS193

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was reported killed in the Al Dar’iya area of central Raqaa, in an alleged Coalition strike. According to Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered, “International coalition planes yesterday targeted a weapons depot belonging to Daesh near Hod al Furat garage in Al Dar’iya area in the city centre of Raqqa which led to its total…

Summary

Published
24 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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

RS0744

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One young adult male civilian died in an airstrike on Palmyra according to local sources, though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Qasioun reported: Palmyra City was the target this morning of intensive raids by Russian aviation, amounting to about 35 strikes, in which aircraft…

Summary

Published
23 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0745

Location

دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ten civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources. Most reports blame the Assad regime. Shaam News said the strikes had been carried out by “Syrian and Russian planes”. It reported 20 injured non-combatants in addition to the ten killed. However, both Step News Agency and Baladi said that…

Summary

Published
23 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0746

Location

جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Two civilians died in an airstrike on Hasreen, eastern Ghouta, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. According to the Shaam News Network, the raids were “launched by a Russian Sikhoi 24“. The network reported: “Activists said the shelling today focused on the…

Summary

Published
23 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2016

Incident Codes

CS192 RS0743

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine…

Summary

Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
39–43
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0742

Location

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
According to two sources – Syria_Omar and Syrian Press Center – two power station workers died in a strike on plant in Maskanah. Syria_Omar reported: “Warplanes launched 12 air strikes on the city of Maskaneh on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of workers of the power plant in the city after the station targeted by…

Summary

Published
19 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2016

Incident Code

CS192

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine…

Summary

Published
19 March 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
39–43
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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