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Incident Date

7 November 2014

Incident Code

CS023

Location

near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In its January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near At-Tanak is currently being assessed: “#1 Nov. 7, 2014 near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria via regional human rights organization report.” Further research by our Syria team indicated that this incident was in fact previously known to Airwars, but had…

Summary

Published
7 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 November 2014

Incident Code

CS020

Location

موقة, Muqah, Idlib, Syria
The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that up to four unnamed children under the age of 10 died in a coalition airstrike on Mouka – described as one girl and two or three boys. In contrast, the VDC lists three unidentified bodies (two adult males and one female child) noting that they were “Martyred due to…

Summary

Published
6 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 November 2014

Incident Code

CS018

Location

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify…

Summary

Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 November 2014

Incident Code

CI015

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Witnesses from Al-Qaim alleged that coalition airstrikes targeted a civilian house at midnight, killing a father and his three children and leaving the wife with severe injuries. The man’s name was given as Mohammed Hammad Alhialy. This may or may not be related to an incident cited by the United Nations in its quarterly report…

Summary

Published
5 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 November 2014

Incident Code

CI014

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged coalition airstrike reportedly hit a market at Al Qaim in western Anbar, killing at least 3 people and injuring up to 35. Two of the victims were named as as Mohamed Ahmed and Ahmed Munir Khitab. Significant damage was reported at the scene. However, the coalition denies carrying out any airstrike in the…

Summary

Published
4 November 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–15
Civilians reported injured
14–35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 October 2014

Incident Code

CS017

Location

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
An internal Coalition report, citing web sources, noted claims that civilian casualties had been alleged at Slouk “on a strike on some grain silos.” The aircraft was likely to have been a US armed drone, due to the Hellfire missile used. An initial investigation concluded that there had been no civilians injured: “The only strike…

Summary

Published
28 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 October 2014

Incident Code

CI013

Location

عوينات, Uwaynat, Nineveh, Iraq
There were claims that coalition air raids resulted in the deaths of between 10 and 20 civilians in a village 110km northwest of Mosul called Aouinat. Al Rafidain reported: "Press sources in Mosul confirmed that the bombing, which targeted the village of Aouinat killed ten civilians and destroyed at least two houses. The forensic medicine…

Summary

Published
26 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 October 2014

Incident Code

CI012

Location

حاج علي, Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq
Two civilians were reported by medical sources in the city to have been “accidentally killed” in an airstrike on a “Daesh stronghold in Qayyarah, Mosul“. However the Wameedh Sabah blog reported a security source as saying that the casualties were inflicted by an Iraq Army airstrike. Up to 81 alleged militants were also reported killed…

Summary

Published
25 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2014

Incident Code

CS015

Location

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, claims that one civilian, from Al Shadadi, Hasaka, in a coalition airstrike.

Summary

Published
18 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2014

Incident Code

CS016

Location

المريعية, Mrey'iya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the Damascus Centre for Human Rights two civilian males – both members of the same family – died in an airstrike on the village of Al Maya’iya. Syrian Martyrs also named the two victims, while the DinSyr twitter feed reported "Hamza Ahmad al-Abd Al Jalil Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Jalil. Their bodies were identified among…

Summary

Published
18 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 October 2014

Incident Code

LQ002

Location

بنغازي‎, Bosnib, Benghazi, Libya
Several local sources reported that the LNA targeted the Shura Council in Benghazi – though one source blamed Egypt. The strike reportedly hit the area in the west of Benghazi called Bosnib. Nöor çoröğlü posted pictures of destroyed civilian homes due to the strikes but did not mention civilian harm. According to @zicotarhuni, the Egyptian…

Summary

Published
18 October 2014
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2014

Incident Code

CS014

Location

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An airstrike on a gas station near the Konoco gas refinery reportedly killed between three and four civilians. A subsequent investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted: “Around 7:00pm the international alliance warplanes targeted a gas station and an oil well in Deir Ezzor countryside which is located near Khasham town. the…

Summary

Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 October 2014

Incident Code

CI011

Location

البوعجيل, Bojeel, Salah Al Din, Iraq
Reports claimed that Coalition strike hit a mosque during Friday prayers in the town of Al Bojeel, to the east of Tikrit.  

Summary

Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 October 2014

Incident Code

CI010

Location

عوينات, Awinat, Nineveh, Iraq
According to news agency NINA, a “US air strike on the village of Aouinat northwest of Mosul killed five civilians, according to a source in forensic medicine in Mosul.” The Al Rafidain website (in a report dated ten days after the event) placed the death toll higher at between 10 and 20, saying two houses…

Summary

Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 October 2014

Incident Code

CS013

Location

كبيبة, Kabiba, Al Hassakah, Syria
In a major night time coalition air raid targeting oil facilities used by Islamic State, five civilians including a 7- or 10-year old boy were reported killed. The dead were later named by various sources. In a detailed report on the event, SN4HR later noted: “Those civilians are from Kabiba town and they work on…

Summary

Published
16 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 October 2014

Incident Code

CS012

Location

كۆبانی, Kobanî, Aleppo, Syria
A Kobanî official reported that a civilian – an 87 year old woman – and six Kurdish fighters from the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) died in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in the besieged city.It was also reported that two hospitals in the town had been destroyed. According to Sky News Arabia, Kurdish sources said that…

Summary

Published
15 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2014

Incident Code

CI008

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
According to an unidentified international news agency cited in Foreign Policy, there were unconfirmed reports of possible civilian casualties at Mosul after coalition aircraft heavily targeted the city – though the agency was unable to verify further given the security situation: “We were never able to confirm it.” Perhaps linked to the above, CENTCOM noted…

Summary

Published
8 October 2014
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2014

Incident Code

CI009

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike on an ‘ISIL checkpoint’ west of Ramadi, which appears to have been carried out by Australian aircraft. According to the internal CENTCOM document, “On reviewing WSV [weapon system video] from AUS F18F” – an Australian Super Hornet – “it was apparent that a…

Summary

Published
8 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 October 2014

Incident Code

CS010

Location

حمام, Hamam, Raqqa, Syria
A number of sources named Khalil Ibrahim Al Sheikho.as a victim of a coalition strike on a village near Raqqah. Some of the sources mention another male [listed by Airwars as CS011] but it's not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claimed that both males were in fact ISIS members -…

Summary

Published
7 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 October 2014

Incident Code

CS011

Location

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
A number of sources reported that a named civilian male as being killed in a coalition strike on Slouk near Ar Raqqah. The sources mention another male [CS010] but it's not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claims both males were ISIL members but the rest of the sources say they…

Summary

Published
7 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 October 2014

Incident Code

CI007

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
It was reported by several sources in Hit that Coalition or Iraqi jets struck a number of civilian houses, killing up to 22 persons. Eight children and 3 women were reportedly among the dead. One of those quoted on the event was Nabil Souri, an Iraqi citizen working at Hit hospital, who learned that many…

Summary

Published
5 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
18–24
Civilians reported injured
43
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 October 2014

Incident Code

LQ001

Location

بنغازي‎, Bu Jazirah, Benghazi, Libya
According to multiple local sources, airstrikes from an unknown belligerent reportedly hit Benghazi University and the February 17 camp targeting Ansar al-Sharia, which were described by some sources as "terrorist sites". Entisar Shinib reported that some civilians houses have affected by the strike, however, no civilian harms are reported. There were no known reports of civilian…

Summary

Published
4 October 2014
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date

28 September 2014

Incident Code

CS005

Location

الجسر العتيق, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An alleged early morning coalition airstrike hit a small plastics factory on the Old Bridge Road in Ar Raqqah, the headquarters town of Islamic State in Syria. The strike reportedly killed the factory site’s young night watchman (or alternatively the owner). In what may be a separate incident in the city, the Syrian Martyrs website…

Summary

Published
28 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24–29 September, 2014

Incident Code

CS009

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A number of sources including the Syrian Martyrs website reported that a woman was killed in a Coalition airstrike on Ar Raqqah. She was reported as being a resident of the city. The3 Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported her death fropm Coalition actions - though said this occured on September 24th: " Fawzia…

Summary

Published
29 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 September 2014

Incident Code

CS001

Location

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria
On the first night of US airstrikes in Syria, the United States carried out a sequence of attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front.) For the only recorded occasion during the allied air war, the US deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets in the vicinity of Aleppo. Locals also…

Summary

Published
23 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
13–18
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 September 2014

Incident Code

CI005

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
An internal CENTCOM review identified potential civilian casualties from a Coalition airstrike in “northern Iraq.” The only location for this date which matches is Sinjar. The incident was not previously tracked by Airwars. According to a declassified CENTCOM document, “A review of FMV from a RECOIL feed revealed unknown individuals moving into a target area…

Summary

Published
14 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 September 2014

Incident Code

CI004

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Houses neighboring the Turkish Consulate, Nineveh, Iraq
Sources in the city claimed that an airstrike carried out at approximately 10pm in the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Mosul had killed Ridwan Akram, his wife and their child. According to a commemorative Facebook page, the family had only recently returned after three months in Turkey when they died. While a number of…

Summary

Published
5 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 September 2014

Incident Code

CI003

Location

الوحدة, Mosul, Al Wahda, Nineveh, Iraq
A reported aerial bombardment (at 2200hrs local time) near an ISIL HQ east of Mosul, allegedly left up to seven members of the same family dead and injured in the al-Wadha Street area. At least three women were reported killed and a man and child injured. While Baghdad TV attributed the strike to US aircraft,…

Summary

Published
3 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

1 September 2014

Incident Code

USSOM032

Location

Sablaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
In this strike in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, up to six al Shabaab militants were killed, including the the group’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane (aka Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr or Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed), international and local media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. The strike was the first known US attack in Somalia for some…

Summary

Published
1 September 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

24 August 2014

Incident Code

CI002

Location

القيارة, Qayyarah, Al Shuhadaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local news service Al Sumaria claimed that “11 civilians from one family” died after coalition airstrikes hit the village of al Qayyarah south of Mosul on the morning of August 24th. Other sources, placing the death count slightly lower at 8-9 killed, reported that the attack had been carried out by a helicopter, possibly a…

Summary

Published
24 August 2014
Civilians reported killed
8–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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