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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI628
Location
سحاب, Mosul, al-Saha and al-Sham gate, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source reported that over thirty civilians, including women and children, were killed in Coalition airstrikes on al-Saha and al-Sham neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Other sources reported that in total 73 civilians were killed and 200 wounded after three days of bombing by the international Coalition and Iraqi forces.
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI629
Location
الرسالة, Mosul, Resala, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source reported that two people were killed and nine others were injured due to unidentified shelling on Al-Resala neighborhood in West Mosul. Presently no further details are known.
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CS683
Location
هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
One man was killed when an alleged Coalition strike hit the motorcycle he was on in Hunayda, according to multiple local sources. However, it is unclear whether the victim was a civilian or militant. Raqqa Post reported that an unmanned drone targeted the victim, while Mohab Nasser, a media activist from Tabaqa, said reported he…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CS684
Location
مفرق مدينة الطبقة, Tabaqah Junction, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqa Junction, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser and other sources reported that he was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a Coalition warplane. But according to Al Raqqa Truth and @Q_Alenezy, a Coalition raid hit the car he was in while he was driving another…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI630
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 13 civilians from two families were killed and 17 others injured in Coalition airstrikes on houses in Yarmouk neighbourhood, which had been liberated by Iraqi forces the previous day. Today Egypt News quoted Captain Yazen Abdul-Ilah al-Dubardani of the Iraqi Air Force, saying that “Coalition aircraft launched an air strike on…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI631
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that nine people from the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their house in Al-Farouk Street, in Farouk neighbourhood in West Mosul, at midnight. Local Facebook page Sawlf Ateka reported that Tarek al-Sanjari, his five sons and two daughters died. Reportedly, a large explosion blew off the roof of…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI632
Location
سحاب, Mosul, al-Sahab, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 11 April, an airstrike reportedly killed a civilian man and wounded seven other civilians, including a woman, in the ISIL-controlled al-Siha neighbourhood of western Mosul. At the time of the incident, the…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS680
Location
شعيب الذكر, دبسي فرج, Sho'aib Al Zakir and Dibsi Faraj , Raqqa, Syria
Between six and ten civilians including two children and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Shoeib Al Zakar and Dibsi Faraj, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported that the Coalition carried out five raids, killing six non-combatants including two children and a woman as well as…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS681
Location
الرقة, Al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and seven others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Idkhar at Raqqa according to Alaraby, Sadasham and the Smart News Agency. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Coalition carried out strikes in Raqqa on “the former Political Security building” used as a headquarters by ISIL. It…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS682
Location
هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
According to a single source, Smart News Agency, four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CI625
Location
Mosul, Sekak, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “April 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via Human Rights Watch organization: After a review of available information and…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CI621
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Two local sources said that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and injured due to airstrikes and missile attacks on Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. According to Yerdili, the bombardment preceded an assault on the nighbourhood. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CI622
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Rifai and 17 July, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling hit Rifai and 17 July neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and injuring an unspecified number of civilians. Iraqi Spring Media Center and Urgent Mosul News blamed the Iraqi government, though none of the other sources said who was responsible. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) reported that…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CI623
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source – the local Facebook group of the Jarjria tribe – said that a son of the family of Muhammad Daham Murad al-Jarjari from the village of Jasa was killed in an airstrike on Yarmouk neighbourhood in West Mosul. It was unclear from the report who carried out the strike. In its June…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS675
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al Manghiya, Raqqa, Syria
A man, his wife and his son were reported killed and six members of their family wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the garage and the market” in the Al Manghiya neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local media. Citing a local source, Al Watan said that “[Coalition] aircraft targeted the industrial zone and the…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS676
Location
كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, Syria
Two people – possibly civilians – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit the car they were traveling in at Kasrat Faraj, according to local media. Step News noted “a dawn raid by Coalition forces today which targeted a car carrying two people in the village of Kasrat Faraj south of the city, which…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS677
Location
الرقة, Fardous, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died and four were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Fardous neighbourhood, according to the Smart News Agency. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city that day. According to Smart, “One of the sources pointed out that the [likely Coalition] aircraft targeted al-Fardous neighborhood in the city…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS678
Location
المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
“An air strike targeted the neighborhood of al-Mashlad in the city of Al-Raqqa, injuring civilians,” according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Other sources also said that the Coalition carried out a strike on Al Mashlab resulting in casualties, though numbers were not given. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS679
Location
مزرعة تشرين, Tishreen farm, Raqqa, Syria
Local media reported the death of two families in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Tishreen Farms area. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, four non-combatants including a woman and her child died at the hands of the Coalition. Other sources put the number of dead at six, again pointing to Coalition warplanes…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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
CS673
Location
شعيب الذكر, Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 40 civilians including a woman and her six children died after their boat sank while it was crossing the Euphrates River near Sho’aib Al-Zikir. While most local sources blamed the UIS-led Coalition, one news organisation said the boat had instead capsized because there were too many people onboard. The Smart News Network reported:…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CS674
Location
عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
A local source told the Smart News Network that a likely Coalition airstrike had killed a father and his daughter and wounded four other civilians when their homes were hit in Okayrashi. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS670
Location
هنيدة, Hunaida, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 21 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an internet cafe in Huneida, according to multiple local media. All sources pointed towards the Coalition. Death counts varied but were in the range of 12-15 or more, with Almadenah putting the figure as high as 17. @infoctma said…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
18–21
Civilians reported injured
11–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS671
Location
الشعيرات, Shoa'yrat, Homs, Syria
Up to nine civilians were alleged to have died and 14 others injured in a unuilateral US cruise missile strike on Shoa’yrat airfield, according to local sources – though the combatant status of some or all victims is uncertain. The state news agency Sana reported: “Nine civilians, including four children, were killed by a number…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–9
Civilians reported injured
0–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS672
Location
الكالطة, Qaltah, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that one civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al Kalta. Revolutionary Forces of Syria said he died when his home was struck. There are no other details available at this time.
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
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
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS668
Location
حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria
Between five and seven civilians – five from the same family including one or two women and three children – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamra Ghanem, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of five civilians in a Coalition strike on “the house of Bashir Yusuf Sultan…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS669
Location
رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria
Smart News Agency reported the death of three civilians inlcuding two children and the injury of four more in an alleged Coalition strike on Rata. Other sources put the death toll at four including two children, though they did not identify who was responsible for the “raids”.
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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