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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS600
Location
حي الأكراد, Al Akrad, Raqqa, Syria
One to two civilian members of an Islamic State family were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Akrad neighbourhood of Raqqa city, local media reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “A local source in the city of Al-Raqqa said raids likely carried out by the Coalition targeted the Al…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
0–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI569
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, behind Watan school, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed by airstrikes and/ or indiscriminate shelling on the area behind Watan school in Bab Laksh neighbourhood in West of Mosul, on the evening of March 21st-22nd. A family member later posted: “My wife moved to God (passed away) – the daughter of…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CS605
Location
Al Jadida, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Jadida village, according to local sources. According to Halab Today, “The school of Al-Jadida village in the southern countryside of Aleppo was destroyed due to warplane shelling”. The source didn’t identify the warplanes responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – which blamed the Coalition –…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
CI566
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source reported that seven civilians were killed and ten injured by a Coalition drone allegedly targeting a market in 17 July neighborhood, in West Mosul. The Coalition later conceded responsibility for the attack, noting: “March 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that one…
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI561
Location
النبي جرجيس, Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of eleven or seventeen members was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Nabi Jarjis neighbourhood. While most sources did not specify who carried out the raids, Yaqein news said it was the Coalition. “The US-led coalition forces on Monday bombed houses on the western side of the city of Mosul, the…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–17
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS593
Location
الرقة, Al Makaf area, Raqqa, Syria
Nine civilians reportedly died and as many as 25 were injured in an alleged Coalition strike near the sheep market of the al Makaf area of Raqqa city. Step news, RFS, the Shaam News Network and Syrinapc were among sources blaming the Coalition and each put the death toll at nine non-combatants. Al Jazeera reported…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
2–25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS595
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Multiple locations, Raqqa, Syria
In the third reported event at Tabaqa on March 20th, five civilians died and nine were injured in an airstrike in Tabaqa, though it was unclear from reports who was responsible. According to the Smart news agency, “five civilians were killed and nine others were injured on Monday evening following raids targeting the market car…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS597
Location
كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria
Smart News, Syria Mirror and Rasd all reported that “A man and his son who are displaced from Aleppo were killed in Kasrat Sheikh village in the countryside of Raqqa when their car was targeted yesterday.” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition for the airstrike.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI563
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, New Bab/ Farouq, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source reported that 55 civilians were killed by “military operations” in New Bab and Farouq neighborhoods in the west of Mosul. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI564
Location
نابلس, Mosul, Nablus, Yarmouk, Old City, Haraj Market, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that 49 civilians were killed and 100 injured in the clashes and shelling in the neighborhoods of Nablus, Yarmouk, the Old City and the Haraj market in the West of Mosul. Ninawa Media Center put the number at 38 for the neigbourhoods of Zangali, Rifai and Najjar. Al Arabi…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
49–50
Civilians reported injured
24–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI565
Location
عنه, Ana Al Jadida, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that seven civilians were killed and seven injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Cairo neighbourhood in Ana, in the west of Anbar province. While Iraqi Spring blamed the Coalition, the other two sources also mentioned the Iraqi forces. Yaqein reported that “Seven civilians were killed and seven others were…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS598
Location
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Al Badiya school, Raqqa, Syria
In a major casualty incident at least 40 civilians died (and as many as 420 according to some claims) with dozens more injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Badiya school in Mansoura, which was said to have housed up to 100 displaced families. Coalition commander Lt General Townsend later denied that the…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
40–420
Civilians reported injured
50–56
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS599
Location
السبخة, Sabka, Raqqa, Syria
Up to fourteen civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sabka village, according to multiple local sources. The Shaam News Network was among sources reporting the injury of 10 civilians in a Coalition strike, while Syria News Desk put the number of wounded at 14.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
10–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CS589
Location
مزرعة الأندلس, Al Andalus Farm, Raqqa, Syria
Nine civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Andalus Farms. According to Qasioun, the strike hit a residential neighbourhoods inhabited by displaced people from Maskana. Nation Defense, which also blamed the Coalition, put the death toll as high as 18. According to Shaam News “unidentified” warplanes targeted a farmhouse…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–18
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CS590
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between ten and 15 civilians died and 20 or more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Qasioun reported: “According to A’maq [ISIL], Coalition warplanes raids in Tabaqa targeted the fire station and the bakery and killed 10 civilians and wounded 19. Coalition warplanes also targeted…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
7–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI559
Location
الموصل الجديدة/الآبار, New Mosul/Abar, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals reported the deaths of 46 civilians including 28 children and 18 men and women with 80 others injured – mostly children and women – by different kind of shelling in many neighborhoods of Old Mosul. At least 26 bodies reportedly reached the local forensic medicine hospital. Iraq News Center spoke of two dozen civilians…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
46–47
Civilians reported injured
80
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CS591
Location
حمرة بلاسم, Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, Syria
At least one named civilian was reportedly killed in a Coalition airstrike which hit a bakery in the town of Hamra Blassem village. According to multiple sources, Mazid Adham Al-Mazid died in the raid and at least two other civilians were injured. One source claimed that ten people died in the attack – though this…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI557
Location
Mosul, Risala, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI558
Location
Mosul, Nahrawan, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI553
Location
المشاهدة, Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI554
Location
السرجخانة, Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq
At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods. Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–50
Civilians reported injured
17–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI555
Location
الجوسق, Mosul, Jawasaq, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition said that no civilians were harmed on March 18th at Mosul, Jawasaq. The Coalition's November 2017 casualty reported said: "After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties."
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CS586
Location
عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
The wife and child of an ISIL fighter reportedly died in a Coalition airstrike on al A’keirshi village. The militant – named as Abu Habibia Al-Maghribi – was either killed or injured in the attack. According to Arabs Today his wife was a member of Al-Khansa’a which is part of ISIL’s women’s police force. Their…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CS587
Location
شبهر, Shabhar, Raqqa, Syria
Seven named civilians including four women and a child died in a reported Coalition strike in Raqqah governorate – though there was confusion about whether they had died at Shabhar or Al Matar. Orient News, citing Raqqa Post, said that seven civilians – five from the Matar family – died. It blamed the Coalition. Raqqa…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CS588
Location
جسر المغلة, Al Maghla Bridge, Raqqa, Syria
Two or more civilians were reported killed near the al Maghla bridge after Coalition aircraft reportedly struck boats carrying civilians across the Euphrates River. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI549
Location
Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local residents and the recently formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in Meydan neighbourhood in Old Mosul. According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre, 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–80
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CS584
Location
مزرعة الصفصاف, Safsaf farms, Raqqa, Syria
According to reports one civilian male died and at least two others were injured following alleged Coalition strikes at Al Safsafa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and SHRC were among some sources who didn’t identify the warplanes responsible – though other reports blamed the Coalition. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CS585
Location
زور شمر, Zor Shmar, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians were reported killed and eight or more injured following reported Coalition strikes at Zor Shamr and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a. According to the Smart news agency, which also pointed towards the Coalition, “sources explained that the planes bombed the villages of Zor Shamr (45 km east of Raqqa city) and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a (8…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI552
Location
Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
CS581
Location
سد الفرات, Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike at the Euphrates Dam near al Tabaqa reportedly killed one named civilian worker. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, “an air raid launched by the international coalition yesterday on the area around the Euphrates Dam in al Tabaqa killing Hamidi al Abd al Majid al Nayef one of the employees at…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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