Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 12 civilians were reported killed and four injured in an air raid which most sources blamed on the Coalition. According to MicroSyria “Warplanes carried out two raids in Tabaqa which is under the control of ISIL and killed 5 civilians, and wounded others including women and children who were taken to hospitals.” Smart
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Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Mashahda, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on June 2nd 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “13. March 3, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed
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Incident date
March 3, 2017
LOCATION
الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, SyriaUp to four civilians were killed and a similar number injured after a reported Coalition strike targeted an oil well near al Rasafa. According to the Syrian Mirror “Coalition warplanes targeted Miksar oil well which is north of Rasafa, and killed four people.” Micro Syria reported similar. Smart News reported that “aircraft likely from the
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
المنصور, Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, IraqFour civilians were reported killed at al Mansour during heavy fighting, according to a single source. Their bodies were buried at Amel school. According to Shafaaq, “Four civilians were killed in the Mansour district, southwest of Mosul during the battles between Iraqi forces and organize Daesh in the neighborhood, which is still under the control
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
New Mosul neighbourhood, Nineveh, IraqAn eyewitness, Ghania Hassan – resident of the al-Jadida (New Mosul) neighborhood – told Foreign Policy that more than 56 civilians were killed after a Coalition missile hit a house where they were gathered, reportedly forced to by ISIL combattants. The eyewitness account as written down by Sam Kimball, Foreign Policy: “If they stopped the
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Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Smart News, five civilians died and two were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Rasafa. Smart reported that the warplanes – “likely” belonging to the Coalition – “bombed a bus as it passed through on the road from al Rasafa to al Mansoura (30 km west of Raqqa City), after civilians
Summary
Incident date
March 2, 2017
LOCATION
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that 20 civilians were killed and 18 injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted a residential building in Al-Shafaa (Shifa) neighborhood in western Mosul. Some sources quoted ISIL media reporting this incident. Others said local press sources provided the information. Most reports blamed the US specifically for the raids.
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Mosque of Imam Al-Baher, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on June 2nd 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “12. March 1, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, IraqAt least two children were killed and other family members injured in New Mosul neighborhood in western Mosul. One source said ISIL targeted an unidentified warplane, which responded by launching a missile. The missile hit a house nearby, close to Yakatha mosque. However, Urgent Mosul News (Facebook) said that an ISIL car was targeted, which
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaBetween two and 12 civilians including four children were killed and up to 14 others injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to sources. Smart News initially reported that “A medical source said that two civilians died and three were wounded, including a child in critical condition.” Raqqa is Being Slaughtered said
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, SyriaBetween one and five civilians died and nine others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ksrat Sheikh al Juma’a, according to single source Smart News. There was some confusion in reporting. In the first paragraph, Smart said that one civilian died, but in the second paragraph put the death toll at five. A
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
لجامع عمر الاسود في حي الفاروق, Mosul, Omar al-Aswad mosque, Farouk, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that up to 80 civilians were killed or injured after Coalition or Iraqi airstrikes targeted the Omar mosque area in al-Faruq neighborhood in western Mosul. The mosque was used as a shelter by displaced families, according to the Niniva Media Center. Reuters cited three local witnesses, noting that “The Omar al-Aswad mosque,
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Incident date
March 1, 2017
LOCATION
سوق الشعارين, Mosul, Sha'aren market, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that 18 persons were either killed or injured, including children and women, after airstrikes reportedly struck the Sha’aren market and mills area in western Mosul. Iraq News reported “the deaths of four people and the injuring of 14 others including women and children, following an aerial bombardment on the Sha’aren market and
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Incident date
February 28, 2017
LOCATION
المأمون, Mosul, Mamoon, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that 15 people were killed and 38 wounded, including children and women, due to artillery shelling targeting Tayaran, Dawasa, Rajim Hadid, Ma’moun and Ma’ash Sooq neighborhoods in western Mosul. While most sources did not say who was responsible for the artillery shelling, Yaqein and Niniva media center blamed the Iraqi government forces.
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Incident date
February 28, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaAn unspecified number of civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local reports. Step news agency and Ka’aka al A’nzi reported that the Coalition had carried out raids “near the workers’ residences in Tabaqa leading to a number of civilians being wounded”. According to Raqqa’s Rebels Brigade, “Coalition planes
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Incident date
February 28, 2017
LOCATION
كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, SyriaA single source, the Smart news network, reported the death of two civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Kasra Faraj. According to Smart’s source, “two people were killed when the international coalition aircraft targeted a medicine depot belonging to the Islamic State in the southern countryside of Raqqa, north-eastern Syria. The
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Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
جسر الرقة, Old Bridge, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the old bridge in Raqqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launcedh new raids targeting the old Raqqa bridge, destroying large parts of it, in addition to killing the young man Ahmad Saleh al Arab“. According to Step news
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Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
near Al Qa’im, Al Anbar, IraqIn an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed that it didn’t harm civilians: “72. Feb. 27, 2017, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via social media report: After review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
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Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources said that four civilians were killed when Coalition airstrikes hit the Ana district, in the west of Anbar province.
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Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, SyriaFive non-combatants died in an airstrike on Makta’a Hajar in Manbij, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or the Assad regime was responsible. According to LCCSY, “five civilians from Hatla village in the eastern countryside were killed when the international coalition targeted members of Daesh who
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Incident date
February 27, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaA reported Coalition strike on an ISIL HQ which killed and injured up to a dozen militants also led to the injuring of three civilians, according to a single source. According to Smart News Coalition planes launched an attack at al Mansoura “on an ISIL headquarters, killing five elements and wounding six others, including a
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Incident date
February 26, 2017
LOCATION
Al Kour and other neighbourhoods on the right side of Mosul, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that 33 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 35 injured due to Coalition airstrikes and artillery bombing on several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. Journalists had reported to Yaqein that “aerial bombardment and artillery [shelling] targeted violently, today, the homes of civilians in areas at the right side
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Incident date
February 26, 2017
LOCATION
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, IraqEleven civilians died in a mortar strike by an unspecified party on al Tanak neighbourhoopd, according to eyewitnesses. Amnesty shared the following field report with Airwars: “Family: 2 boys and 4 girls and his wife. Mother in law – unharmed but taken to hospital where she died having suffered a heart attack Mother – unharmed.
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Incident date
February 26, 2017
LOCATION
المقطاع / المقطع, Makta'a Hajar, Aleppo, SyriaOne child died in an airstrike on Makta’a Hajar in Manbij, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or the Assad regime was responsible. The Violations Documentation Center named a child, Fatima Mohammad al Hamada, as a victim of coalition raids in Manbij. According to the activist,
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Incident date
February 26, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Al Fardous/ paradise area, Raqqa, SyriaTwo civilians died and 12 others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to a single source, Smart news agency. Smart reported: “According to local sources the raids targeted the automated bakery at al Ferdos in the Paradise neighbourhood and Saif al Dawla street. Medical sources said that the raids resulted in
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Incident date
February 25, 2017
LOCATION
الخاتونية, Khatouniyah, Raqqa, SyriaBetween three and four civilians including two women died and four more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Khatouniya in the western Raqqa countryside and the village of Hamra Blassen in the eastern countryside of Raqqa, according to local sources. Smart’s source said that the strike was likely to have
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Incident date
February 25, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq” via a media report. According to the Coalition report, “10. Feb. 25, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information and strike video it
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Incident date
February 25, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed no civilians were harmed: “Feb. 25, 2017, near the Al Ma’mun neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
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Incident date
February 25, 2017
LOCATION
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, IraqSecurity sources reported to local press that an ISIL leader and five of his family members were killed after Coalition airstrikes targeted his car in the west of Mosul. In its June casualty report, the Coalition confirmed that “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that five civilians were unintentionally killed.” However
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Incident date
February 25, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources said that 27 civilians were killed, including women and children, and 63 were injured by Coalition airstrikes and artillery bombing on several neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. Sawif Ateka published a photograph of an unnamed little girl who it said died in shelling on the Al-Zinjili neighbourhood. In its June casualty