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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CI422
Location
Mosul, Rashadiya, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition reported on March 4th that: “Jan. 14, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a counter-fire strike on an ISIS mortar team it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed when he entered the target area after weapon was fired.” Officials later informed Airwars that…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CI423
Location
Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria, Nineveh, Iraq
Medical sources in Erbil confirmed that the child Marwa Duraid Younis Khalil was severely injured and her mother (Eman Jamal Kamber Ali) was killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Jaza’ir neighborhood, east of Mosul. News of Iraq posted two videos of the girl (who was found alone in the hospital after her…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CI424
Location
حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that ‘hundreds of civilians’ were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes and shelling with artillery and missiles, which targeted the ‘Police and other neighborhoods’ in the East and North of Mosul. News of Iraq said 17 civilians were killed in two separate incidents in the Dhubat (Police) district of Mosul. It…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CS444
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians died and up to eight others were reported injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a conserves factory and surrounding homes in Al Mayadeen, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory reported: “Four European warplanes of the international coalition targeted a conserves factory which was already destroyed and deserted in al-Mayadeen city east…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CI425
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, al-Jadid, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the afternoon of 14 January, airstrikes reportedly targeted the house of an ISIL local leader in the Mosul al Jadida neighbourhood of western Mosul. The attack resulted in the collapse of the targeted house…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS048 CS443 RS1828
Location
تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between two and 12 civilians were killed, and as many as 22 were wounded, in an air and artillery strike which hit the Daesh controlled area of Tadef, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with two sources blaming the International US led Coalition, two blaming Syrian regime helicopters, and many more…
Summary
Published
13 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
17–22
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 January 2017
Incident Code
CI418
Location
الفيصلية, Mosul, Al-Faisiliyah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said Coalition airstrikes bombed a school inhabited by displaced people in Faisaliyah neighborhood in East Mosul, leaving up to 12 civilians dead or wounded. The Coalition subsequently confirmed responsibility. News of Iraq reported that the raids on Friday evening had killed and wounded “12 people, mostly women and children.” All sources said the…
Summary
Published
13 January 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
1–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS047 CS441
Location
بزاعة, Beza’a city, Aleppo, Syria
Up to nine civilians including two children from the same family died in an airstrike on Beza'a city, according to local media - though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Turkey or the US-led Coalition. Aleppo Media Center reported that “the child Hamdo al Bakir and an entire family made up…
Summary
Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 January 2017
Incident Code
CI415
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that the international Coalition and/or US aircraft had carried out airstrikes in New Mosul neighborhood, West Mosul, leaving up to 30 civilians dead and 14 others wounded. The Coalition later confirmed killing eight civilians in Mosul that day. Iraq News Center said that bombing by “international Coalition aircraft” had led to the…
Summary
Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–40
Civilians reported injured
3–21
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 January 2017
Incident Codes
CS440 RS1824
Location
جبل الاربعين, Al Arbaeen Mountains, Idlib, Syria
As many as 20 civilians were killed, and others were wounded, according to reports, following an alleged Russian and or Coalition airstrike on a militant-occupied building in the Al-Arba'een Mountains. Shaam News reported that seven civilians died including “four children and three women in addition in addition to others wounded.” Step News blamed the US-led…
Summary
Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–20
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 January 2017
Incident Code
CI416
Location
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said airstrikes targeted civilians houses in al Qaim west of Anbar which killed four civilians and injured seven others. Two sources spoke of “government aircraft”, but in a second report by Iraqi Spring Media Center it was later claimed that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the raids.
Summary
Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 January 2017
Incident Codes
CS442 RS1825
Location
شارع تل أبيض, Tal abyad Street, Ar Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians were killed - including a girl and a man - and others were wounded, following an airstrike on a bakery and a falafel restaurant in Raqqa, according to local sources. Sources were conflicted regarding who was to blame, some blaming the US led Coalition, and others blaming Russian warplanes. The Coalition later denied…
Summary
Published
12 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Codes
CS439a RS1821
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians were killed in alleged Russian, Syrian regime, and or US led Coalition airstrikes on Taftanaz. Sources are conflicted as to who was to blame. Most sources blame Russia and the Syrian regime, however there were also two allegations against the Coalition. As many as four civilians were also wounded - according to…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Code
CI412
Location
حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
A local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted the Hadbah neighbourhood northeast of Mosul had killed “dozens of civilians.” This took place after ISIL reportedly targeted Iraqi forces with three bombed cars during the afternoon. Ajel Al Mosul spoke of “heavy” and “indiscriminate” airstrikes. It also reported that an “air strike targeted a…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI413
Location
حي الكفاءات الثانية, Mosul, Kafaat, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes bombed a house with three missiles in Second Ka’afat neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. A car bomb hidden inside the compound caused heavy losses among civilians living in the four houses surrounding the target. Nineveh Media Center reported that the raids took place close to the house of the President…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Code
CS437
Location
دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Between two and four civilians including a child were alleged killed in a Coalition airstrike on Debsi Afnan, according to some local sources. Al Natek reported that four non-combatants died in a Coalition strike. And the Syrian Network said “at least two civilians including a child died in International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Debsi…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Code
CS438
Location
مزرعة الرشيد, Al Rashid farms, Raqqa, Syria
A reported Coalition airstrike on an ‘ISIL car’ was said to have missed its target, possibly causing civilian casualties. According to al Natek, “the air raid that targeted al Rashid Farm targeted an IS car but it didn’t hit it. Step News reported that “International coalition planes targeted with several raids Abu Kubra village and…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 January 2017
Incident Code
CI414
Location
المالية, Mosul, Maliyah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes bombed a house in Maliyah neighborhood, at the left side of Mosul during an operation to retake it. Up to 17 civilians were killed and five others injured, mostly women and children from the same family who were inside the house at the time of the strike. Iraqyoon spoke…
Summary
Published
11 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17–19
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 January 2017
Incident Code
CI410
Location
حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that unspecified air raids targeted Hadbah neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that “three raids targeted the densely populated neighborhood of Hadbah on the left side of Mosul.” It did not say how many people died. Mosul Ateka said that Sinan Abdel-Islam was killed in the raids, with a…
Summary
Published
10 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 January 2017
Incident Code
CI411
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unknown incident or incidents, the Coalition concluded after self-reporting by personnel that no civilians had been killed or injured in Coalition strikes on Mosul on January 10th. According to a March 4th statement, two separate incidents of concern occurred. In the first it was assessed that “no civilians were harmed in this…
Summary
Published
10 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 January 2017
Incident Code
CS433
Location
هتاش, Hattash, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Hattash. According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition aircraft caused the deaths of four other [civilians] last night, a result of four air raids targeting the village of Hattash which is under the control of Islamic state in eastern Raqqa, which also…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 January 2017
Incident Code
CS434
Location
حرملة, Harmala, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Harmala. The Shaam News Network reported that “international coalition planes launched air raids near Harmala village north west of Raqqa which led to the deaths of four martyrs and a number of wounded.” All other sources, including the Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 January 2017
Incident Code
CS435
Location
رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians including a mother and daughter were reported killed in an alleged Coalition morning strike on Raqqa al Samra, east of Raqqa city. Euphrates Post cited local civilian sources as saying that “Coalition aircraft targeted with highly explosive rockets residential homes in Raqqa al Samra which caused the deaths of four civilians, including a…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 January 2017
Incident Code
CS436
Location
كبش, Kabish, Raqqa, Syria
Up to three civilians died during a battle for control of Kabish. While most sources blamed SDF artillery, one claimed that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the deaths. A single source, Eldorar, reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition strike on Kabish. However according to Raqqa Post, one victim, Sadeq Qassem, was…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9–10 January, 2017
Incident Code
CI407
Location
حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named civilians were killed after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted near a medical centre in the Officers neighbourhood near the Fourth Bridge. Mosul Ateka named Dr. Mohammed Tayyip ِِAl Leyla, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and his wife, Dr. Fatima Alhyial and their young daughter as victims of the…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 January 2017
Incident Code
CI408
Location
حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and…
Summary
Published
9 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 January 2017
Incident Code
CI403
Location
حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
One civilian was reported killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes that targeted an ISIL member in a civilian vehicle, in the Hadbah neihbourhood in the northeast of Mosul.
Summary
Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 January 2017
Incident Code
CI404
Location
الموصل, Mosul, East Side, Nineveh, Iraq
Local reports say that the streets in eastern Mosul were covered by the bodies of dozens of civilians – their deaths caused by Coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery. Fighting was particularly intense in the Sugar Hill and Muthanna neighborhoods. Alaraby reported that fighting and airstrikes by the Coalition forces and Iraqi forces killed and wounded…
Summary
Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
50
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 January 2017
Incident Code
CI405
Location
حي السكر, Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local reports indicated that shelling struck civilian homes in Sukkar, Talla and Mufthana neighborhoods in eastern Mosul, “resulting in the burying of dozens of civilians under the rubble,” according to an account in a report by Iraqi Spring Media Center. Ajel el Mosul later released a video it said related to the incident, claiming that…
Summary
Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI406
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
Local sources said that civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Rashad and Riad regions Sunday evening in Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk. Only once source, News of Iraq, claimed there were civilian casualties.
Summary
Published
8 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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