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Incident Date
4–5 July, 2017
Incident Code
CS1158
Location
تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least 11 people and as many as 15, including three children and two women, were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the village of Tall al-Jayer, local sources reported. Several described the deaths as a “massacre”. Two unidentified people were also reported killed not including the named civilians listed below. All nine sources reporting the incident…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2319
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
One woman and a child were killed and up to five were left wounded, local media reported, in alleged Russian or Assad-waged airstrikes in Douma, Damascus. Without identifying a culprit, Enab Baladi reported that four air raids had struck residential areas in Douma, leading to the death one one adult woman and one male child,…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
CI801
Location
الميدان, Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
On January 13th, a local monitor reported the deaths of three civilians and 3 injured after their home in Medan, Old Mosul was shelled by an unknown source on July 4th. Mohammed Satter Rejab explains that his mother, sister and her husband were killed in an airstrike and he was himself injured along with his…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2317
Location
كنامات, Kinnamat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that a number of civilians were wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes in Kinnamat neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor. Besides from the wounded, the incident also inflicted great destruction, Sharqiya Voice reported. DeirEzzor24 reported the use of rocket-propelled grenades while Sharqiya Voice reported that "bunker-busting missiles" had been used. All sources attributed blame to Russia.…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2318
Location
ابو دالية, Abu Daliya, Hama, Syria
Several civilians were left wounded after warplanes belonging to Russia or the Syrian regime carried out airstrikes in Abu Daliya, Hama, local media reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that "Syrian- Russian alliance warplanes fired missiles on the mosque of Abu Dali village in Hama governorate eastern suburbs, severely destroying it and…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1152
Location
Abu Hamda, Al Hassakah, Syria
Seven civilians were killed as a result of alleged Coalition airstrikes on the village of Abu Hamda in Al Hasaka, local sources reported. Al Hasaka Center Media reported that the airstrikes targeted the house of Ahmad al Alawi and that those killed were internally displaced refugees from the villages of Al Dhib and al Thaweebah.…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1153
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male identified as killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, Ahmed al Shibli reported. It is possible that Mr al Zaher may have been killed or injured in an earlier incident on June 28th where brothers with the same surname were killed, but that his name was not identified until now. No further…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1154
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male was killed ‘along with his entire family’ in alleged Coalition airstrikes, local sources reported. The two sources reporting the incident, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and Hasaka111, both alleged that the Coalition was responsible. In what may be the same or a separate event, Sharqiyas reported that “3 civilians were killed and…
Summary
Published
4 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2315
Location
السخنة, al-Sukhna, Homs, Syria
In this single-source event, Step News Agency reported: "a number of air raids targeted the vicinity of the city of Sukhna and some of its neighbouring villages in the eastern Homs countryside, resulting in civilian injuries", without identifying the responsible. This event is very likely related to the airstrikes in al-Dahek, al-Sukhna, on the previous day,…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
TS087
Location
Jelber village, [or Cilbir] Shirawa district, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians including an elderly woman were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery attack on Jelber village, Afrin, according to local media. Aksalser cited Kurdish Activists and reported that "a woman from the village of Gelber in the countryside of Afrin was injured by the Turkish artillery" Azadiy Kurdistan said that "according to medical sources,…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2316
Location
الطابية جزيرة, Tabiya Jazera, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians were killed and another five were wounded as alleged Russian warplanes carried out an air raid on an oil refinery in the village of Tabiya Al-Jazyra, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. All sources reported that the two victims were working at the oil refinery and that the strike was carried out by Russia.…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CI800
Location
دگة بركة, Mosul, Dakat Barka, Nineveh, Iraq
A local monitor reported the deaths of four named civilians after their home in Dakkat Barka was shelled by an unknown source. Mosul Ateka reported “The death of Mus’ab Talal al-Qasab (the son of Mukhtar Daga Baraka), his son, his sister and his sister’s daughter. Their bodies are still under the rubble, while the rest…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1145
Location
كسرة سرور, Kasrat Srour, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilian males were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Kasrat Sarour to the south of Raqqa, local sources reported. Almost all sources alleged that the Coalition was responsible.
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1146
Location
الزيانات, Al Zaynat, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to ten civilians belonging to two families, which included six children, were killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Ziyanat in the southern Hasaka countryside, local sources reported. Zaman al Wasl reported that the alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted ISIL vehicles near the shop and homes of the two families…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1147
Location
مرقدا, Marqadah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Seven civilians were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Marqadah in the southern Al Hasaka area, local sources reported. All three sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible, though it has publicly reported no actions in the vicinity that day. No further details were available. In its own assessment of the claim,…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1148
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa, local sources reported. All five sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that there were a total of 15 strikes in the day. Mr al Anzi was said to be an IDP from…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1151a
Location
الحسينية, Al Hussainiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Coalition airstrikes allegedly struck the towns of Al Husseiniya, Baghiliya, Mara'iyah around the same time. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that International Coalition warplanes shelled areas in Al-Husseiniya, killing two men in in Al-Husseiniya and wounding an unknown number of others. Not other details are known. In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1149
Location
حي الدرعية, Al Dar'ia, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilian brothers were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the Dar'iya neighbourhood of Raqqa, local sources reported. Initially, the strike was reported to have taken place in the Al Badou neighbourhood, but Q_Alenzy corrected this the following day: "Martyrs of the family "Al-Ward" who were martyred by an air strike of the coalition before…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1150
Location
الحصان, Al Hissan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A “number” of civilians were reportedly killed and wounded in airstrikes on Al Hissan in Deir Ezzor, but it was not definitively clear who was responsible. Shaam News Network and, Euphrates Post both blamed unidentified aircraft. No further details are presently known.
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1151
Location
منطقة الفيلات, al Fillat, Raqqa, Syria
An elderly civilian male was killed as a result of rocket fire on the Al Fillat area, west of Abu al Hayef station in Raqqa. However it was not clear who was responsible. No further details are presently known.
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 July 2017
Incident Code
TS086
Location
كفرعنطون, Kafar Anton village, Shahaba, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians from the al-Yousef family (a mother and her two children) died, and another two civilains, and up to ten more non-combatants were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery bombardment of Kafar Anton village, Shahaba, Afrin, according to local media. Welat FM, citing Afrin hospital, named the fatalities. All other sources blamed Turkey for the civilian…
Summary
Published
3 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2313
Location
مخيم الحقاف, Hakaf Camp, Al Suwayda, Syria
In this incident, described as a "massacre", between ten and 20 civilians, including children and women, were killed and several were wounded as Russian or Assad-waged warplanes carried out several airstrikes on Hekaf Camp, Sweida, local media reported. Several airstrikes reportedly hit on the afternoon of July 2nd Haqaf camp in Sweida, which is home to displaced…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
USSOM074
Location
حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
A US airstrike in the Lower Shabelle region targeting al Shabaab insurgents killed one member of the terror group, according to AFRICOM. The victim may have been the leader of the group's intelligence wing, Andullahi Haji Daud. There are currently no known associated reports of civilian harm. The strike hit in the south of the…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CI797
Location
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local medical sources reported that civil defense teams had pulled as many as 74 bodies from the rubble in Zanjili neighbourhood (West/Old Mosul). The civilians had died as a result of different kinds of shelling on their houses. Airwars researchers contacted local medical sources, who said a total number of 74 civilians were killed. This…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
74
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2314
Location
الضاحك, al-Dahek, Homs, Syria
Four civilians from the same family, including children and women, were killed and several were wounded as airstrikes, allegedly carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime, struck the village of al-Dahek, on the countryside of al-Sukhna, Homs, local media reported. The Violations Documentations Center identified four victims; one child, two women and one adult…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CI798
Location
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
One woman died and others were injured after a suspected Coalition airstrike destroyed a house. As Associated Press reported: “Iraqi forces have repeatedly requested airstrikes in Mosul, often to kill teams of just two or three IS fighters armed with light weapons. Manhal Munir was sheltering in the basement of his home with his extended…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2–10 July, 2017
Incident Code
USSOM075-C
Location
O'wdhiile, 55 miles south of Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
An airstrike reportedly killed up to two civilians in O'wdhille, a village about 55 miles south of Mogadishu, according to findings from a field investigation by The Nation. Reporter Amanda Sperber detailed the account of Osman [not his real name] whose relatives were reportedly killed in the strike: "Around 5 pm in early July 2017, Osman…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CI799
Location
سوق الشعارين, Mosul, Sha'areen, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named civilians were killed – with others injured and still trapped in rubble – after their home was struck in the Sha’areen market area of Old Mosul. The Nineveh Librate Facebook page initially noted “The martyr and nurse Nabil Younis Said (Abu Saif) who died with his son’s wife. And…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1143
Location
الرقة, Al Kasrat or Ar Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male was killed in Raqqa. However there were conflicting reports as to how he died. Four of the seven sources reporting the incident alleged that the death was caused by SDF sniper fire. Meanwhile two sources claimed that Coalition airstrikes were to blame. One further source claimed that artillery fire was responsible, which…
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 July 2017
Incident Code
LQ051
Location
بنغازي, Municipal hotel, Benghazi, Libya
Various sources reported 17 LNA airstrikes in central Benghazi near the municipal hotel.
Summary
Published
2 July 2017
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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