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Incident Date

26 April 2017

Incident Code

CI666

Location

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
In two tweets, which appeared to be based on a single statement by the ISIL press agency, it was reported that about 24 civilians died and 26 were injured as a result of alleged Coalition and Iraqi airforce raids on several districts in West Mosul.

Summary

Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
24
Civilians reported injured
26
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2165

Location

الجانودية, Al Janoudia, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in al-Janoudiya, Jisr al-Shughour, according to local media sources. Media activist, Musab Ahmed Orabi, was among those dead. However, none of the sources were clear as to whether he was one of the five civilians killed or an additional death. He was working with…

Summary

Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 April 2017

Incident Code

CI667

Location

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied involvement in an incident that it said had been reported on social media. In its report, the Coalition wrote: “April 26, 2017, near Hawija, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian…

Summary

Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2160

Location

أبو حواديد, Abu Hawadid, Hama, Syria
Up to seven civilians were killed or injured in an airstrike in Abu Hawaid, Hama, according to Smart News Agency. Their source stated that two civilians were killed and five others injured, when the unidentified aircraft struck the village that was under the control of ISIS. Smart added that two members of ISIS were also…

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

CS728

Location

حي الثكنة, al Thakanna, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, “a local source said that aircraft of the International Coalition, launched a raid on an ISIL car in al Thakana neighborhood in the city of Raqqa, which led to the death of one of the latter [ISIL member], and a child and wounding five civilians who were next to…

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

CS729

Location

حمرة بلاسم, Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that “three civilians were killed and 11 others were wounded, including a pregnant woman, in suspected Coalition raids on the village of Hamra Balasem“. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2159

Location

عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Several civilians were wounded in an airstrike in Akeirbat, Hama, according to local sources - though it was not clear who was responsible for the strikes. Smart News Agency reported that "Russian planes launched several raids targeting Akeirbat and the surrounding area in Hama, leading to several civilian wounded." However, the only other two known…

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

CS730

Location

زور شمر, Zor Shmar, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that five civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Zor Shmar. No further details are currently known.

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2161

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Up to four civilians were injured in an airstrike in Douma, eastern Damascus, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. The Facebook page, Douma Revolution, did not positively identify a belligerent but they reported that one of the injured was evacuated after "warplanes…

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

CS731

Location

كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians died and others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a funeral in Kdeiran, according to local sources. Alraqqa.Truth reported that Coalition jets “targeted a funeral procession with heavy machine guns”. Asharqiya Voice and the Syrian Network for Human Rights also said that Coalition aircraft used gunfire on the gathering. According to…

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 April 2017

Incident Code

TS084

Location

المالكية, Several locations in al Malkiya, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians werereportedly wounded in alleged Turkish strikes on Kurdish militias on Several locations in al Malkiya, according to a single source. Reports said that between 20 and Kurdish forces were killed with up to 18 wounded; however, there were also some vague references to civilian harm - though it appears that most credible claims are…

Summary

Published
25 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

CS723

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to eighteen civilians including nine children and three women died in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Tabaqa, according to multiple local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “the family of Ali Abu Aish was killed after they were targeted by a coalition plane with machine gun fire while they were trying to leave…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
17–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

LC070

Location

سبها‎, Sabha, Sabha, Libya
According to several local and international sources, LNA planes bombed a prison run by the Toubou tribe near Sabha, killing up to seven prisoners and wounding as many as nine more. There was disagreement between sources over how many of the victims were prison guards or civilians. Al Jazeera put the death count at “four…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
2–70
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2154

Location

أم المياذن, Um Almayathen, Daraa, Syria
A single source reported that "seven civilians from one family, including two children, were seriously injured, following the destruction of their home by Russian air strikes on the town of Um Almayathen. The civil defence team brought the wounded from the rubble and helped them to nearby field hospitals." There are no other details at this…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

CS724

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, likely Coalition “air raids raged in the southern neighborhoods of the city and were concentrated at Al Rahma Mosque and Al Ajili Pharmacy, as well as Al Mughniyeh neighborhood and the Old Garage, killing four civilians and injuring seven others, according to another local source.” Syrian Mirror also put…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

CI664

Location

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West / Right side, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local sources, 22 civilians died and 48 were injured in air raids on several neighbourhoods in West Mosul. While Al Jazeera (referring to an ISIL source) and a tweet by @aisha_iq95 said the Coalition was responsible, other sources spoke both of Coalition and Iraqi forces aircraft carrying out the airstrikes.

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
48
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2155

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Eight civilians were killed - including children - and as many as 15 were wounded, following an attack on a popular market selling sells vegetables, fruits and nuts in Khan Sheikhoun. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some blaming the Syrian regime and others blaming Russia. SHRC reported that the strike happened at approximately…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

CS725

Location

الرحيات, Al Rahiat, Raqqa, Syria
One woman died and several other civilians were wounded in an incident in Al Rahiyat, according to local media – though it was unclear whether the Coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces or ISIL were responsible. Shaam News Network was the only source that named the Coalition as the culprit. Step News Agency instead blamed artillery…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

CS726

Location

مزرعة ميسلون, Maysaloun Farms, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians including one child died and two others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Maysalon, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

CS727

Location

سوق الهال, Tabaqah, Vegetable market in south of city, Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the vegetable market in the south of Tabaqa, according to local media. The journalist Mohab Nasser and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named the victims. JisirTv also blamed the Coalition and put the death toll at six.

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24–25 April, 2017

Incident Code

RS2158

Location

بسنقول, Bsanqoul, Idlib, Syria
Seven civilians were killed and others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Bsanqoul, according to local media sources. Both Halab Today and AMC Aleppo reported that seven civilians had been killed, but neither positively identified a belligerent. All other known sources attributed responsibility to Russia, but did not provide a death toll - they…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2156

Location

كفر تخاريم, Kafr Tkharim, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that as many as 15 civilians were killed, and between five and ten were wounded, following an airstrike in the mountainous vicinity of Kafr Tkharim, al Duweila mountain. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for this strike. It must be noted there were two separate airstrikes on Kafr Tkharim on the 24th April 2017. One…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–15
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2157

Location

كفر تخاريم, Kafr Tkharim, Idlib, Syria
Between two and 12 civilians were killed - and four were wounded - in an airstrike on Kafr Takharim hospital, local media reported. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid.  It must be noted there were two separate airstrikes on Kafr Tkharim on the 24th April 2017. One occurred in the mountainous region of al Duweila, and…

Summary

Published
24 April 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CI661

Location

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source reported that dozens of civilians were killed and injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly hit Tal Afar city, West of Mosul. According to Yaqein, “dozens of civilians were killed and wounded on Monday in a raid by coalition warplanes in the district of Tal Afar west of the city of Mosul, the…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–24
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr079-C

Location

الضلعه, Al Dhula'ah, Shabwa, Yemen
On April 24th 2017, Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis stated that a US strike had killed eight AQAP militants in Shabwa governorate on the previous day, confirming earlier reports that an afternoon US drone strike in Al Dhula'ah, in the Al Said area, had killed eight people. Several sources reported, however, that at least three…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Military actors reported killed
3–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CI662

Location

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Two sources reported that dozens of civilians from three families died when ‘joint forces aircraft’ (either the Coalition or the Coalition with ISF aircraft) hit Zanjili neighbourhood in West Mosul. Al Jazeera said that “local sources reported that dozens of members of three families were killed in the bombing of the Zanjili district of Mosul.”

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CI663

Location

بعاج, Mosul, Ba'aj, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that twelve civilians were killed and dozens wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Ba’aj in western Nineveh. A press source told Yaqein that “aircraft of the International Coalition launched intensive raids on the district of the western area of Nineveh province” and that it “resulted in the deaths of 12 civilians and…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2152

Location

ركايا سجنة, Rakaya Sajna, Idlib, Syria
A single source reported that Russian warplanes struck Khan Sheikhoun and Rakaya Sajna in southern Idlib causing injuries amongst civilians.  There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2150

Location

أم توينة, Um Tuweyna, Hama, Syria
A single source reported that Russian warplanes bombed Um Tuweyna, killing three civilians - including a child - and seriously wounding two others. Smart reported that the village was controlled by the Islamic State. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CS720

Location

الحي الثاني, Tabaqa, Second Neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Between three and eight civilians died including up to five children in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Tabaqa’s Al Thani neighbourhood, according to local media. Smart News reported that a likely Coalition airstrike “targeted a house near the public park in the Second neighbourhood, killing a man, his wife and child. They also carried out raids…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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