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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2095
Location
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were killed in an airstrike in Saraqeb, Idlib, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Almost all of the known sources that reported on this event, regardless of belligerent, noted that internationally banned phosphorous bombs were used. Al Jazeera's correspondent in…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CI621
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Two local sources said that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and injured due to airstrikes and missile attacks on Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. According to Yerdili, the bombardment preceded an assault on the nighbourhood. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CI622
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Rifai and 17 July, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling hit Rifai and 17 July neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and injuring an unspecified number of civilians. Iraqi Spring Media Center and Urgent Mosul News blamed the Iraqi government, though none of the other sources said who was responsible. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) reported that…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CI623
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source – the local Facebook group of the Jarjria tribe – said that a son of the family of Muhammad Daham Murad al-Jarjari from the village of Jasa was killed in an airstrike on Yarmouk neighbourhood in West Mosul. It was unclear from the report who carried out the strike. In its June…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS675
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al Manghiya, Raqqa, Syria
A man, his wife and his son were reported killed and six members of their family wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the garage and the market” in the Al Manghiya neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local media. Citing a local source, Al Watan said that “[Coalition] aircraft targeted the industrial zone and the…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS676
Location
كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, Syria
Two people – possibly civilians – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit the car they were traveling in at Kasrat Faraj, according to local media. Step News noted “a dawn raid by Coalition forces today which targeted a car carrying two people in the village of Kasrat Faraj south of the city, which…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS677
Location
الرقة, Fardous, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died and four were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Fardous neighbourhood, according to the Smart News Agency. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city that day. According to Smart, “One of the sources pointed out that the [likely Coalition] aircraft targeted al-Fardous neighborhood in the city…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS678
Location
المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
“An air strike targeted the neighborhood of al-Mashlad in the city of Al-Raqqa, injuring civilians,” according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Other sources also said that the Coalition carried out a strike on Al Mashlab resulting in casualties, though numbers were not given. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2090
Location
طيبة, Tayba, Daraa, Syria
Three children were killed in an airstrike in Tayba, Dara'a, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or Assad's regime were responsible. Local media Facebook page, Mohammed Al-Rifaei, named the three children who died in the attack and attributed responsibility to Russian forces. Whilst most sources suggested that Russia…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2084
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three civilians were killed and others injured in an airstrike in Darat Izza, Aleppo, according to local media sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Whilst most sources attributed responsibility of the event to Russia, the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointed towards the "Syrian-Russian alliance",…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2087
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were killed and the son of one of them injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media sources. All of the known sources identified Russian warplanes as being responsible for the attack. Most sources reported that one female civilian had been killed and her son injured, however, the Violations…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2088
Location
اورم الجوز, Orm Al-Jouz, Idlib, Syria
Up to 20 civilians were killed, including two women and seven children, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Orm Al-Jouz, according to multiple sources. All of the known sources attributed responsibility to Russian warplanes or suspected Russian warplanes. Qasioun News reported that "five raids with rockets and other cluster bombs" were carried out on Orm Al-Jouz.…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
14–20
Civilians reported injured
19–21
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CI618
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, 17 July, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named family members were killed and their daughter injured on the morning of April 8th, after an airstrike reportedly struck their house in West Mosul. They also reported a “number of wounded”. Yaqein said a “wrong” Coalition airstrike killed three and wounded two of the same family in West Mosul…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CI619
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources, possibly referring to a statement originating with Al Amaq [ISIL’s media wing], said that that 13 civilians were killed and 91 were injured – mostly children and women – in shelling and bombing by the Coalition and Iraqi forces on several neighborhoods in West Mosul.
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
91
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2086
Location
Jisr al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
A child was reportedly killed and others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Jisr al Shoughour, according to local media sources. Idlib Media Centre, who specified that it was a child that was killed, added that it was during three air raids by Russian forces on the city. The raids struck the "Christian quarter"…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CI620
Location
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident,…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CS673
Location
شعيب الذكر, Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 40 civilians including a woman and her six children died after their boat sank while it was crossing the Euphrates River near Sho’aib Al-Zikir. While most local sources blamed the UIS-led Coalition, one news organisation said the boat had instead capsized because there were too many people onboard. The Smart News Network reported:…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
CS674
Location
عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
A local source told the Smart News Network that a likely Coalition airstrike had killed a father and his daughter and wounded four other civilians when their homes were hit in Okayrashi. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr072
Location
Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
One usually-reliable Twitter source, @demolinari, indicated that a US drone strike had killed two "suspected" AQAP militants in Al-Sawma'ah district, Bayda governorate, on the afternoon of April 8th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources - for example Yemen Live News - reported that two alleged militants were killed around…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2085
Location
نصيب, Nasib, Daraa, Syria
An eight year old child was killed in an airstrike in Nasib, Dara'a, according to local media sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Most known sources for this event did not positively identify the aircraft. Step News reported that "Russian aircraft intensified raids yesterday [8th]...targeting two villages…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2089
Location
طريق السد, Sadd Neighbourhood, Daraa, Syria
Seven to nine civilians, including two women and two children, were killed in an airstrike in the Sadd neighbourhood in Dara'a, according to local media sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Seven civilians were listed in the Violations Documentations Centre with their cause of death recorded as…
Summary
Published
8 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2083
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
One child was killed and two others injured in airstrike in Douma, according to local media sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. Freedomraise News, who attributed responsibility for the event to Assad's regime, detailed that "two rocket attacks were carried out at 4:30 pm today, the first hit…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS669
Location
رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria
Smart News Agency reported the death of three civilians inlcuding two children and the injury of four more in an alleged Coalition strike on Rata. Other sources put the death toll at four including two children, though they did not identify who was responsible for the “raids”.
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS670
Location
هنيدة, Hunaida, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 21 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an internet cafe in Huneida, according to multiple local media. All sources pointed towards the Coalition. Death counts varied but were in the range of 12-15 or more, with Almadenah putting the figure as high as 17. @infoctma said…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
18–21
Civilians reported injured
11–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS671
Location
الشعيرات, Shoa'yrat, Homs, Syria
Up to nine civilians were alleged to have died and 14 others injured in a unuilateral US cruise missile strike on Shoa’yrat airfield, according to local sources – though the combatant status of some or all victims is uncertain. The state news agency Sana reported: “Nine civilians, including four children, were killed by a number…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–9
Civilians reported injured
0–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2079
Location
الزكاة, Al Zakat village, Hama, Syria
Local media named 22-year-old Ahmad Khaled al Daher al Kaisouha as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Zakat village. According to Hama News Centre, the victim died "due to his wounds sustained in a Russian raid on the village of al Zakat in northern Hama."
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CS672
Location
الكالطة, Qaltah, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that one civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al Kalta. Revolutionary Forces of Syria said he died when his home was struck. There are no other details available at this time.
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr071
Location
مديرية الصومعة, Al Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly killed two alleged AQAP militants in Al Sawma'ah district, Bayda governorate, on the evening of April 7th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources - for example Yemen Live News - reported that the alleged militants were killed while travelling on a motorbike in the…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
CI616
Location
سحاب, Mosul, Saha, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that one civilian was killed and eight others were injured in airstrikes on Al Saha neighborhood in West Mosul. Shafaaq spoke of a ‘mistaken airstrike’ by ‘unidentified warplanes’. It also caused the destruction of three houses. Moreover, Urgent Mosul News and Yaqein reported mortar shelling by Iraqi forces on the neighbourhood the…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2080
Location
حيش, Heesh, Idlib, Syria
Up to 16 civilians were killed and six others wounded following an airstrike in Heesh, Idlib, according to local media sources - though it is not clear who was responsible for the event. Whilst most sources attributed responsibility to Russian warplanes, some mentioned Assad's regime and others didn't positively identify a belligerent. Smart News, who…
Summary
Published
7 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–16
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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