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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CI556

Location

السرجخانة, Mosul, Aserjkhanh, Nineveh, Iraq

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1972

Location

القسطل القسطل, Al Qastal town, Hama, Syria
Russian warplanes allegedly conducted a raid on the outskirts of Al Qastal town in Hama Governorate, Smart News Agency reported. Civilian casualties have been reported, but their number and identities are still unclear.

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CS586

Location

عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
The wife and child of an ISIL fighter reportedly died in a Coalition airstrike on al A’keirshi village. The militant – named as Abu Habibia Al-Maghribi – was either killed or injured in the attack. According to Arabs Today his wife was a member of Al-Khansa’a which is part of ISIL’s women’s police force. Their…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CS587

Location

شبهر, Shabhar, Raqqa, Syria
Seven named civilians including four women and a child died in a reported Coalition strike in Raqqah governorate – though there was confusion about whether they had died at Shabhar or Al Matar. Orient News, citing Raqqa Post, said that seven civilians – five from the Matar family – died. It blamed the Coalition. Raqqa…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CS588

Location

جسر المغلة, Al Maghla Bridge, Raqqa, Syria
Two or more civilians were reported killed near the al Maghla bridge after Coalition aircraft reportedly struck boats carrying civilians across the Euphrates River. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CI557

Location

Mosul, Risala, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information and strike video it…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CI558

Location

Mosul, Nahrawan, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 18, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report:After a review of available information it was assessed that…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1973

Location

تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
The remnants of a cluster bomb that had been dropped earlier during a Russian air raid in Taqad resulted in the death of one civilian, Mohammed Al Talal, according to sources on the ground.Multiple sources said one civilian was also injured during this raid.

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CI553

Location

المشاهدة, Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CI554

Location

السرجخانة, Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq
At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods. Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–50
Civilians reported injured
17–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1970

Location

الطبقة مسكنة, the road between Maskanah and Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
Eight civilians were killed and another 17 were injured when their bus was struck during an air raid between Maskanah and Tabaqa, according to sources on the ground. Smart News Agency reported that it is ‘likely’ the warplanes that conducted the attack were Russian. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria has named Ahmad Al-Zaher as…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

CI549

Location

Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local residents and the recently formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in Meydan neighbourhood in Old Mosul. According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre, 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–80
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

CS584

Location

مزرعة الصفصاف, Safsaf farms, Raqqa, Syria
According to reports one civilian male died and at least two others were injured following alleged Coalition strikes at Al Safsafa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and SHRC were among some sources who didn’t identify the warplanes responsible – though other reports blamed the Coalition. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed…

Summary

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

17 March 2017

Incident Code

CS585

Location

زور شمر, Zor Shmar, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians were reported killed and eight or more injured following reported Coalition strikes at Zor Shamr and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a. According to the Smart news agency, which also pointed towards the Coalition, “sources explained that the planes bombed the villages of Zor Shamr (45 km east of Raqqa city) and Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a (8…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

CI550

Location

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In the highest confirmed civilian casualty event of the war against ISIL, at least 105 and as many as 141 non-combatants were later confirmed by the Coalition as having been killed in a US airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area. At least 137 bodies were reportedly recovered from the scene. Locals…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
105–141
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

CI551

Location

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of  between 105 and 141 civilians in an airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area on March 17th (event CI550). However, locals have claimed that as many as 230 or even 520 civilians were killed in the catastrophic event at al Jadida – though these…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
125–370
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

CI552

Location

Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “March 17, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1971

Location

اورم الكبرى, Urma Al-Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and eight civilians were killed and a further six were wounded f as a result of alleged air raids by Russian warplanes in the town of Urma al Kubra in Aleppo Governorate on the 17th of March 2017. Sources said that four victims from the same family died in the attack. The Violations…

Summary

Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CS579

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
The Smart news agency reported that likely Coalition airstrikes targeted the oil refinery area of Al Mansoura, “killing one worker and injuring others, in addition to destroying three burners and a car used to transport oil.” Madar News used identical language in its own report. No additional details are presently known.  

Summary

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

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CS580

Location

حي الثكنة, Al Thakana, Raqqa, Syria
The Shaam News Network reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely belonging to the coalition launched a raid on the Al Thakana neighborhood in Raqqa, near the Shariah Court, killing four civilians and two members of IS and wounding eight others, including one member of IS. The wounded were taken to the National Raqqa…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CS581

Location

سد الفرات, Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike at the Euphrates Dam near al Tabaqa reportedly killed one named civilian worker. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, “an air raid launched by the international coalition yesterday on the area around the Euphrates Dam in al Tabaqa killing Hamidi al Abd al Majid al Nayef one of the employees at…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1967

Location

الأتارب الشيخ علي, al Sheikh Ali village in Al Atarib district, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that three civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on the al Sheikh Ali village in Al Atarib district, Aleppo. On March 16th, Baladi reported: "he cities and towns of Al-Atareb, Sheikh Ali, Babis, Maarat al-Atareb, Abyan Samaan and Kfarkermin were heavily shelled by the Russian air…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CI546

Location

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, West Mosul, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that at least 21 civilians were killed and 17 were injured, including women and children, because of airstrikes and artillery shelling in neighbourhoods of West Mosul. Iraq News Center placed the death toll even higher: “Many surviving civilians [and] witnesses from the right side [of Mosul] confirmed that Coalition airstrikes targeted civilian…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–34
Civilians reported injured
17–34
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CS582

Location

جديدة كحيط, Jadida Kahit, Raqqa, Syria
Al Ragga Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Kahit. No further details are currently available  

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1965

Location

معراته, Ma’arata town, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that Russia carried out an airstrike on Ma’arata town, leding to an unspecified number of civilian casualties. According to the Step News Agency, "Russian warplanes launched vacuum missiles targeting Ma’arata in western Aleppo causing casualties among civilians."

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CS583

Location

Jadida Baladiya, Raqqa, Syria
Al Ragga truth reported the death of one unidentified male civilian in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida Baladiya. No further details are currently available  

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CI547

Location

Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “110. May 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CI548

Location

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time,…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1966

Location

Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman died - and was possibly killed, according to one report - in multiple airstrikes on different neighbourhoods in Idlib, local media said. While most reports blamed Russia, there were also allegations against the regime. Syria News Desk reported the only fatality, one woman: "A woman was killed and other civilians were…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 March 2017

Incident Code

CS578

Location

الجينة, Al Jina, Aleppo, Syria
A unilateral US drone strike on a mosque complex near al Jina town killed between 37 and 62 civilians according to multiple reports and eyewitness statements. While the US has admitted it carried out the attack, officials have claimed that al Jina’s Omar Ibn al Khattab mosque where the casualties occurred was not targeted in…

Summary

Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
37–62
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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