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Incident Date

9 March 2017

Incident Code

CI526

Location

الطوافة, Mosul, Tawafah, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that dozens of civilians were killed and that their bodies were still under the rubble after a violent airstrike targeted Tawafa area, between the station and Bab Al Beith, and demolished the houses of the entire street. MNN reported that engineer Younis Hamadoun Qasim al-Naimi Oribi (see photo below)…

Summary

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

9 March 2017

Incident Code

CI527

Location

17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unknown civilian casualty event, the Coalition confirmed in April 2017 that two civilians died during an attack on a vehicle. As their civilian casualty report noted, “March, 9, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally…

Summary

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

9 March 2017

Incident Code

CI528

Location

حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source told Airwars’ Iraq-based field researcher that three of his family members died in the Farouk neighbourhood of Mosul, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted their house at 3pm in the afternoon while they were praying. The family member provided Airwars with the names of the casualties, his father and his two brothers.  

Summary

Published
9 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1940

Location

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A single source reported that six civilians were killed and 13 others were injured following an alleged Russian raid on Maskanah, Aleppo. The source alleged that the victims arrived at Raqqa National Hospital following the aerial bombardment of the vicinity.  There are no other details at this time.

Summary

Published
9 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2017

Incident Code

CS556

Location

رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria
Two or more civilians were reported killed and five injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Ratlah and al Aekershi. According to Smart News, likely Coalition aircraft “launched raids on the villages of Ratlah (about 15 km south of Raqqa city) and al Aekershi (about 20 km east of Raqqa), killing two civilians and wounding five…

Summary

Published
8 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 March 2017

Incident Code

CS557

Location

الأحوس, Al Ahwas, Raqqa, Syria
One named civilian was reported killed in a Coalition airstrike on al Ahwas. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered a young man named as Mu’taz Minwar al Ta’an died. The Syrian Observatory also reported that “a person was killed in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition, they targeted areas near the…

Summary

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

8 March 2017

Incident Code

CS558

Location

الكرامة, Al Karama, Raqqa, Syria
One named civilian and a possible second victim were reported killed in a Coalition airstrike (or possible SDF artillery strike) on al Karama. According to Asharqiya the strike hit at or near a clinic in the town. And the |Syrian Observatory said that “A person was killed by bombing by warplanes believed to belong to…

Summary

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

8 March 2017

Incident Codes

CS559 RS1939

Location

البوراشد, Albu Rashed, Raqqa, Syria
In a major incident, up to 24 civilians reportedly died and 20 others were injured when an aircraft allegedly struck a vehicle just outside Al bu Rashed. Most of those killed were said to be children and women. All source blamed the Coalition, except one, which said that this was the work of Russia. Step…

Summary

Published
8 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
14–24
Civilians reported injured
20
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 March 2017

Incident Code

CS560

Location

near Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an event previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition said that no civilians were harmed near Raqqa on March 9th. In its July 2017 casualty report the Coalition stated: "After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographic area that correspond to the report of civilian…

Summary

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

8 March 2017

Incident Code

CI521

Location

17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, reported that 11 civilians from one family died in a Coalition airstrike on Tammuz 17. Iraqi military intelligence issued a statement saying the Coalition had targeted senior ISIL leaders in the area: “The US-led coalition led by the United States killed three senior leaders of the…

Summary

Published
8 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1937

Location

العطشانة, Al'Atshana, Maskanah, Hama, Syria
Local media reported that airstrikes, carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime, killed two children and two women and wounded several others as the village of al-Atashana near Hama was struck. Raqqa Post reported that the four victims were from the Eid al-Ramdan family. Sources were, however, unclear as to whether Russia or the…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1938

Location

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between 10 and 13 civilians, including children, were killed and up to another nine were wounded as airstrikes on Maskanah, Aleppo, local sources reported - though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Sources reported between 10 and 13 civilian casualties, however, most said there had…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CS554

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians including a child were reportedly killed, after an alleged Coalition strike targeted boats on the River Euphrates. According to Smart News: “Three civilians were killed and two others injured on Tuesday, following the aerial bombardment is likely to be the international coalition on a on the Euphrates River near Raqqa city, north of…

Summary

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

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CS555

Location

سلحبية, Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
According to outlets, airstrikes most likely by the US-led Coalition killed five civilians and injured 12 more at al Salhabiya. Smart News reported that “according to a local source in Al Salhabiya village (25 km west of Raqqa), air strikes on the village on Tuesday evening, killed five civilians and wounded 12 others, including women…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI517

Location

السجن القديم, Mosul, Old Prison, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said entire families were trapped under rubble, mostly children and women, after their houses were bombed near the Old Prison area and Muthanna school. It was reported that that the screaming of the victims could still be heard. It was unclear who carried out the raids – Iraqi Spring mentions both the Coalition…

Summary

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

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI518

Location

المنصور, Mosul, Al Mansour, Nineveh, Iraq
There were reports that children and women were killed or injured due to different kinds of shelling and airstrikes on Mansour neighborhood in West Mosul. @shvm_90 said in a Tweet: “Heavy shelling and brutal air and artillery aimed at reviving #right side [of Mosul] and the strongest was on #Mansour neighborhood and the fall of…

Summary

Published
7 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI519

Location

Mosul, Dur al Resala, Nineveh, Iraq
Nine members of a family were reported killed in an airstrike in ‘early to mid March’ including four children and three women. Amnesty International has published the following account: “Witnesses told Amnesty International that in early-mid March (they could not be certain of the exact date), a warplane hit two houses in al-Risala neighbourhood, near…

Summary

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

7 March 2017

Incident Code

CI520

Location

Mosul, al Amil, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 8, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no…

Summary

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

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI513

Location

محطة القطارٌ, Mosul, Central railway station, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and security sources reported that up to 33 civilians (mostly former Iraqi and police officers) died after Coalition airstrikes targeted the railway station at the right side of Mosul. The sources reported that the Coalition had ‘mistakenly’ targeted the train station, which killed up to 33 people (25 -33 civilians and eight ISIL…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
18–33
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI514

Location

الدواسة, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents sources said that between 41 and 52 civilians were killed, including 23 children and one woman, and more than 70 injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces struck civilian homes at dawn, at the right side of Mosul. Witnesses told Iraq News that there were “dozens of women and children…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
41–52
Civilians reported injured
70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI515

Location

النبي شيث, Mosul, Nabi Sheet, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 16 civilians were killed and dozens of others injured in violent clashes and airstrikes on Nabi Sheet neighbourhood. Mosul Ateka posted a photo (see below) of the aftermath, stating “This is the area of Nabi Sheet, the centre of Mosul city, and the main market for handicraft and construction...” A UN…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–16
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CS552

Location

كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and 12 civilians were reported to have died in Coalition airstrikes on the town of Kdeiran in western Raqqah. According to the Syrian Observatory, “four persons were killed including a man and his son in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition on areas in Kdiaran town west of al-Raqqah…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr042

Location

الصعيد, Said, Shabwa, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP training camp in a mountainous area of Saeed in Shabwa governorate, local residents told Reuters. Early on March 6th 2017, Elwatan News also indicated that, according to an Anatolia Agency report, a strike against a training camp in Saeed had taken place on that day.  The…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CS553

Location

الخاتونية, Khatouniya, Raqqa, Syria
A single source blamed the Coalition for the death of a woman and the injuring of four more civilians in the al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya areas. According to Smart News, “A local source said three raids affected the villages of al Khatouniya and al Salhabiya in the western countryside, killing a woman and wounding…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr041

Location

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen
A single source, Al-Masdar Online, alleged that a US airstrike killed Yasser Ali Abdullah al-Silmi, also known as Abu al Muhajir al Ebbi, in Qayfa, Bayda governorate, at dawn on March 6th 2017. A US Pentagon spokesperson, however, announced on March 6th that a US airstrike killed AQAP members Usayd al-Adani and Yasir al-Silmi in…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
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

6 March 2017

Incident Code

CI516

Location

حي الصمود, Mosul, Sumud, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed and more than 40 people were still under the rubble after a Coalition airstrike targeted the Sumud Quarter near the main generator. The Telegraph interviewed several witnesses, who reported: “The planes waited until one of the Daesh walked out into the street and then…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–55
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr043

Location

قيفه, Qayfa, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed in a US airstrike on March 6th in the Qayfa area of Bayda governorate. There are no known reports of associated civilian harm. On March 7th, Reuters reported local sources as saying that a US strike had killed three militants. Several local language Twitter sources also…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1936

Location

خضيرة, Khdeira, Hama, Syria
Two civilians, one child and one woman, were reportedly killed and another seriously wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck the village of Khadira, Hama, two local sources reported. An activist on the ground told Micro News that "the aircraft carried out raids on the village of Khadira in the area of Aqirbat (77 km east…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr044

Location

وادي يشبم, Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa, Yemen
Several sources reported that a US drone strike killed at least one alleged AQAP militant travelling in a car in Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa governorate, at 4pm on March 6th 2017. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. Casualty assessments varied.  According to Yemenat, the strike "resulted in the burning of the car" and…

Summary

Published
6 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 March 2017

Incident Code

CI511

Location

Mosul, Hal al Abar, Nineveh, Iraq
In a previously unreported incident, Amnesty field researchers spoke with survivors of a March 5th incident which left five non-combatants dead and five more injured – all from one family. The following unpublished report was shared with Airwars: “I survived an attack on 5 March. Our house was encircled by IS and ISF fighters, and…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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