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Incident Date
25 December 2016
Incident Code
CI376
Location
البعاج, Al Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
Local media and the area’s MP reported that 20 civilians were killed and 55 injured after unknown aircraft targeted Al Baaj city west of Mosul. According to Zahid Kotuna, the elected MP for the area, an unknown warplane carried out a fierce air strike on the densely populated civilian town of Baaj 140 km west…
Summary
Published
25 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2016
Incident Code
TS031
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between two and three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Al Bab, Syria. Al-Bab Al-Hadath wrote on Facebook: "A woman died last night due to Turkish warplanes shelling in Al-Bab." Halab News, however, named two dead calling them both adult males. Aleppo AMC only reported artillery shelling but no victims. The Syrian…
Summary
Published
25 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1793
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and eleven civilians - six reportedly from the same family - were killed in an aerial bombardment which struck a residential neighbourhood in Al Atarib, Aleppo, local media reported. Dozens were also said to have been wounded in the strikes. Two men, two women and five named children were reported as killed by the…
Summary
Published
24 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–11
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1794
Location
العاكولة شرقية, Al A'kola al Sharqiya, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
As many as four civilians - including two girls and two women - were killed due to alleged Russian warplane shelling on Al A'kola al Sharqiya, Aleppo. Both sources blamed Russian warplanes. Must be noted the two children from the Zgeer family are also mentioned in RS1792, an airstrike on Al Atarib, Aleppo. It is unclear where…
Summary
Published
24 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 December 2016
Incident Code
CS421
Location
الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
An adult civilian male named as Awwad Al-Thallaj died when his vehicle was struck in a reported Coaltion airstrike at al Tabaqa. Raqqa is being Slaughtered noted the “Martyrdom of Awwad Al-Thallaj due to coalition warplanes shelling targeted his car near the Euphrate Damn near Tabaqa.” In an emailed response to a report submitted by…
Summary
Published
23 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2016
Incident Code
CS422
Location
سويدية صغيرة, Sweidah Sagheer, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians were reported killed and two or more injued following an alleged Coalition strike on Sweida Sagheer. Revolutionary Forces of Syria reported that “According to activists, a coalition raid in Sweida Sagheer killed three civilians and wounded others.” While other sources mentioned Coalition strikes on the village, none refered to civilian casualties. In an…
Summary
Published
23 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS420 TS030
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between 20 and 25 civilians died in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) raid on al Bab. According to ISIS’s media wing, “Turkish planes committed a new massacre in al Bab for the second day running – initial toll of 20 dead.” Umayya reported the death toll as being possibly even higher than 25: "The…
Summary
Published
23 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
20–25
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 December 2016
Incident Code
TS029
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between 23 and 94 civilians were killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Al Bab, Syria, according to local media. Al Jazeera reported the lowest death toll at 20 and refered to the ISIS media agency Al A'amaq as the source. Later Al A'amaq itself said the toll rose to 50. The Syrian Network for…
Summary
Published
22 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
23–94
Civilians reported injured
45
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2016
Incident Code
CS419
Location
جعبر, Ja'abar, Raqqa, Syria
Seven or more civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ja’abar during fighting for control of the town. According to LCCSY, “Civilian martyrs and wounded by the international coalition aircraft bombed on the outskirts of the village of #Ja’abar #Tabaqa city.” According to the Syrian Network, “six civilians died in International Coalition…
Summary
Published
22 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2016
Incident Code
TS028
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between seven and 15 civilians, most of them apparently from one family, were reported killed in a Turkish bombardment of Al Bab, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that "the city is witnessing massive bombardment by the Turkish forces leading to the death of seven, the majority of them from one family, the…
Summary
Published
21 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–15
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2016
Incident Code
CS418
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, al Thani, Raqqa, Syria
Four to five civilians were reported killed and ten injured in a Coalition airstrike on al Tabaqa. According to most sources a possible civilian woman, two men and two children died in the attack. According to ISIL’s media wing “a child and a woman and man [were] killed and 10 people injured as a result…
Summary
Published
20 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2016
Incident Code
TS027
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was reportedly killed in Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab, Syria. The Syrian Obsevatory of Human Rights reported: "A person was killed and others were wounded in shelling by the Turkish forces and the Euphrates Shield on areas in al Bab city, which is under the control of the 'Islamic State' in the…
Summary
Published
20 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2016
Incident Code
CI375
Location
شارع خالد بن الوليد, Mosul, Khalid Bin Al Waleed street / Al Masrif, Nineveh, Iraq
Seven civilians were killed in alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. ISIL-controlled Al A’amaq reported that seven people died in a US bombing at Khalid Bin Waleed Street on the eastern side of Mosul. At least three other outlets, including Al Kawaser reported identical reports, using the same language. A local source later named…
Summary
Published
20 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2016
Incident Code
CI374
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Farouk and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
More than 40 civilians were reported killed or injured due to shelling inside Mosul. Naynawaalghad TV cited what it said were medical sources in Mosul, who told the outlet that 41 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of artillery fire from an unknown source. The outlet noted that residents were forced to bury…
Summary
Published
17 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17–19 December, 2016
Incident Code
TS026
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
The ISIS propaganda outlet Al A'amaq reported that 22 civilians were killed and 53 injured as a result of Turkish artillery shelling and airstrike in Al Bab, Syria. It wrote: "22 dead and 53 injured among the residents of Al Bab who fell over the last two days following Turkish artillery and aerial bombardment." There…
Summary
Published
17 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
53
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS417 TS025
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Three unnamed civilian males were reported killed in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) action at al Bab. The Coalition later denied responsibility. According to Step News, “Turkish planes targeted al Bab, east of Aleppo, with three raids and there are news about casualties.” VDC later reported three unidentfied male civilian deaths – though said…
Summary
Published
17 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2016
Incident Code
CS415
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Sixteen child soldiers were killed in Coalition airstrikes at al Shadadi, according to a local source.
Summary
Published
16 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS416 TS024
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between eleven and 15 civilians were reported killed in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) action at al Bab. According to LCCSY eleven civilians died, “most of them killed in Coalition raids on al Bab.”However, the source had consistently denied civilian harm from Turkish actions during the al-Bab campaign. Al Bab News reported “more than…
Summary
Published
16 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2016
Incident Code
LC054
Location
قنفودة, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
Up to two civilians died and as many as three more were wounded in an alleged UAE airstrike on a residential area in Ganfouda, Benghazi, local media reported. Alnabaa tweeted that “a source from Ganfouda said the two were killed in a foreign bombing of a family home in the area”. According to Emhona “a…
Summary
Published
16 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2016
Incident Code
CI373
Location
أحياء النور والفلاح والقدس شر, Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, Iraq
More than a dozen civilians – and possibly more than 40 – were reported killed in eastern Mosul. Yaqein reported that 15 civilians were killed by a missile on the east side of Mosul, all from the same family – though a source it cited put the death toll lower, at 12. It did not…
Summary
Published
15 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 December 2016
Incident Code
TS023
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
The ISIS-affiliated media propaganda outlet Al A'amaq reported one civilian dead and others injured as a result of a Turkish bombardment of Al Bab. It wrote: "One person killed and eight injured following Turkish bombardment targeting al Bab in the Aleppo countryside this afternoon." There are no other known details at this time.
Summary
Published
15 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2016
Incident Code
CI372
Location
حي السكر, Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
Four civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition strike on al Sukkar, survivors told the US news magazine Buzzfeed. The alliance later accepted responsibility for the incident. Buzzfeed met with survivors in mid-2017, with the outlet later sharing its incident notes with Airwars: Eyewitness told journalist Mike Giglio when he met him at his…
Summary
Published
14 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1791
Location
المشهد, Al Mashad, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Up to ten people were injured in an air and artillery strike which struck a residential neighbourhood in Al Mashed, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. One attributed blame to both Russia and Syrian regime artillery. The other two remained impartial. There were no specific numbers of killed reported, however, the Step…
Summary
Published
14 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2016
Incident Code
TS022
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Several sources reported the targeting of civilian infrastructure by Turkish warplanes in Al Bab, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrote: "Turkish warplanes targeted the national hospital in the city of Bab in the north-eastern Aleppo countryside with several strikes, which is controlled by the Islamic State. No information about casualties so far." Khaled…
Summary
Published
14 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1792
Location
الزبدية, Al Zibdiya, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were reported as killed and wounded following an alleged air and artillery strike in Al Zibdiya, Aleppo. Two sources blamed Russian warplanes, whereas all others remained impartial. Step News Agency reported "Russian warplanes targeted with cluster bombs and missiles the Aleppo neighbourhoods of Al Zabadia, al Mashad, Salahudin, al Sukkari,…
Summary
Published
14 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2016
Incident Code
CI371
Location
حي السكر, Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local sources, up to 17 people were killed as a result of airstrikes on their homes in the Sukkar (Sugar) district, Mosul. The bodies were pulled from the rubble on January 8th, 2017. Airwars contacted the Canadian-based elder brother of the family, who provided 11 names, photos and ages of eleven victims. All…
Summary
Published
13 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–17
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS413 TS020
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Twelve civilians were killed and up to 30 injured at al Bab in what local sources claimed was a ‘Coalition’ strike, but which may have been a result of Turkish-ISIS fighting. Al A'maq, ISIS’s media wing, reported “12 dead and 30 injured, most of them women and children, following violent Turkish shelling with more than…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
20–30
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Codes
CS414 RS1788
Location
الرقة, al Dalla roundabout, Raqqa, Syria
A heavy air raid on Ar Raqqah left up to 36 civilians dead according to multiple reports. While most blamed Russia, there were some claims that the US-led Coalition was responsible. It has since denied involvement. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, the afternoon raids were concentrated mainly near the city’s al Dalla roundabout. Euphrates…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
18–36
Civilians reported injured
12–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Code
CI370
Location
حي الفلاح, Mosul, al Falah, Nineveh, Iraq
According to survivors, eight civilians died in a reported 2 pm following an alleged Coalition strike on Hay al Falah. Buzzfeed journalist Mike Giglio met with survivors in Mosul in early 2017. he provided this account to Airwars: Eight civilian relatives of Nawal Fathi Khala, born 1954, also known as Um Ghassan. Leg wounds to…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1789
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident widely reported as a sarin gas attack, between 20 and 102 civilians, including women and between five and 28 children, were killed and between 100 to 500 civilians were injured in airstrikes against the village of Akeirbat in the eastern suburb of Hama, according to local media. Sources were…
Summary
Published
12 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
20–102
Civilians reported injured
100–500
Military Actor
Russian Military
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