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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

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 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

24–25 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

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

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

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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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CS721

Location

الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Hazimah, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that “a number of martyrs fell following Coalition raids on Hazima town north of Raqqa city.” Step News reported “more than nine raids north of Raqqa” including strikes on the outskirts of Hazimah but…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CS722

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians died and between four and 12 others were injured in an airstrike on Al Mayadeen, according to local media. Though most reports didn’t identify the culprit, two sources pointed towards the US-led Coalition. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition carried out after midnight…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

CI660

Location

17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that airstrikes on Tammuz (17 July) neighbourhood in West Mosul killed and injured forty civilians, in a dawn attack. Iraqyoon said that two neighbourhoods were hit, noting that “an aerial bombardment targeted the neighborhoods of July 17 ( Tammuz ) and al-Rifa’i, West Mosul.” Mosul News Agency blamed the Coalition. Other sources…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–40
Civilians reported injured
2–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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

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

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

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

RS2151

Location

مجبينة, Majbina, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
An unspecific number of civilians were injured - according to local sources - in an airstrike on Majbina, Aleppo. Two out of three sources blamed Russia for the raid. HalabnewsNetwork reported "warplanes" were to blame.  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

RS2153

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisir Al-Shoghour, Idlib, Syria
Eight civilians were killed - including two women and two children - and dozens were wounded, following an airstrike on Jisir Al-Shoghour, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes for the incident, however some remained impartial, and reported sighting an identified warplane. Step News reported that the vicinity which was struck housed Internally Displaced…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CS715

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that a likely Coalition strike “targeted an ambulance while it was heading to the National Hospital in Al Tabaqa, resulting in the death of the patient who was being transported, two nurses and the driver.” According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least five civilians died in what…

Summary

Published
22 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CS716

Location

مدرسة البحتري, Tabaqah, al Bahrari school, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, one civilian died and four others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Bahtari school. One other source, the Free Syria Army, also attributed the incident to the Coalition. It noted that “A civilian was also killed and four others were wounded after an aerial bombardment of…

Summary

Published
22 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CS717

Location

البارودة, Al Barouda, Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of a camp for internally displaced Syrians. Smart News reported: “A local source told the Smart correspondent that aircraft likely to be the international coalition shelled a camp for displaced people near the village of Al-Barda (20 km west of Raqqa), killing…

Summary

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

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CS718

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
Four internally displaced people were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Mansoura. The Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes likely belonging to the international Coalition launched raids on Mansoura town (27 km west of the city of Raqqa), targeting the Al In’aash building [previously a government medical centre, currently housing displaced persons],…

Summary

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

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CS719

Location

الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, two workers at the Al Halabi petrol station in the al Mansoura road died in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Al Rasafa. No further details are currently available.

Summary

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

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CI658

Location

17 تموز, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 59 civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens were injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling on 17 July neighbourhood, as well as on Old Mosul and a health centre in Oreibi neighbourhood, all in West Mosul. It was said that more than seven houses were destroyed “over the heads…

Summary

Published
22 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
59
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 April 2017

Incident Code

CI659

Location

Mosul, al Haramat, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on ISIS construction equipment, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian who was not observed during the engagement was unintentionally…

Summary

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

22 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2145

Location

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A family including three girls and a woman were killed, and 25 or more civilians were reportedly wounded, in an airstrike on Darat Izza, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some blaming the Syrian regime, while others blamed Russian warplanes. AMC did not attribute blame, but tweeted that a "military aircraft" struck the…

Summary

Published
22 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
12–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2146

Location

عابدين, Abidien, Idlib, Syria
As many as five civilians were killed - including four doctors - and others were injured, following an airstrike on a makeshift hospital in Abidien, local media reported.  Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed Russia, whilst others blamed the Syrian regime. Alarabiya news reported that it was either Syrian or a Russian warplane. A…

Summary

Published
22 April 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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