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April 4, 2019
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Ugunji, Lower Shabelle, SomaliaA ground operation struck a minibus carrying civilians, killing one woman and injuring up to six others, local media reported. While one source claimed that the attack was conducted by drone, others said it was a ground operation, involving Somali and possibly also US troops. AFRICOM later denied responsibility for civilian harm on the grounds
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April 2, 2019
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جبل العوينات, Jebel Uweinat, Al Kufrah, LibyaFour civilians were reported killed in an airstrike on Jebel Uweinat by an unknown belligerent. While the majority of sources said those killed were combatants, the Libya Observer said they were civilians. It said: “On another level, spokesperson of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled army, Ahmed Al-Mismari denied that the bombing was coordinated with their forces,
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April 1, 2019
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كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, SyriaOne adult male civilian died and up to four other civilians (including a father and his two children) were wounded in an alleged Assad regime or Russian artillery bombardment of Kafar Zeita on the afternoon of April 1st, local sources reported. According to Smart News, Russian forces conducted heavy artillery shelling on the cities of
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March 30, 2019
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مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, YemenThree alleged AQAP militants, including at least one leadership figure, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Bayda governorate on March 30th 2019. Though most suggested that the strike took place in Sama’a district, two sources, including Xinhua, instead located the strike in the Anah or Tayeb area of Dhi Naseem district. Sources,
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Incident date
March 29, 2019
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البيضاء, Al Bayda, YemenA US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no
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March 29, 2019
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البيضاء, Al Bayda, YemenA US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no
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March 28, 2019
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حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, YemenA US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America – one of six declared strikes that month. One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that “three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda
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Incident date
March 28, 2019
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معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, SyriaLocal media reported that four civilians including a woman were wounded when a cluster bomb that was dropped in a previous strike (the date unknown) exploded in Ma’aret al-Nu’man on March 28th. Sources were conflicted on whether the cluster bomb had originally been dropped by regime or Russian forces.
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Incident date
March 28, 2019
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خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, SyriaOne woman was injured in an alleged regime or Russian artillery strike on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. On March 28th, the Syrian Observatory said “that it had monitored more violations in the areas of the Russian-Turkish truce and surrounding areas” It added that it had “monitored intensive bombardment by regime forces with more than
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Incident date
March 27, 2019
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اللطامنة, Al Lataminah, Hama, SyriaOne adult male civilian was wounded in alleged regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al Lataminah, according to local media. The Smart News Agency, citing activists as its source, reported: “A civilian was wounded as a result of artillery shelling on the town of Latamna, north of Hama, the source of the Russian forces camp in
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March 27, 2019
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الشيخ نجار وقرب مطار حلب الدولي, Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport, Aleppo, SyriaBetween seven and 10 belligerents, specifically member of the Iranian forces and their loyal militias, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Israeli strikes on Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport around midnight between March 27/28, 2019. Euphrates Post reported “Israeli planes targeted midnight on Wednesday with violent raids in the vicinity of
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Incident date
March 26, 2019
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البيضاء, Al Bayda, YemenA US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 26th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all March 2019 strikes targeted AQAP. There were no other known local reports of a strike on that day according to our Arabic-language researchers,
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March 25, 2019
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معسكر الحازمية السلفي, Salafiya Al Hazmiya Camp, Al Bayda, YemenA number of US drone strikes reportedly targeted pro-government fighters in Hazmiya district in Bayda governorate, on March 25th 2019, killing at least five and injuring eight others. A few sources instead indicated that a UAE drone had conducted the strikes, and one suggested that a Houthi ballistic missile was responsible for reported casualties. Though
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Incident date
March 25, 2019
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البيضاء, Al Bayda, YemenA confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,
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March 25, 2019
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البيضاء, Al Bayda, YemenA confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,
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March 24, 2019
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الرطبة, Rutba, Al Anbar, IraqA girl was reported killed and a man injured when an airstrike was carried on a house in Al-Oudan district, north of Rutba, Anbar province, Iraq. The airstrikes were believed to be carried out by American forces. The other members of the family were reportedly arrested but the reason remains unknown. In July 2019 the
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Incident date
March 22, 2019
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مارب, Ma'rib, YemenA single local-language Twitter source, @wn4YYsr1zvokcHx, asserted that a US drone strike had killed seven AQAP militants travelling to Shabwa, on March 22nd 2019. No other known sources reported the strike, and there was no known indication of civilian harm. In a later press release and in comments to New America, US Central Command stated
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Incident date
March 22, 2019
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Bu'aale, Middle Juba, SomaliaA reported precision airstrike by an unidentified aircraft at Buaale, Middle Juba was said to have killed up to 50 fighters with local Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab – along with a named senior leader. The event was first reported by Kenyan media – though reports did not identify which nation had conducted the alleged
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Incident date
March 22, 2019
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كفريا والفوعة, Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, SyriaIn a major civilian casualty incident, which several sources referred to as a “massacre”, up to 28 civilians died and as many as 30 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on he town of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched “more than 15 successive airstrikes” on the town
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Incident date
March 15, 2019
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مخيم الباغوز, Al-Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, SyriaLocal sources reported that a family of five including three children were killed in alleged Coalition bombing in Al-Baghouz camp days several days before March 20th. The exact date they were killed remains unknown. Ahmad Abd Al Rzzaq said: “My cousin Louay Abdel Wahab Al-Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah and his wife Nadra Abdul Aziz Al Thabet
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Incident date
March 20, 2019
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الفقيع, Faqee’, Idlib, SyriaThe children Mariam, Fatima, Abdullah and Islam al Mer’e, IDP’s from Al Traimsa village in Hama, were killed alongside their father Ismail while their mother was injured in what was believed to be a Russian airstrike on their house in Al Faqee in Idlib, according to local media. The airstrike was reportedly conducted after midnight
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Incident date
March 20, 2019
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قرية بسيدا, Bsida village, Idlib, SyriaLocal sources reported that six Russian aircrafts carried out airstrikes on a number of villages in rural Idlib including Bsida village. One woman was reported injured in this particular village, while an airstrike on Al Faqee caused a number of fatalities and wounded civilians that Airwars documented in assessment R3397.
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Incident date
March 20, 2019
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الباغوز, Al Baghouz , Deir Ezzor, SyriaLocal sources reported the death of the young woman “Alaa Mahmoud Al-Shakran” displaced from the city of Palmyra, as a result of alleged Coalition on the town of Al-Baghouz on March 20th. According to a post by Revo.palmyra3, this brings the number of fatalities to four civilians displaced from Palmyra including two women and one
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Incident date
March 20, 2019
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Anbar, Al Anbar, IraqIn an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another near Anbar, Iraq. This was later confirmed to be a US action. As CJTFOIR’s June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition forces engaged in a small arms fire event. Regrettably, one civilian was
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Incident date
March 20, 2019
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بلدات متعددة في ريف إدلب, Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib, SyriaLocal media reported that Russian warplanes carried out strikes on a number of towns and villages in Idlib on March 20th and 21st, resulting in the death of up to five civilians. According to the Step News Agency, “Russia launched several air raids on the towns of Sheikh Mustafa and Basida and the outskirts of
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Incident date
March 19, 2019
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الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo local sources reported that two named civilians – Shaimaa Walid Al Turki and Rahaf Darwish – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died “as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft”. Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that
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Incident date
March 19, 2018
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زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, SyriaAn unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed or wounded in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the city of Zamalka on March 19th, 2018, according to local sources. @SYR_REV_NEWS reported “martyrs and wounded civilians as a result of warplanes raids with vacuum missiles on the cities and towns of Zamalka,
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Incident date
March 18, 2019
LOCATION
Laantabuur or Abdow Dibile, Lower Shabelle, SomaliaUp to four civilians were killed in a US strike in the Lower Shabelle region, international media and investigating NGOs reported from the ground, though US Africa Command claimed that the strike had only killed three “terrorists.” It later again officially denied causing any civilian casualties. Initially, allegations of civilian harm came from a Reuters
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Incident date
March 18, 2019
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الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAs the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant “massacre” in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to killing
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Incident date
March 17, 2019
LOCATION
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, SyriaLocal sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by “French artillery and SDF militia” which targeted