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(Previous Incident Code: S169)
Multiple civilian sites in the city were allegedly targeted by Coalition F-16s and F-15Es according to reports, reportedly leading to the deaths of 12 civilians.
According to the Damascus Center, “According to field information, the raids were carried out by white and blue/gray fighter planes on civilian areas inhabited by displaced persons from Dayr ez Zawr, Aleppo and Hassakah. Those areas struck included:
– Ina’ash al Reef clinic – the only health center in the city of Shadadi
– Al Tahrir secondary school
– A’llawi al Saleh school for basic education
– Mohammad al Faress school for basic education.
– al Amal school for basic education.
– The municipal building and the building of the former Socialist Arab Baath Party operating in the town
– The former Building Directorate of the region (of the internal security forces in Syria)”
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition said there was not enough evidence showing civilians were killed: “Feb. 18, 2016, near Al Shadadi, Syria, via Airwars report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Shadadi (الشدادي), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.056316, 40.730438. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.