Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

CS363

Incident date

November 7, 2016

Location

northern countryside of Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three individuals were killed in a Coalition strike, local sources reported.

Euphrates Post said that international coalition strikes killed three individuals traveling in a car “in the desert of Al Raqqa.”. It identified the victims as being from Bokros in Deir Ezzor province though did not clarify if they were civilians.

The Deir Ezzor and Raqqa Legal Network also reported the same names, and said the three men had been killed by “coalition planes.”

The Syrian Observatory reported Coalition raids in the area, but did not cite casualties.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Al hajj Khalifa Abboud al Sharida
Adult male killed
Fawwaz Said al Habboud
Adult male killed
Mohammad Khalifa al Hamidi
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • One of the victims of the strike (via Euphrates Post)
  • One of the victims of the strike (via Euphrates Post)
  • One of the victims of the strike (via Euphrates Post)
  • Fawwaz al Haboud, Khalifa al Sharida, Mohammad al Hamidi (via Abu Abd al Aziz)

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition

For November 6th-7th, the Coalition reported no strikes near Raqqa, but reported “Near Ayn Isa, 16 strikes engaged 12 ISIL tactical units and destroyed six fighting positions, five vehicles, two VBIEDs, and a communications node”

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition

Sources (4) [ collapse]