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(Previous Incident Code: S1246)
Five family members of a ‘Kazakh ISIS fighter’ (a woman, her two sons and one daughter) died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Fardous in Raqqa, according to local media.
Smart reported that “a local source told Smart that the family was made up of a woman and three of her children, and including a girl. The father, a member of the organisation [IS] was still fighting against the Syrian Democratic Forces (Qusd) on the city’s Traffic Street.”
According to Beirut Press and Smart, the fighter and his family were originally from Kazakhstan.
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Reports of the incident mention Traffic Street (شارع المرور) and the Fardous or Paradice area (الفردوس). The coordinates for the midpoint of Fardous area (الفردوس) are: 35.954025, 39.006268. Airwars cannot geolocate Traffic Street (شارع المرور), however, is aware of an Hadika Al Mororia or Traffic Park (الحديقة المرورية).
What Airwars understands to be the midpoint of Fardous area (الفردوس) and the location of Hadika Al Mororia or Traffic Park (الحديقة المرورية). The boundary of Fardous (الفردوس) area is unclear.
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