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(Previous Incident Code: S1590)
Local sources reported that three civilians were killed by ‘indiscriminate’ artillery shelling on the village of al Sayeh in southern Hasaka.
In a Facebook post, An Eye on al Hassaka identified “the Kurdish units” as the culprit, referring to SDF forces. This was reiterated by most sources. In addition to the three killed civilians, Al Araby al Jadid also reported a number of injured non-combatants, stating that “mostly children and women” were among the wounded.
Al Khabour also reported on the death of three civilians as a result of an artillery shelling on the same location, but did not relate the incident to the SDF. Moreover, Marsad al Hassaka and Zamanal Wasl reported artillery strikes that “targeted indiscriminately” and caused “the destruction of a number of villages and houses” but did not make mention of civilian casualties.
It is important to note that the SDF is not known to have had access to artillery, indicating a likely Coalition action. In its October 2018 civilian harm report the Coalition apppeared to reject responsibility for the event – though tagged the incident erroneously to June 6th.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Sayeh (السايح), for which the coordinates are: 36.021128, 40.910769