Conflict

U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq & Syria

Incident Code

CS1356a

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

Geolocation

35.945221, 38.991492
Accuracy: Exact location (via Airwars)

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty.

The report stated that “Kheder Ibrahim Khalaf was killed in an artillery strike on the house where he was sheltering.”

He was reportedly killed near the Safa Mosque, however no precise location has been confirmed.

Yahia, brother of the victim and survivor of the strike told Amnesty in a testimony that “His six-year-old daughter, Manar, had been injured by a mine about one month earlier when they were trying to leave the city. He left five children, the youngest was born after he died.”

Victims

Individuals

Kheder Ibrahim Khalaf
32 years old male killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Man
Civilians reported injured
1

Geolocation Notes

Before strike. (via Amnesty)

After strike. (via Amnesty)

Military Statements

U.S.-led Coalition Assessment
Suspected belligerent
U.S.-led Coalition
U.S.-led Coalition position on incident
Not yet assessed
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
Not yet assessed.