Incident date
June 13, 2017
LOCATION
بقرص تحتاني, Bokros Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAt least one civilian was killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Muntafa’a neighbourhood in Bokros Tahtani, to the east of Deir Ezzor. One local source, Qasioun, reported that two civilians were killed, meanwhile, Step News Agency reported that three people died as a result of the airstrikes, but were
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Incident date
June 13, 2017
LOCATION
كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, SyriaA civilian family of five was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a village in Raqqa. Habib al Mustapha al-Abdullah, his wife and their three daughters were the victims of the strikes, according to a number of local sources. The family’s son Zakaria Habib al Abed Lillah also reported the deaths via Facebook,
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Incident date
June 13, 2017
LOCATION
ذيبان, Ziban, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians died and several more were injured when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit a water crossing in Ziban town, according to local media. Sana reported that the crossing was “used by residents to reach their agricultural land on the banks of the river”. All sources blamed the Coalition.
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Incident date
June 13, 2017
LOCATION
البرك, Raqqa, Burak area (location unknown), Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian, named as Mohammad Qassem al Kibba, was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local sources. Ahmad al Shibli, Q_Alenzy, 24Raqqa and Hammadi Al Hammadi all blamed the Coalition. Hammadi Al Hammadi said that the victim died in the Burak area.
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Incident date
June 12, 2017
LOCATION
البورصة, Mosul, Borsa, Nineveh, IraqSeveral local press sources said that twelve civilians – all from the same family – died as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on their house in Borsa neighbourhood in Central Mosul. The sources reported that most victims were women and children. The twelve victims were all members of the Abdul Aziz Alnomah family.
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Incident date
June 12, 2017
LOCATION
الطب الحديث, Al Toubb al Hadith, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian, Mohamamd al Ismail Al Abd al Dhaher, was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Toubb al Hadith area of Raqqa, according to local sources. Both Q_Alenzy and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed the Coalition. Other sources reported Coalition airstrikes in the area, with Alquds saying that Coalition jets “destroyed
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Incident date
June 12, 2017
LOCATION
حي المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, SyriaOne child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling, according to local media. The victim was named by multiple sources as Laith Omar al Haram. According to the Step News Agency, “international Coalition aircraft targeted the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the city with a large number of raids and targeted the outskirts
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Incident date
June 12, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaHussein al-Ali was named by three sources as a victim of artillery shelling or raids by three local sources – though reports didn’t identify the culprit.
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Incident date
June 11, 2017
LOCATION
حويجة السواقي, Hawija al Sawafi, Raqqa, SyriaAt least two civilian men and as many as five people were killed in artillery shelling on the village of Hawija al Sawafi in Raqqa governorate. Syria Mirror, a pro-Syrian government source, alleged that the Coalition was responsible and reported the higher casualty rate whereas the two remaining sources – Abu Muaaz and Raqqa is
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Incident date
June 11, 2017
LOCATION
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaHashim Abdul Fattah Al-Ali, eight or 12-years-old, died of a heart attack after he was said to have heard a nearby Coalition airstrike in Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, local sources reported. Aletihadpress put Hashim’s age at 12 years, reporting that “according to local sources, 12-year-old Hashim Abd al-Fattah al-Ali was sitting with his family in
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Incident date
June 11, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaBetween four and five civilians died and another six were wounded in Coalition airstrikes and an artillery bombardment on Raqqa, according to local sources. According to Shaam, “Violent battles continue in and around the city of Raqqa between the state organization [IS] and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during which the SDF was able to
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Incident date
June 11, 2017
LOCATION
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, IraqMultiple local sources reported that Iraqi forces found a child alone in a house in Zanjili neighbourhood, who had survived the shelling while his entire family was found dead inside. @nbras_almamory said “US planes” were responsible for the strike. Other sources, however, did not say who carried out the raids.
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Incident date
June 11, 2017
LOCATION
المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City neighbourhoods, Nineveh, IraqMultiple local sources, as well as sources in the Iraqi army, reported that dozens of civilians were killed or injured in the fighting for the liberation of Shifa, Zanjili and Health neighbourhoods in Old Mosul. Alaraby news said that Iraqi forces allegedly used heavy shelling and air strikes on the area in an attempt to
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
near Sina’a neighborhood, Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on December 28th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm. According to the Coalition report, “87. June 10, 2017 near Sina’a neighbourhood, Raqqah, Syria via a regional humanitarian report. After a review of available information and strike video, it was
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA six-year-old girl, Raghad Badi’ al Suleiman, died of a heart attack after she heard the sound of warplanes circling the sky in Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, multiple local sources reported. While reports didn’t identify who the planes belonged to, the Coalition was said to have conducted heavy raids on the city that day. According to
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Raqqah, al Qadisiyyah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Syria” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “ 104. June 10, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via NGO report: The report contains insufficient information of the
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA member of ISIL was killed along with his wife and two children in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor according to local media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the victims died “when the rubble of a building fell on them while they were trying to get away in
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
حي الدرعية, Dar'iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaInitially, this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 civilians, including a maximum of 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
شارع النور, Al Nour Mosque, Raqqa, SyriaInitially this incident was reported on by several local sources as alleged Coalition airstrikes in the area behind Barazi pharmacy, near Al Nour mosque in the city of Raqqa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed “international coalition raids and Kurdish militia artillery”, and put the death toll at more than 33, with dozens more wounded.
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
البورصة, Mosul, Borsa, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources reported that 18 civilians from four named families – mostly children and women – died under the rubble. An airstrike reportedly hit their homes in the Borsa area in the centre of Mosul. It is presently unclear who was responsible for the airstrikes. Sawlf Ateka, a local Facebook page, launched an appeal to
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, IraqMultiple local sources said that more than 13 members from one family were “scattered under the rubble” of their houses in Shifa neighborhood, in the centre/ west of Mosul. Unidentified aircraft had allegedly hit the houses. Sawlf Ateka, a local Facebook group, said that Abdullah al-Mazouri had died in the raids (see photo below). In
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Incident date
June 10, 2017
LOCATION
حي الدرعية, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaInitially, this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 civilians, including a maximum of 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
السباهية, Western neighbourhoods, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 17 civilians died in various neighbourhoods across Raqqa in either Coalition airstrikes or artillery shelling, local media reported. According to Baladi, “Coalition aircraft launched several air raids on the city of Raqqa, including more than ten raids where the coalition used white phosphorus bombs, banned internationally, for the second day in a row.
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
لطيران, Al Tayara, Raqqa, SyriaTwo local sources reported the death of Qusay Khalil al-Nahar – “from the clan Albograda” – in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. While Mr al-Nahar’s death was reported on June 16th, family members contacted by Airwars indicated that his death was around June 9th, at al Tayara in the Raqqa countryside.
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
مفرق الجزرة, Al Jazra junction, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians including two children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Jazra junction, according to local media. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of a young girl named Rama Mohammed al-Hammad and the wife of Ahmed Yahya al-Hammad in air raids on Jazra junction. It didn’t say who was responsible, however, the
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
حي الدرعية, Dir'iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaAn August 2017 Amnesty International report documented the death of 27-year-old Kuteiba, who was killed in the Dir’iya neighbourhood in Raqqa city on June 9th. Intissar, who had already told Amnesty researchers about the killing of her father the day before (see above), stated that her brother was killed “in the street near the mosque
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
سيف الدولة, 23rd February road junction / Saif al Dawla, Raqqa, SyriaLocal sources named Hassan Aliya aka Abou Ammar as dying from wounds sustained in “artillery shelling” at the junction of 23rd February Street and Saif al Dawla Street. Sources did not identify who was responsible for the shelling, however, the Coalition has informed Airwars that the SDF is not using artillery (only heavy mortars).
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
Western neighbourhoods, Raqqa, SyriaTwenty-one civilians reportedly died and 19 more were wounded in Coalition airstrikes and/or artillery shelling by unidentified parties in Raqqa, local media said. The IS media agency, A’maq, published videos reportedly showing the shelling and aftermath of US strikes using white phosphorous on “neighbourhoods and markets” in the city. The videos are however no longer
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
جديد عكيدات, Jadid Akeidat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAs many as eight civilians, as well as six named which including medical personnel died, and others were wounded in an airstrike on Jadid Akeidat village, Deir Ez-Zour, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition, the Syrian regime or Russia were responsible for the attacks. Sources reported
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Incident date
June 9, 2017
LOCATION
Raaqa, Raqqa, SyriaIn 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. According to the report “Iman al-Joumaa,