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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1108
Location
ﺟﻨﺎﺓ, Janat, Al Hassakah, Syria
A family of six civilians were reportedly killed in airstrikes in Janat village, however assertions as to who was responsible were contested. Five sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. However @KhabourNews claimed that Russia was to blame.
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1282a
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Seven civilians died in air or artillery or mortar shelling of Raqqa, according to local media – though it was unclear who was responsible for their deaths. However, Hasaka Rasd also reported that mortars fell on Raqqa neighbourhoods on this day, meaning that these deaths may have been caused by SDF actions, for although Airwars…
Summary
Published
27 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1088
Location
near the new bridge, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 14 civilians were reportedly killed in or near the Al Hamwazi hotel near Raqqa’s new bridge, however it was not clear who was responsible. Two sources, Tal Abyad and Eye on Raqqa, alleged that the deaths were caused by mines that were detonated in the hotel by SDF militias and their reporting was…
Summary
Published
26 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1091
Location
Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria
At least five civilian males and as many as seven were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes near the Euphrates River in Raqqa. Local sources reported that the men were killed in airstrikes targeting their cars as they tried to retrieve water from the river. Raqqa has been suffering from intermittent and recurring water outages.…
Summary
Published
26 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2302
Location
ابو قاطور, Abu Qator, Homs, Syria
A single source reported that "activists pointed out that the raids targeted a prison near the village of Abu Qatour, belonging to the area of Jab Jarrah (about 55 km east of Homs), killing six members of the organisation and wounding four prisoners [civilians] who were transferred to hospitals in Deir Ezzor province." The source…
Summary
Published
25 June 2017
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1077
Location
نهر الفرات, Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilian males were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes near the Euphrates River in Raqqa. A number of local sources identified the victims. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that the men were killed in an airstrike on their cars as they tried to retrieve water from the river. Raqqa had been suffering from…
Summary
Published
25 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1082
Location
موحسن, Muhassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two women and four children, including a newborn baby, were reportedly killed and dozens of others injured in airstrikes in Muhassan, in the east of Deir Ezzor, but it was not immediately clear who was responsible. Euphrates Post and Sharqiya Voice reported that warplanes committed the “massacre” but did not say who they believed was…
Summary
Published
25 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1084
Location
القورية, Al Quoriya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two displaced families, made up of 10 to 13 civilians which included three women and seven children, were reportedly killed and others were injured in alleged airstrikes on two houses in Al Quoriya – though most sources alleged that the Coalition was responsible, one report from Step News Agency, pointed towards Russia. Sound and Picture…
Summary
Published
25 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2301
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
There were reports of unspecific numbers of civilian casualties in Akeirbat following airstrikes on the vicinity. @MasarPressNet attributed blame to "warplanes" who "launched several raids on Akeirabat". However, the Step News Agency reported that "Russian warplanes launched several raids targeting the area of Akeirbat and its environs in the eastern suburb of Hama [with] reports…
Summary
Published
24 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2017
Incident Code
ISSY001b
Location
البعث, Al Ba’th, Quneitra, Syria
Two people were killed in alleged Israeli strikes on Al Ba’th city on June 24, 2017. Sources were conflicted as to whether the people killed were civilians or members of the Syrian army. Khabar Agency reported that Israel struck Syrian army facilities after 10 shells were fired from the Syrian side of the border toward…
Summary
Published
24 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
23 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2300
Location
محيمدة, Muheimeda, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Sources on the ground reported that as many as 17 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, following airstrikes on Muheimeda in the early hours of the morning. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. The majority of sources attributed blame to the Syrian regime, others pointed to Russian warplanes, however there…
Summary
Published
23 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1059
Location
منطقة العبارات النهرية, Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria
Three or four civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on boats/ferries on the Euphrates River, according to local media. Both Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and Hasaka Rasd blamed the US-led Coalition. Besides the three named victims, there was reportedly another unidentified civilian victim who was working on the river ferry. According to RFS,…
Summary
Published
23 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1061
Location
المربع الامني (امن الدولة), Ar Raqqah: Amn Al Dawla (Security Box), Raqqa, Syria
According to Sharqiya Voice, “10 martyrs displaced from the province of Deir al-Azur died in the Amn Al-Dawla area in Raqqa, as a result of bombing by the international coalition aircraft.” Raqqa Post placed the death toll at seven. It is possible that this event is the same as a previous on June 21st, namely…
Summary
Published
23 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1066
Location
محيميدة, Mheimdeh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 17 civilians including women and children died in an airstrike on Mheimdeh, Deir ez-Zor, according to local media – though it was unclear who was responsible for the deaths, with many sources pointing towards Russia, some to the regime and others not identifying the culprit. Free Deir Radio put the death toll at…
Summary
Published
23 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 June 2017
Incident Codes
CS1055 RS2299
Location
Al Taybeh, Homs, Syria
One male baby was named as a victim of an airstrike on Raqqa by some local sources. However, this appears to have been a reporting error – with the child in fact likely to have been killed in a Russian, regime or Coalition airstrike on al Taybeh, east of Palmyra. MC Palmyra added that members…
Summary
Published
22 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1056
Location
الشواخ, Shawakj, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five civilians including two children and one woman died in “shelling” on Shawakj, Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources – though it was unclear who was responsible, with only one source attributing the event to Russia. Free Deir Radio referred to “shelling” but didn’t identify the culprit However, Hasaka Rasd blamed Russia for targeting “Harwil…
Summary
Published
22 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 June 2017
Incident Code
CI780
Location
الساعة, Mosul, Al Saaha, Nineveh, Iraq
A local Facebook page reported that Professor Ghanem Ismail Ahmed (Abu Nashwan) was killed by unspecified bombing in a house in which he had taken refuge, in Saaha neighbourhood in Old Mosul. He was a former head of the al-Thawra school, and of the Imam al-Satt Nafisa Mosque. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that…
Summary
Published
22 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 June 2017
Incident Code
CI781
Location
الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that eight civilians were killed as a result of mortar shelling on the market of liberated New Mosul neighbourhood. This happened near the Al-Taibat restaurant and next to the Fathi Al-Ali mosque in New Mosul neighborhood, in the western part of the city. It is presently unclear who was responsible for the…
Summary
Published
22 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 June 2017
Incident Code
TS085
Location
al Rawiya village, Ras al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of al Rawiya village, Ras al Ain, according to sources on the ground. Al Hassaka Rasd reported that "two women and a girl were injured by a shell fired from the Turkish side on the village of #Rawiya in the region of Ras al-Ain in the north-western…
Summary
Published
22 June 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1050
Location
النور, Al Nour, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that 18 civilians were killed and 10 others were injured following alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes and possible SDF mortar attacks in the Al Nour neighbourhood, near the Al Nour Mosque, in the northeast of Raqqa. All 12 sources who reported the incident alleged that a combination of Coalition airstrikes and…
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
18
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2295
Location
الجنينة, Al-Ginena, Al Hussan and Al Baghiliya villages, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded by alleged Russian warplanes on an airstrike in Al-Ginena, Al Hussan and Al Baghiliya villages. The source reported that "the aircraft bombed civilian houses in the villages of Al-Geneina, Hussan and Baghiliya (6 km west of Deir Al-Zour city),…
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2296
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
An unspecific number of civilians were killed and wounded in air and artillery strikes on the area of Akeirbat, including - according to Enabbaladi - the village of Abu Ramal. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. While most blame Russia, only one blamed the Syrian regime. According to sources, as many as…
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–24
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2297
Location
داعل, Dael, Daraa, Syria
Two adult males were killed, and as many as 30 civilians were wounded, following air and artillery shelling on Dael, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some blaming Russia, others blaming the regime. The Syrian Network for Human Rights pointed to the "Syrian-Russian alliance". Images show wounded civilians being…
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1054a
Location
Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", six civilians were 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 Amnesty, the strike occurred…
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2298
Location
الشيخ ياسين, Sheikh Yassin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As many as 10 civilians were killed, and 10 more were wounded, following in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Yassin. Sources all blamed Russian aircraft for the raids. According to sources, the vicinity was struck shortly before 2.30am, at "break-fast" during Ramadan. A residential neighbourhood was partially destroyed in the attack with RPG shelling, and…
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2017
Incident Code
CI777
Location
المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
Four named brothers and other family members were killed in an attack in Old Mosul. News of Iraq named four brothers – Othman, Bakr, Omar and Ali – who it said were killed along with “their entire family” by government shelling. See also incident CI778.
Summary
Published
21 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2294
Location
زملكا, Zamalaka, Damascus, Syria
At least two civilians were wounded following air and artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Zamalaka, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some sources attributing blame to Russia while others blamed the Syrian regime. Douma.Revolution published a video showing a man who was trapped under the rubble…
Summary
Published
20 June 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1044a
Location
المصرف التجاري, Commercial Bank, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
After midnight, alleged Coalition airplanes carried out a number of strikes on areas in Al-Mayadeen city which was under ISIS control at the time of the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the airstrikes targeted the area where the Commercial Bank is located and struck a house in which an Iraqi family…
Summary
Published
20 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2292
Location
جبل ركبة المرزوق, Rakbat Al Marzouk Mountain, Homs, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that four civilians were killed - including a woman and a child - and seven others were injured, following an airstrike on Rakbat Al Marzouk Mountain. Smart News reported on this incident twice, and blamed Russia in both instances. It added that the vicinity was under the control of ISIS.…
Summary
Published
20 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1044
Location
البصيرة, Al Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One woman died in an alleged Assad regime or Coalition airstrike on the cultural centre in al Basira, local media reported. Multiple sources – blaming the US-led Coalition – identified the female victim. However, RFS News blamed regime aircraft, while others like Syrian PC did not identify the perpetrator. According to Deirezzor24, she died as a result…
Summary
Published
20 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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