Civilian Casualties

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, four 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 the Amnesty and Airwars’s

Summary

(1 child2 men)

Ar Raqqah: near Omar Bin Al Khattab mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were killed in Coalition artillery strikes. The Coalition conceded a total of eight deaths and 24 injuries clustered across CS965, CS965a and CS965b. To avoid triple counting, the official OIR tally is only counted in CS965. These civilians were initially listed as being victims of an airstrike which killed eight civilians from three

Summary

7 – 9

(3 children3 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

12–24

Cause of injury / death

Known belligerent

13 named, 4 families identified

Ar Raqqah: near Omar Bin Al Khattab mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A female child was killed by artillery shelling from the US-led Coalition. The Coalition later conceded a total of eight deaths and 24 injuries clustered across this event and CS965 and CS965b. To avoid triple counting, the official OIR tally is only counted in CS965. This civilian was initially listed as killed in an airstrike

Summary

12–24

1 named, 1 familiy identified

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A 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

Summary

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A 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

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

حي الدرعية, Dar'iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Initially, 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

Summary

(3 children5 women)

سيف الدولة, 23rd February road, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including four from the same family died and several more were injured in what appears to have been an artillery bombardment, according to local sources. Multiple reports said that the Thalji building on 23 February Street was hit by shells. Most sources referred to “shelling” and “artillery” but didn’t name the culprit. While

Summary

4 – 5

(3 children1 man)

Known belligerent

شارع النور, Al Nour Mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Initially 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.

Summary

5 – 33

(1 child2 women)

12–24

البورصة, Mosul, Borsa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local 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

Initially 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 cilivilians, including a maximum or 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty

Summary

(2 children4 women1 man)

الصناعة, Ar Raqqah: Sina'a neighbourhood (Mukhtalata, unknown location), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eight civilians including four children and two women died in a declared Coalition airstrike on the al Mukhtalata area in Raqqa’a al Sina’a neighbourhood, local media reported. According to the Syrian Press Center, “Coalition forces continue to commit the worst massacres against civilians in the city of Raqqa, under the pretext of eliminating terrorism. A

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(4 children2 women2 men)

Cause of injury / death

9 named, 1 familiy identified

مفرق الجزرة, Al Jazra junction, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three 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

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

شارع النور, Al Nour Mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Ten people were killed in a double airstrike on two adjacent buildings behind Barazi pharmacy, near Al Nour mosque in the city of Raqqa. Some of their names were initially reported on by several local sources (RBSS, RFS, Step News Agency) in connection to incident CS955a. During investigations of this event for the April 2019

Summary

(4 children2 women4 men)

9 named, 2 families identified

شارع النور, Al Nour Mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five people were killed due to an airstrike that destroyed their home near the Al Nour mosque. Some of their names were initially reported on by several local sources (RBSS, RFS, Step News Agency) in connection to incident CS955a. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in

Summary

(2 children2 women1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah: Mr. Sufi's bakery, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An August 2017 Amnesty International report stated that a civilian casualty incident occurred in Raqqa on June 8th–9th, killing 6 civilians including 1 or more children and 2 women. Mohammed, who also witnessed the airstrike mentioned in incident S823c, described to Amnesty’s field researchers that another bombardment struck a tent near a biscuits bakery. The

Summary

(1 child2 women)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حريشة, Harisha, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that “warplanes – likely to be Russian – launched a phosphorous bomb attack on the village of Al-Huraisha, near Aqirbat (about 67 km east of Hama), killing three civilians from one family, including a child.” There were no reports of wounded and no other details at this time.

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جب الجراح غنيمان, Ghneiman village, Jeb al Jrah district, 55 km east of Homs, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians died, including a woman and a child, and six other non-combatants were wounded in an airstrike on Ghneiman in Homs, according to local media. Only one source, the Smart News Agency, pointed to Russia as the “likely” culprit; the other reports didn’t apportion blame of this event. According to the Smart News Agency,

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Russian Military, Unknown

عقيربات , Akeirbat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and her child – both named – died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Akeirbat, according to local media. According to the Facebook group ‘Local council of Akeirbat and its countryside’, “\our air raids on the village of Akeirbat by Russian aircraft led to the martyrdom of a woman and her daughter as

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and 13 civilians including three children and one woman from the same family died in airstrikes and/or rocket strikes on different locations in Raqqa, local media reported. While reports blame the Coalition, many also pointed towards artillery shelling by both US forces and Kurdish units. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently published “photos showing

Summary

7 – 13

(3 children1 woman1 man)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

حطين, Hitten farm, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to eight civilians from several families died at Hitteen farm, local media reported. While most sources blamed a Coalition airstrike, one source said that a landmine was responsible for the deaths. Al Hassaka Rasd reported three members of the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike near Hitten farm. According to RFS, “Five

Summary

3 – 8

(2–4 children1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الجسر القديم, Old Bridge, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 30 civilians died and many more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a gathering of civilians near boats which they were going to use to ferry them across the Euphrates River as they attempted to escape Raqqa, multiple local sources reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that at least

Summary

11 – 30

(1 child5 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

7 named, 1 familiy identified

عقيربات أبو حواديد , Abu Huwadid village near Akeirbat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Between ten and 15 civilians died, including ten or 11 from the Bakhour family, in an alleged Russian airstrike on their home in Abu Huwadid village near Akeirbat, according to sources on the ground. Sources attributed the blame to Russia. The Local council of Akeirbat and its countryside on Facebook said that the only survivor

Summary

(3–5 children1–4 women6 men)

10 – 15

10 named, 1 familiy identified

طفس , Taftas town, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the killing of between four and 14 civilians, including children, and the wounding of up to 31 more in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on civilian areas of the city of Tafas. Some sources reported that two more civilians succumbed to their wounds after treatment in medical facilities. The Syrian Network

Summary

4 – 14

(1–3 children)

2–31

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

11 named, 1 familiy identified

عقيربات حماده عمر, Hamada Omar, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Hamada Omar, according to sources on the ground. Most sources blamed Russia, though Orient said that the regime had also carried out strikes on Hamada Omar. @almntserbalaah and Shahbapress said that a child was killed, while Shahbapress

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

حي الدرعية, Dar’iya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including one child and two women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Dari’ya, according to local media. Radio AlKul reported that four people from one family were killed in a Coalition raid. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “a woman, her daughter and her mother were killed as a

Summary

(1 child2 women)

رسم العالي, Rasim Al Aa’li village, Akeirbat area, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that an alleged Russian warplane struck the village of Rasim Al Aa’li in the Akeirbat region in eastern Hama by warplanes, killing three civilians and injuring three civilians. Smart News reported that a woman and two children were killed and that another three civilians were wounded, some of whom were in critical

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

حاوي الهوى, Hawi al Hawa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and eight non-combatants died in a casualty event in Hawi al Hawa, local media said – though reports were conflicted as to whether the cause of death was a Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling by the US or SDF. According to the Smart News Agency, “Coalition forces raided the village of Hawi al-Hawa,

Summary

5 – 8

(3 children1 woman)