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Incident Date

20 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1430

Location

Sooq Al-Hall, Raqqa, Syria
Local media reported a family of five, including children and three women, were killed following US-led Coalition airstrikes, near the market in Sooq Al-Hall, Raqqa. The child, Saleh Fawaz Ahmad al Abdullah (pictured), and his family were killed after “Coalition warplane missiles fired on the old al Hal Market area south of Raqqa City” according…

Summary

Published
20 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1399

Location

السخاني, Ar Raqqah: Sukhani neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
On January 31st, several local sources reported on the exhumation of the bodies of Mahmoud al-Dalli Abu Riyad (nicknamed Mahmoud al-Iraqi), his wife Suad al-Bayati and his daughter Mariam al-Dalli. According to most reports, the family was killed in a bombing by the “international Coalition”. It is currently unclear at what specific date during the…

Summary

Published
20 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 August 2017

Incident Code

RS2404

Location

ابو شهري, Abo Shahri, Raqqa, Syria
Between five and seven civilians from one family were killed, including three women and three children, following airstrikes on Abo Shahri. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the raids, except the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who blamed Russian and Syrian regime shelling. There were no reports of any injured civilians. According to the Syrian…

Summary

Published
19 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1389

Location

Al Jazza'a, Al Hassakah, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident, between 15 and 41 people reportedly died following an alleged US-led Coalition strike on Al Jazza’a [or al-Helo] village. The civilians were leaving Asr prayer at the village mosque when they were hit, local media sources reported. According to Hasaka Rasd and multiple other sources, “the village was not…

Summary

Published
19 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
21–41
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 August 2017

Incident Code

CI827

Location

Akashat, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local press and other sources reported on the death of three civilians, all from the same family, in airstrikes on Al Rutba, 420 km west of Baghdad. According to Amad Al-Dulaimi, the mayor of Ar Rutba, the family was killed following a bomb dropped by an unknown aircraft. Sahafaty News also quoted the mayor who…

Summary

Published
18 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1385

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local media sources reported on the death of up to 46 civilians and 60 others wounded following suspected Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa over the previous 48 hours. According to a report by the Thiqa Agency the “shelling focused on civilian homes and residential neighbourhoods”. These are general numbers and it is likely that they will…

Summary

Published
18 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
39–46
Civilians reported injured
60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1380

Location

Mu'awiya school/Mal'ab Al-Aswad area, Raqqa, Syria
Thirty civilians including up to 13 children and three women from three families died and dozens more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling on Raqqa, according to local sources. Reports said that the entire Al-Sayer Al-Enezi family died in the strike – along with multiple members of other families. There was, however,…

Summary

Published
17 August 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
12–36
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1375

Location

West of Mu'Taz Street, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 30 civilians including women and children died and dozens more were wounded in a Coalition airstrike on the area west of Al-Mu’taz Street in Raqqa, according to local media. The Coalition later confirmed having unintentionally injured two civilians in this strike. All sources attributed the event to the US-led Coalition, with a number…

Summary

Published
16 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
13–30
Civilians reported injured
12–36
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1377

Location

Wahda, Nahda and Bedu areas, Raqqa, Syria
Between 14 and 17 people were killed, and 30 to 74 injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local media said. According to reports, the neighbourhoods of “Wahda and Nahdha and the Bedu” were targeted. Raqqa24 tweeted that the civilian deaths were a result of “bombing by Coalition aircraft” and SANA, the Syrian Arab News…

Summary

Published
16 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
14–17
Civilians reported injured
30–74
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16–17 August, 2017

Incident Code

USSOM087-C

Location

Sheikh Ahmed Yare, 15 miles from Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
Seven civilians from the same family including a wife and husband died in US airstrikes which reportedly hit civilian homes near Jilib, according to two reports. The victims are named below. The US announced it carried out a series of attacks between August 16th and 17th, allegedly killing up to seven al Shabaab fighters. However…

Summary

Published
16 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
7
Military actors reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

16 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1442

Location

23 Shubat Street, Centre, Raqqa, Syria
Ten civilians from one family, including six women and two children, were reported killed following airstrikes by the US-led Coalition according to local sources. Reports said the strikes hit a residential building in the city of Raqqa in which the family were located, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named the victims. Syrianpc said an unknown…

Summary

Published
16 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1373

Location

Baladi Stadium and Muawiya School District, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and ten people were reported killed including 2 or more children, in an “aerial bombardment” on the city of Raqqa. At present nearly all of the sources allege that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the incident. Significant material destruction was caused to the Baladi Stadium area and the School District of Muawiya…

Summary

Published
15 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1372b

Location

al-Badu, Raqqa, Syria
In this single-source event, a family of five, including two children and one woman, were killed as alleged Coalition airstrike hit a house in which the family had sought shelter in, in al-Badu, Raqqa, Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality, reported. Amnesty's field researcher reported that the family was…

Summary

Published
14 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1372a

Location

al-Badu , Raqqa, Syria
According to several local sources and field research by Amnesty International, a mother and her three children were killed in al-Badu, Raqqa, as an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their building. Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality found that  "a double air strike killed nine civilians from two families…

Summary

Published
14 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1368

Location

فردوس, Ar Raqqah: Fardous neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Twelve civilians died and six more were wounded in Coalition air or artillery strikes on Raqqa, according to local media. The action was later confirmed to be a British airstrike. In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: "Coalition aircraft engaged ISIS fighters utilizing a mortar system in a building used as…

Summary

Published
13 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13–18 August, 2017

Incident Code

CS1429b

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Some of the names in this incident were initially reported by several sources under incident number CS1429a (Amjad Ahmed Taha Al-Suwairi, Mohammed Ayman Sweiri and Ahmad Taha Al-Omar Al Suweiri). During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org), Amnesty field researchers were…

Summary

Published
13 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1362a

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", one civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strikes 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"Mohannad Mohammed…

Summary

Published
10 August 2017
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1362

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians including one child died in an airstrike on Raqqa, local media reported. Among sources blaming the Coalition were the Step News Agency and Al Hassaka Rasd.

Summary

Published
10 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1359

Location

بلدة الطيبة, Al Tayba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two children were killed and many others wounded in strikes on al Tayba village, according to numerous local sources. At present it is unclear who was responsible for the incident; some sources have cited Russia and the regime, whilst others held the Coalition suspect. A Tweet by @palestinedam said that “the death of a child…

Summary

Published
9 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
31
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1361

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Orient news and Smart news reported the death of as many as ten civilians and wounding of others in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa’s Tawasu’iya, Fardous, and Bedo neighbourhoods. Amnesty has since conducted field research in Raqqa and we understand that this figure might possibly be lower than first reported.  There was, however, uncertainty over…

Summary

Published
9 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1354

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
It was reported by local sources that a woman named Reham Abdul Aziz Al-Taha and all her children were killed in alleged US-led Coalition strikes on the city of Al-Raqqa. Sources did not state how many children have died. In a Facebook post by Sdc Palmyra it was asserted that the family comprised of displaced…

Summary

Published
8 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1356

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two children were killed and up to 40 other civilians injured (mostly women and children) in airstrikes on the city of al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. The offensive struck the Fatima Al-Zahraa Women’s Hospital. It is not wholly clear at present who was responsible. Jisirtv news cited an A’amaq’s agency report which blamed…

Summary

Published
8 August 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
25–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1352

Location

Hisham ibn Abdul Malik, Raqqa, Syria
Twenty two civilians including 15 women reportedly died and dozens wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes behind al-Andalus bakery in the city of Al-Raqqa. There is - according to research done by Amnesty and Airwars - no precise location for the building. According to a tweet from @PalmyraRev1 it was mostly “women, children and the elderly”…

Summary

Published
7 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1342

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple local sources reported that Baraa Abdullah al-Haddad and his son were killed in an “airstrike”. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
7 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1351

Location

Road from Al Mayadin to Damascus, Homs, Syria
Local sources reported the death of a young girl, Rawan Abdul Qader al-Wahid. She was said to be travelling between the cities of Mayadeen and Damascus when she died. At present the cause of death is unclear and sources are not attributing the event to airstrikes or to any specific actors.  

Summary

Published
7 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1336

Location

حي الاماسي, Al Amassi, Raqqa, Syria
Two adult male civilians and up to two children were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their home in Raqqa’s al Amassi neighbourhood, local media reported. In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: "Coalition aircraft engaged an ISIS headquarters multistory building. Regrettably, four civilians were unintentionally killed and two civilians…

Summary

Published
6 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 August 2017

Incident Codes

CS1339 RS2390

Location

دوار البكرة, Al Mayadin, al Bakra roundabout, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian girl  was reported killed after air strikes during the night, near Ali Bin Abi Taleb mosque in Deir Ezzor. At present there is a single allegation in a Smart report against the US-led Coalition, though this is contested in a Facebook post by Free Deir Ezzor which attributed the strikes to “Russian criminal…

Summary

Published
6 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 August 2017

Incident Code

RS2389

Location

بداما, Bdama, Idlib, Syria
One child was killed when a cluster bomb dropped in a previous airstrike exploded in Bdama, local media reported. EdlibEMC said that the bomb was dropped by Russia, though the other sources didn't identify the culprit. It was not clear when the munitions was dropped.

Summary

Published
5 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1333

Location

السفارنة, Al-Safarna, Raqqa, Syria
At least five civilians including two children and a woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Al-Safarna neighbourhood, according to local media. According to Zamanalwasl, “five civilians from one family, including two children and a woman, were killed as a result of a bombardment by the international coalition forces targeting al-Safarna neighborhood east…

Summary

Published
5 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 August 2017

Incident Code

CS1327

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 17 civilians including women and children died and 10 more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, according to local media. Most sources put the death toll at six with 10 more injured and blamed a “US bombing” of Raqqa neighbourhoods. However, on August 5th the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights “documented…

Summary

Published
4 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–17
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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