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Incident Date

28 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1292

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians died in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes on Raqqa, according to local media. @abumuazalraqqa and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that a Coalition airstrike was responsible for the death of Fathi al-Nusan. Initially the name 'Haj Ahmed Laila Salim Ali' was also reported in connection to this incident, but the name…

Summary

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

27 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1284

Location

سوق الهال القديم, Old Hal market, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians – a father and his three children – died in a “rocket attack” or artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Old Hal Market, local media reported – though it was unclear whether the Coalition or the SDF were responsible. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Majbil died in addition to three of…

Summary

Published
27 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1285

Location

Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria
Local media reported that two civilians were killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike struck the boat they were in on the Euphrates river as they attempted to flee to safety to Hawija al-Swafi.

Summary

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

27 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1285a

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", five civilians were 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. According to Amnesty field notes…

Summary

Published
27 July 2017
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 July 2017

Incident Code

CI815

Location

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
Residents and press sources said that 13 civilians were killed and others injured by alleged Coalition airstrikes which reportedly targeted houses in the Qaim district, west of Anbar. Yaqein reported: Coalition aircraft bombed areas in the city of Qaim (350 km west of Ramadi), causing extensive damage, a press source said in a statement. The…

Summary

Published
27 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1274

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An elderly male was killed following alleged aerial bombardment of Raqqa, according to local media. There are no other details available at this time.

Summary

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

26 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1275

Location

دوار الساعة, near Al Sa'a roundabout, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male died in an alleged Coalition air or artillery strike on Raqqa, according to multiple local sources. On July 29th, Palmyra Media Centre reported: “Anwar Mohammed Salim was killed several days ago in coalition forces near al Sa’aa roundabout and today the news of his death arrived.” Asfet Al Sahraa, posting in Martyrs…

Summary

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

25 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1267

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported the death of one male civilian. Reports said he was killed by artillery shelling. It is Airwars understanding that only the Coalition is using artillery in Raqqa. Other sources – all blaming artillery shelling for the man’s death – said that he had been captured by IS and detained for the past…

Summary

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

25 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1268

Location

حي الدرعية, Dari’eya, Raqqa, Syria
Seven civilians from the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Dari’eya neighbourhood. According to Baladi, the victims died when their home was struck by the Coalition. Shahbapress added that an unspecified number of other civilians were injured. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, who also attributed the event to the Coalition,…

Summary

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

25 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1269

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, near Al-Arbaeen Street, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least five civilians and possibly dozens more were killed and more than 17 wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Mayadin, according to local sources. 7al.net reported: “Saad al-Hamad, a resident of the city of Al-Mayadeen, told Al-Hilal’s website that the international coalition aircraft carried out more than four raids in the center of the…

Summary

Published
25 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–24
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1271

Location

ساحة شماس, Shammas Square, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Shammas Square in Raqqa. All sources blamed the Coalition for the victims’ deaths. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

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

24 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1261

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One male civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike Raqqa, according to local sources. Other reports (apparently drawn from the same source) said as many as 30 prisoners died. All reports blamed the Coalition and said that the victim – who was being detained by IS – died when an IS prison was struck.

Summary

Published
24 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 July 2017

Incident Code

RS2360

Location

الجاير, Al-Jaber/Al-Jayer/Albu Jabir , Raqqa, Syria
Six or seven civilians (six of whom were named by local media) died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al-Jaber, according to sources on the ground. Different reports named the location of the event as either Al-Jaber, Al-Jayer or Albu Jabir, however, it's Airwars' understanding that these names all signify the same place, and that the name…

Summary

Published
24 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1264

Location

صباح الخير, Sabah Al Kahir, Raqqa, Syria
According to Hasaka Rasd, “Coalition aircraft targeted a motorcycle driven by the young man Hussein al-Hassoun which led to his death, near the village of Sabah al-Alkhair, east of Raqqa, near the administrative border with Deir al-Zour”. Al Raqqa Ahlna also reported the victim’s death, however, the report was a carbon copy of that posted…

Summary

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

24 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1265b

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 an alleged Coalition artillery strike in Raqqa. Although Amnesty researched this incident on the ground, Airwars has decided to grade it "weak" due to the depth of material provided. According to the Amnesty report,…

Summary

Published
24 July 2017
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 July 2017

Incident Codes

CS1259 RS2359

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in an airstrike on Raqqa according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or Russia were to blame. Ahmad Shibli, Hasaka Rasd and @alhasakaalhadth blamed the Coalition for the victims death. However, according to Baladi, he was killed in a Russia strike. This…

Summary

Published
24 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1260

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported the death of a civilian male, who it was reported was displaced from Palymyra, following an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. Mohannad Al Hamad confirmed his uncle’s death on Facebook.

Summary

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

23 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1258a

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", one civilian was reportedly as 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…

Summary

Published
23 July 2017
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1253

Location

قرب مدرسة طارق بن زياد, Near Tariq Bin Ziad School, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 25 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the Tariq Bin Ziad school in Raqqa, according to local sources. Damaspost put the death toll as high as 25, reporting “sources said that the American coalition fighters directly targeted Tariq ibn Ziyad School of Raqqa city center, and…

Summary

Published
23 July 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
6–25
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 July 2017

Incident Codes

CS1257 RS2355

Location

الشميطية, Shumeteya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians from one family died (a father, his son and his daughter) and up to 20 more people were wounded in airstrikes in Shumeteya, according to local sources. No reports pointed directly at the Coalition – though several referred to unidentified “warplanes”. Other sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of…

Summary

Published
23 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1258

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple local sources reported that one young male civilian had died from injuries sustained in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. On July 31st, Palmyra Media Centre reported that “the body of Ahmed Mohammed Salim al-Sabta was found a week after he was killed by an air strike.” This would put the date of his…

Summary

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

23 July 2017

Incident Code

RS2357

Location

زور شمر, the town of Ma'dan and the village of Zour Shamr, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and nine civilians died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on the town of of Ma'dan and the village of Zour Shamr. According to Baladi, "Local media sources said Sunday [July 23rd] that Russian planes targeted camps for displaced people in the towns of…

Summary

Published
23 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
19–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 July 2017

Incident Code

RS2358

Location

الخضير, Kudeir, Hama, Syria
Between 10 and 15 civilians - most of them reportedly from the Al Mahmoud family - died and as many as 30 more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kudeir , according to local media. The lowest death count was given by Ahmad Shibli at 10 with dozens more wounded. But most other…

Summary

Published
23 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1249

Location

Abu Khasab checkpoint, 70 km northwest of Deir al-Zour, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that one man was killed and his son was injured by a landmine as they attempted to move from Deir Ezzor to Hasakah.

Summary

Published
22 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1286b

Location

Ar Raqqah: Museum square, Raqqa, Syria
Investigations for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org) reported that on July 22 nine members of the Al-Zanna family were killed in a coalition air strike while sheltering in a basement under a parade of empty shops in Museum Square. Hours later another Coalition air strike…

Summary

Published
22 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1252

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male died 24 hours after sustaining a shrapnel injury in Raqqa, according to local media. @AbuMuaazalraqqa reported that the victim died “as a result of being hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell fired by a SDF militia that targeted his home”. However air and artillery strikes were also reported in the vicinity…

Summary

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

22 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1286a

Location

ساحة شماس, Ar Raqqah: North of Shammas Square, Raqqa, Syria
A family of 15, including eight children and three women, died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their home in Raqqa, according to local sources. Reports – all of which pointed towards the US-led Coalition – named the victims as the Al-Zanna family. According to SHRC, they were displaced from the city of Tadef in…

Summary

Published
22 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1245

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in Raqqa following “bombing” and “shelling”, local media reported. Raqqa24 said that he died in “artillery shelling”. Other sources pointed towards the SDF. However Airwars understands that only the Coalition is using artillery at Raqqa.

Summary

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

21 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1246

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa according to local media. All sources blamed the Coalition, though offered little detail on the event.

Summary

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

20 July 2017

Incident Code

CS1241

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A 21 year-old man was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, according to local sources. Al Hasaka Rasd, Soheb1700 and Raqqa24 all blamed the Coalition for his death.

Summary

Published
20 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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