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Incident Date
29 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1296 RS2376
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Six civilians died and 10 more were wounded in airstrikes on Abu Kamal, according to local sources. While the majority of reports blamed the US-led Coalition for the airstrikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it was unclear whether the Coalition or Russia were responsible. The Coalition later confirmed having unintentionally killed three…
Summary
Published
29 July 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1288
Location
بلدة الطيبة, Al Tayba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to nine civilians, many from the same family, died in airstrikes which reportedly hit civilian homes in Al Tayba, according to local media. While most sources pointed towards the Coalition, a number did not identify the warplanes responsible, while one report alleged that the Assad regime was to blame. 7al provided the most detail…
Summary
Published
28 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
18–36
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
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
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 Codes
CS1277 RS2370
Location
بلدة الطيبة, Al Tayba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 15 civilians including nine people from the same family died and dozens more were injured in airstrikes near Taybah in Mayadin, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia were to blame. The Step News Agency, Smart News Agency and Zamanalwasl were among sources pointing…
Summary
Published
26 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–15
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1279
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between nine and 11 civilians – many from the same family- died and dozens more were injured in airstrikes on Abu Kamal, local media reported. While most reports pointed towards the US-led Coalition, a number did not identify the warplanes responsible, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it was unclear whether the…
Summary
Published
26 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
12–25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1266
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported the death of one woman and the injuring of her child in an alleged Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling in Raqqa – though one source said that she died in shelling by ISIS. According to Revolution Coordination Committee in Palmyra “the young woman Khadija Nasreddin Fahad Al-A’mawi, died as a result of…
Summary
Published
25 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
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
CS1272
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One woman died in an alleged Coalition air or artillery strike on Raqqa, local media reported. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, A civilian female was killed after Coalition warplanes allegedly “fired missiles” into the city of Raqqa, However, Lwaa Usod Al Kalamon referred to her as “a daughter of the city of…
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
RS2368
Location
السبخة, Sabkha, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 30 civilians died in an airstrike on a camp for displaced people in Sabkha in the eastern Raqqa countryside, according to sources on the ground. The majority of reports blamed Russia for this event. According to the Step News Agency, "15 civilians were killed in air strikes targeting a displaced people's camp near…
Summary
Published
25 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1263
Location
الرشاد, Al Hittila, Al Rashad, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Euphrates Post reported the death of one civilian female in an airstrike on Al-Rashad, though it didn’t say who was responsible for her death. Alghad Al Soury blamed “the air force” – usually a reference to regime attacks.
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
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
RS2363
Location
Arbeen, Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
Between eight and 10 civilians including four to eight children and between one and two women died and as many as 50 others were wounded in multiple airstrikes on Arbeen in the Damascus countryside, according to sources on the ground. While several reports attributed this event to Russia, a number of sources didn't identify the…
Summary
Published
24 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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 Code
CS1256
Location
نزلة شحادة, Ar Raqqah: Nazlah Shahadah/Furat neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians, displaced from Palmyra, died in an airstrike on Nazlet Shahata according to local media. Only one source, @PalmyraRev1, explicitly blamed the Coalition. Other sources referred only to “bombing” and did not identify the culprit. In the first of their September 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible…
Summary
Published
23 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
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
CS1250
Location
البچري, Bajari, old town, Raqqa, Syria
One woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Bajari, according to local sources. Smart News Agency and Baladi reported that “likely” Coalition raids on Bajari killed a woman. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: "Coalition aircraft struck an identified Daesh mortar firing position. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally killed…
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
RS2353
Location
رسم العبد, Rasim Al-Abid, Hama, Syria
Two women died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Rasim Al-Abid, according to sources on the ground.
Summary
Published
22 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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
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
20 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1242
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A female identified as the daughter of Khalil Ibrahim al Khalif was killed following “shelling of the city” of Raqqa, local sources reported. All three sources did not specify what type of shelling took place. The slain victim was reportedly displaced from Al Abu Amer in the eastern outskirts of Deir Ezzor, before coming to…
Summary
Published
20 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2350
Location
قرية عياش, Ayyash village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 10 and 15 civilians died and as many as dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on Ayyash village. Multiple sources named the victims, 10 of whom were from the family of Khalaf Khader al-Faleh. The Violations Documentation Centre also listed five unidentified adult males as killed, reportedly from Aleppo. The majority of…
Summary
Published
19 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1236 RS2348
Location
زور شمر, Zor Shamer, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 22 civilians including as many as 11 children died in airstrikes on Zor Shamer, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or Russia were to blame. There were no reports of injured civilians. @eldorar, Syrian free army, Ahmad Shibli and the Smart News Agency pointed…
Summary
Published
19 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–22
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1237 RS2349
Location
قرية الجبلي, Al Jabli, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male and a female were killed following airstrikes in the Al Jabli village in Raqqa governorate. However, it was contested as to who was responsible, with some sources blaming Russia, while others blamed the US-led Coalition. Al Sabkha reported on the "martyrdom of the sister Khadija Yousef Al-Hamoud Al-Akla was resident in her…
Summary
Published
19 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1238
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A woman was killed and her son was injured following alleged SDF shelling into Raqqa, local sources reported. The deceased woman was identified as the wife of Hamza Mohammed al Fahd and her injured son was identified as Mohammed al Fahd. Al Sokhna claimed Mrs al Fahd’s unnamed daughter was injured. Both sources alleged that…
Summary
Published
19 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1228
Location
صبيخان, Sabikan, car, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A father and his young son were killed and a number of other civilians wounded after an airstrike hit the man’s pick-up truck in Sabikhan in Deir Ezzor, local sources reported. However it was contested who was responsible. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Al Hasaka Rasd also reported that the man’s childwas killed…
Summary
Published
18 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1233
Location
نزلة شحادة, Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 13 civilians including between 1 and 5 children from two families died in Coalition airstrikes on Nzalat Shahada, according to local media. 11 of the victims were reportedly from the same family. A year later the US-led alliance accepted responsibility for the deaths. According to the joint Amnesty/Airwars report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus…
Summary
Published
18 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–13
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1234 RS2346
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
As many as 12 civilians died and dozens were injured in airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on Ma’adan, local media reported – though sources were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or Russia or event the Syrian regime were responsible. Baladi blamed artillery for the injury of “a number of civilians”, however, other sources –…
Summary
Published
18 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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