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Incident Date
23 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1849
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 10 and 19 civilians were reported killed as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike at al Sha'afa. According to a tweet from @addouniatv, 10 civilians died resulting from the attack. @DeirEzzor24 and Free Deir Ezzor Radio reported that as many as 18 civilians died. Most other sources put the death toll at 11 civilians,…
Summary
Published
23 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–19
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
23–24 November, 2018
Incident Code
CS1850
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted Hajin, Deir Ezzor, with mention of unspecified civilian casualties. All sources blamed the Coalition for the raid. Only one source, Step News, claimed that civilians were killed and wounded: however, figures were not stated. The agency also reported on "large destruction in the vicinity". More than one source on the…
Summary
Published
24 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1851
Location
بلدة أبو الحسن, Abou Al Hasan town, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes occurred in Abou Al Hasan town. Step News reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded, but did not however distinguish between this event and an incident in Hajin, also on November 23rd. All sources signified the alleged use of white phosphorous munitions. In its monthly civilian casualty report…
Summary
Published
23 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1852
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes occurred in Al Soussa which, according to a single source, led to unspecified casualties among a family. According to Free Deir Ezzor Radio,"A new massacre was carried out by Coalition aircraft targeting a civilian family in the town of Al Soussa in the countryside of Deir Ezzor." No additional details are presently…
Summary
Published
23 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1846
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike that targeted the souk (market area) in Hajin, killed between 14 and 20 civilians according to local media, in what was described as "another massacre". The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that at least 19 people were killed, including five ISIS fighters and 14 civilians, including five children and three women.…
Summary
Published
22 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
14–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM160
Location
Jimo Luqunyar or Adaley, near Debatscile, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Haradere, Somalia on November 21, 2018." It added: "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that "the first airstrike killed six (6) al-Shabaab militants and the second airstrike destroyed a weapons cache."…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM161
Location
Either Jimo-Luqunyar or Adaley, near Debatscile, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Haradere, Somalia on November 21, 2018." It added: "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." This assessment details the strike on the arms cache. Associated Press offered more detail on the attacks: "Somali intelligence…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21–22 November, 2018
Incident Code
CS1848
Location
الحصية في الشعفة, Al Sha'afa: Al Hassiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Six civilians from the same family were reported killed as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike in Al Hassiya, Al Sha'afa. The date of the incident appears to range between November 21st and 22nd. Local media reported that among the victims were one man, four children and one woman, who were originally displaced from al…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM159
Location
Caad, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported the following day that it had "conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Quy Cad, Somalia on November 20, 2018." It added: "We currently assess this airstrike did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike "killed seven (7) militants". In a subsequent FOIA response obtained by…
Summary
Published
20 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
20 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1844
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Coalition was said to have fired white phosphorus munitions on Hajin, according to sources on the ground. Free Deir Ezzor Radio claimed that it was the sixth time Coalition forces used white phosphorus during the month. Amongst others, Sound and Picture and Sana News claimed that civilians were killed and injured, but exact numbers…
Summary
Published
20 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Incendiary
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM157
Location
Vicinity of Quy Cad near Debatscile/ Dabad Shil, Mudug, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Debatscile, Somalia targeting al-Shabaab militants on November 19, 2018". This entry records the first of of these events. AFRICOM asserted that "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." It also claimed that "the first…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
27
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM158
Location
Debatcile, Mudug, Somalia
On November 20th 2019, AFRICOM reported that it had "conducted two (2) airstrikes in the vicinity of Debatscile, Somalia targeting al-Shabaab militants on November 19, 2018". These are recorded as separate events, with the other that day near Quy Cad. AFRICOM asserted: "We currently assess these airstrikes did not injure or kill any civilians." It…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1843
Location
حويزية, Huweiziya village, al Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to local sources, 13-year-old Ali Matar al-Hammad was killed by a cluster bomb that was left behind after previous bombing on the village of Hweiziyah in rural Shaddadi, south of Hasaka. Several sources including Step News Agency blamed the Coalition. However according to a number of tweets from amongst others @Syria_News5 and @SyriaNewsNetwrk, the cluster bomb was…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM156-C
Location
Radio Andalus, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
Airstrikes by an unknown party destroyed part of an al-Andalus radio station in Jilib - a propaganda service run by the terror group al Shabaab. At least one person described as a journalist was reported injured or killed. According to Middle East Monitor, "An air strike; believed to be American, has destroyed the Al-Andalus radio…
Summary
Published
18 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1839
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A girl was killed in an alleged airstrike on Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, according to local reports. Smart News reported that dozens were wounded including the relatives of the victim, specifying that "her uncle was seriously injured". Three sources including Euphrates Post and Deir Ezzor 24, reported that the Coalition was responsible. Further to this,…
Summary
Published
17 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
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
17 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1841
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 12 and 24 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, Deir Ezzor. All sources pointed to Coalition artillery and shelling excluding Syrian Unified Observatory - which blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrikes. Sound and Picture called the event an "aerial bombardment" where "dozens" were injured, while Step News reported…
Summary
Published
17 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
12–24
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
16 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1837
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local media, an alleged Coalition airstrike killed ISIS member Yousuf Mahmoud al-Mohsen and his wife Furat Imad Awwad al-Hamad. According to Euphrates Post and others, al-Mohsen was an early member and conspirator of the terrorist organisation ISIS in al Soussa: "Following the killing of Yousef Mahmoud al-Mohsen in addition to his wife Furat Imad…
Summary
Published
16 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1838
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition night time airstrike killed "a number of civilians" and injured others, according to local media. Several sources including the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported the deaths of two civilian brothers. According to sources including Zaman Al Wasl, Al Soussa News, Al Shaafa News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, the injured…
Summary
Published
16 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1836
Location
البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted a residential area and reportedly killed between eight and 23 civilians, in what local sources described as "a massacre". According to Sana News, 23 civilians died as a result of the airstrike. Step News and Euphrates Post reported that a total of 20 people died. Step added that 17 belonged…
Summary
Published
15 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–23
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
13 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1834
Location
الكشمة و الشعفة, Al Kashma and Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Al Kashma and Al Sha'afa in what was described as "a new massacre of dozens of civilians" according to local media. Between 20 and 50 civilians were reported to have died as a result of "25 raids" on both locations on November 13th. According to Orient News, both Al Kashma and…
Summary
Published
13 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
20–50
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
13 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1835
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition night time airstrike targeted a prison killing a number of prisoners, according to local media sources. Most sources report that among the victims were both ISIS and civilian prisoners. According to Furat FM, at least 11 members of ISIS were killed. Among others Orient News, Smart News and Step News Agency reported however…
Summary
Published
13 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1832
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 20 and as many as 60 non-combatants died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sha'afa, according to local media. A number of sources including Baladi News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, reported that the airstrikes hit both the towns of Al Sha'afa and Al Kashma, killing mostly civilians including women and children. According…
Summary
Published
11 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1831
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between five and 12 civilians including women and children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, according to local media. Baladi News reported on five civilian deaths, while most other sources reported on the deaths of seven civilians. There were various reports on the gender and age of the victims. Some sources reported that…
Summary
Published
11 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1830
Location
السوسة, Al Sousse, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Step News Agency reported that the Coalition "bombed the eastern suburb of Deir Ezzor with white phosphorus last night [Nov 10th]. It also renewed shelling of Hajin city and the town of al-Sousse". It added that deaths were reported, but didn't give numbers. Al Khabar also claimed that white phosphorous was used, asserting that "the…
Summary
Published
10 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1829
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between four and 26 civilians died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on the town of Hajin on November 10th, 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of others was injured. Sources claimed that many of the victims were women and children. Sana News put the death toll at four, reporting that "the US-led coalition carried…
Summary
Published
10 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–26
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
9 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1827
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 11 and 26 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, in what some sources described as "a massacre". In June 2019 the Coalition accepted responsibility for just one death in this event, with their monthly civilian casualty report noting: "Near Hajin, Syria, via media report. Coalition aircraft conducted…
Summary
Published
9 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
11–26
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
4 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1824
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, Free Deir Ezzor Media, reported that “a civilian woman and her child were killed by artillery shelling targeting the town of Al-Soussa in Deir al-Zour countryside.” No further details are currently available. In its December 2020 monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition assessed this event as ‘non credible’, asserting that "The allegation…
Summary
Published
4 November 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3–4 November, 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr182
Location
شبام, Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen
At least one drone strike, which one local-language Twitter source @A_GHALEB63, alleged to be American, reportedly targeted suspected AQAP militants in the Shibam district of Hadramout governorate, from November 3rd to November 4th 2018. No information was available on alleged casualties of the reported strikes. Local residents told Aden News that they heard an explosion…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1823
Location
الشعفة و, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Multiple local sources named three children as killed and “many” more civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition air or artillery strike on Al Shaafa on November 3, 2018. Some sources reported that the airstrike targeted a house in a residential neighbourhood. Euphrates Post for example reported: "The killing of three children, the children of Imad…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM155
Location
Somalia
Responding to allegations that it had conducted a November 18th airstrike on a radio station in Jilib, AFRICOM informed local media via Twitter that "it has not conducted an airstrike in Somalia since Nov. 3." There were no publicly reported strikes on this date, and Airwars has reached out to AFRICOM for clarification. https://twitter.com/USAfricaCommand/status/1064460036766863360?s=20
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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