Incident date
September 23, 2014
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كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, SyriaOn the first night of US airstrikes in Syria, the United States carried out a sequence of attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front.) For the only recorded occasion during the allied air war, the US deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets in the vicinity of Aleppo. Locals also
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Incident date
September 25, 2014
LOCATION
الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website claimed that six unnamed civilian males were killed in a Coalition airstrike on Al Hassakah. It said it had obtained the news via the Syrian Network for Human Rights, though that original report cannot presently be traced. In July 2017 the Coalition classed the event as Non-Credible, saying there was too
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Incident date
September 26, 2014
LOCATION
الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website claimed that three named men were killed in a Coalition airstrike. On its summary page Syrian Martyrs listed the trio as civilians. However, their individual pages describe them as fighters. According to a video tribute, Akta’a was an opponent of the Assad regime who had also fought the Kurds in Syria’s
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Incident date
September 27, 2014
LOCATION
الفدغمي, Fadghami, Al Hassakah, SyriaSix male civilians, all cousins were killed in the village of Al Fadghami, Al Hassakah “as a result of Coalition strikes” it was reported. Local activist Siraj al Hasskawi published details of the event on the day: “At 10:30 on Friday morning the Western/Arab alliance jets committed a massacre against six unarmed civilians and wounded
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Incident date
September 28, 2014
LOCATION
الجسر العتيق, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAn alleged early morning coalition airstrike hit a small plastics factory on the Old Bridge Road in Ar Raqqah, the headquarters town of Islamic State in Syria. The strike reportedly killed the factory site’s young night watchman (or alternatively the owner). In what may be a separate incident in the city, the Syrian Martyrs website
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Incident date
September 28, 2014
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaReport of one civilian death as a result of coalition strike. Currently one source only. In July 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event as non credible based on no evidence of civilian harm: “After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find
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Incident date
September 28, 2014
LOCATION
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaThe US (possibly with Jordan and/or the UAE) bombed grain silos near Manjib. While CENTCOM insisted that the grain facilities were occupied by Islamic State forces, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that only civilians – workers at the silos – had been killed, although militants were also wounded. According to the Syrian
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Incident date
September 28, 2014
LOCATION
جرابلس, Road between Manbij and Jarabulus (Road 216), Aleppo, SyriaAccording to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a coalition airstrike “on Islamic State buildings” killed “several” civilians who were being held captive, as well as five Islamic State militants. The full translated quote from SOHR reads as follows: “Also at least five members of the Islamic State were killed and others wounded following a
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Incident date
September 24, 2014
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA number of sources including the Syrian Martyrs website reported that a woman was killed in a Coalition airstrike on Ar Raqqah. She was reported as being a resident of the city. The3 Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported her death fropm Coalition actions – though said this occured on September 24th: ” Fawzia
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Incident date
October 7, 2014
LOCATION
حمام, Hamam, Raqqa, SyriaA number of sources named Khalil Ibrahim Al Sheikho.as a victim of a coalition strike on a village near Raqqah. Some of the sources mention another male [listed by Airwars as CS011] but it’s not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claimed that both males were in fact ISIS members –
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Incident date
October 7, 2014
LOCATION
سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, SyriaA number of sources reported that a named civilian male as being killed in a coalition strike on Slouk near Ar Raqqah. The sources mention another male [CS010] but it’s not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claims both males were ISIL members but the rest of the sources say they
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Incident date
October 15, 2014
LOCATION
كۆبانی, Kobanî, Aleppo, SyriaA Kobanî official reported that a civilian – an 87 year old woman – and six Kurdish fighters from the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) died in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in the besieged city.It was also reported that two hospitals in the town had been destroyed. According to Sky News Arabia, Kurdish sources said that
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Incident date
October 16, 2014
LOCATION
كبيبة, Kabiba, Al Hassakah, SyriaIn a major night time coalition air raid targeting oil facilities used by Islamic State, five civilians including a 7- or 10-year old boy were reported killed. The dead were later named by various sources. In a detailed report on the event, SN4HR later noted: “Those civilians are from Kabiba town and they work on
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Incident date
October 17, 2014
LOCATION
خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAn airstrike on a gas station near the Konoco gas refinery reportedly killed between three and four civilians. A subsequent investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted: “Around 7:00pm the international alliance warplanes targeted a gas station and an oil well in Deir Ezzor countryside which is located near Khasham town. the
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Incident date
October 18, 2014
LOCATION
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, SyriaA single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, claims that one civilian, from Al Shadadi, Hasaka, in a coalition airstrike.
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Incident date
October 18, 2014
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المريعية, Mrey'iya, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAccording to the Damascus Centre for Human Rights two civilian males – both members of the same family – died in an airstrike on the village of Al Maya’iya. Syrian Martyrs also named the two victims, while the DinSyr twitter feed reported “Hamza Ahmad al-Abd Al Jalil Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Jalil. Their bodies were identified among
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Incident date
October 28, 2014
LOCATION
سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, SyriaAn internal Coalition report, citing web sources, noted claims that civilian casualties had been alleged at Slouk “on a strike on some grain silos.” The aircraft was likely to have been a US armed drone, due to the Hellfire missile used. An initial investigation concluded that there had been no civilians injured: “The only strike
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Incident date
November 5, 2014
LOCATION
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAn internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify
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Incident date
November 6, 2014
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حارم, Harim, Idlib, SyriaSix months after US air raids had targeted the Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front) and the militant group Ahrar al-Sham, the Coalition conceded that two children had “likely” died in the attack – the first public concession of any civilian deaths after 4,000 airstrikes against ISIS over nine months. The November 5th US-only
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Incident date
November 6, 2014
LOCATION
موقة, Muqah, Idlib, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website claimed that up to four unnamed children under the age of 10 died in a coalition airstrike on Mouka – described as one girl and two or three boys. In contrast, the VDC lists three unidentified bodies (two adult males and one female child) noting that they were “Martyred due to
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Incident date
November 7, 2014
LOCATION
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaFive civilian men were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition strike on the city of Dayr az Zawr. They were named by the VDC.
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Incident date
November 7, 2014
LOCATION
سعلو, Sillu, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo non-combatant males were reported killed in a coalition airstrike on the village of Sa’alo.
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Incident date
November 7, 2014
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near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria, Deir Ezzor, SyriaIn its January 25th 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that a civilian casualties allegation near At-Tanak is currently being assessed: “#1 Nov. 7, 2014 near At-Tanak Oilfield, Syria via regional human rights organization report.” Further research by our Syria team indicated that this incident was in fact previously known to Airwars, but had
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Incident date
November 8, 2014
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الخريطة, Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.
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Incident date
November 11, 2014
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to some sources, a civilian man was killed alongside two militants in an alleged coalition airstrike on Islamic State’s headquarters town of Ar Raqqah. The slain civilian was identified as a resident of Ma’ar Shoureen in Idlib. Two ‘Daesh militants’ were reportedly killed with him, one named as Mohammad Said Al Kaddour Nasser. In contrast,
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Incident date
November 11, 2014
LOCATION
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaA number of sources cited SN4HR (in a report now lost) as claiming that two unnamed civilian males and one ISIL militant were killed in a coalition airstrike at Manbij, near Aleppo.
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Incident date
November 11, 2014
LOCATION
الشنان, Shanan, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from
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Incident date
November 13, 2014
LOCATION
الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, SyriaThree civilian males were reportedly killed in an alleged coalition airstrike on the city of Al Hassakah, according to a single source.
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Incident date
November 13, 2014
LOCATION
Deir Ez Zor Oil Collection Point, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAn internal Coalition report noted that civilians may have been killed near an oil collection point in Deir Ez Zor. The Coalition assessed the incident as non-credible: “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ. 13 Nov 2014: Review could not determine that
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Incident date
November 25, 2014
LOCATION
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, SyriaThere were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later