Airwars assessment
“Two unidentified men” were reported killed in a Coalition ground operation in Al-Mananiya, east of Raqqa, on August 16th.
Suriye.u.a.d stated that “two unidentified men [were] killed after being shot by Coalition forces that carried out an airstrike on the village of Al-Mananiya east of Raqqa.”
Meanwhile, Shaam News stated that “Coalition Forces conducted an air-landing operation, targeting two displaced families in the village of Al-Man’iya in the eastern countryside.”
It is unclear at this point whether the men were civilians or belligerents.
Airwars has set a possible civilian casualty range of 0 to two, and is conducting ongoing research.
The local time of the incident is unknown.