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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: I259b)
The Coalition announced it was conducting an assessment of a possible civilian casualty event: Currently, three reports received in October are still being assessed… 3. Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq.
A Coalition report issued the following month noted: Oct. 23, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq: Insufficient information provided or available to assess the credibility of the reported civilian casualties.
A senior Coalition official later told Airwars that the allegation had been “Based on Russian social media and Russian MinDef accusations.”
However local reporting at the time said that Coalition airstrikes were conducted at Qaraqosh in support of ISF ground operations.
Given reported British actions in the area that day, Airwars flagged the incident to the UK’s MoD which said ” we can confirm that there was no UK involvement” in the event. However given that RAF strikes were reported in Qaraqosh the previous day [see above], Airwars has requested further clarification.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Qaraqosh (بخديدا (Bakhdida)), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.27093, 43.37758. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.