Geolocation
Airwars assessment
At least 10 members of one family were reported killed by an alleged Coalition raid, according to local sources.
Iraqi Spring reported that a man, a woman and 8 children from a single family were killed by a Coalition attack on civilian homes in Rawa.
Several other outlets also reported between 9-10 dead from the same family.
JBCNews named the couple who killed along with 9 of their children who were all under 12 years old.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (11)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Rawa [exact location] (راوة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.4720334, 41.9184422. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (4) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]
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A photo shows smoke rising from the scene following the alleged airstrike where at least 10 members of one family were reported killed (Via news ofiraq3)
Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.
The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area of the reported civilian casualties.
Original strike reports
For November 28th-29th, the Coalition reported “Near Rawah, one strike destroyed a bunker.”