Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Local sources said that several people were killed in several alleged Coalition airstrikes on al Qaim city, west of Anbar.
It was reported that Mustafa Hashim Mustafa Said Ahmed al-Rawi died as a result of the attack.
News of Iraq said that “an entire family” died in the raids.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Al Qa’im (القائم), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.3957715, 40.9943684. 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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Mustafa Hashim Mustafa Said Ahmed al-Rawi (via Qaem News)
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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The report contains insufficient information of the time, location and details to assess its credibility.
Original strike reports
For January 20th – 21st the Coalition publicly reported no strikes in Anbar province.