Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In the last of three reported Raqaa incidents for July 11th, a civilian firefighting team in the city reportedly died in a coalition airstrike.
According to Al Araby, the Coalition “launched eight raids targeting Daesh sites on the outskirts of Raqqa city. These hit the areas of Al Hamrat, Al Sina’a [Industry] and the Faculty of Science near the shrine of Aweys Al Qarni, killing an entire fire crew team and igniting fires at the target locations.”
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered published several images of fires burning from raids on the city that night.
In its civilian casualty report for October 2019 – published on December 5th of that year, the Coalition assessed this event as ‘not credible, asserting: “ July 11, 2015, in Raqqah, Syria, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was assessed that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area that corresponds to the report of civilian casualties. 2802/CS099 37SEV008785”.
Officials published a location for the event to within 100 metres of where they had remotely assessed the incident.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Ar Raqqah (الرقة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.9505639, 39.0094148. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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One of several fires caused by alleged coalition airstrikes on Ar Raqaa on July 11 2015 (via Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently)
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One of several fires caused by alleged coalition airstrikes on Ar Raqaa on July 11 2015 (via Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently)
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One of several fires caused by alleged coalition airstrikes on Ar Raqaa on July 11 2015 (via Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently)
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One of several fires caused by alleged coalition airstrikes on Ar Raqaa on July 11 2015 (via Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently)
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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July 11, 2015, in Raqqah, Syria, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was assessed that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area that corresponds to the report of civilian casualties. 2802/CS099 37SEV008785
Original strike reports
The coalition has confirmed numerous airstrikes in the immediate vicinity. For July 10th-11th 2015 it notes: “Near Ar Raqqah, three airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, an ISIL structure and destroyed an ISIL excavator.”