Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Eleven civilians from one family were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Originally the names of the victims were published under incident number CS1054, however Amnesty research assessed that there were two separate strikes, this one occurring at 11pm, while the other occurred at 6pm.
Amnesty has placed the strike on the 21st despite Aadel Hayoun – a resident and survivor of another strike – suggesting that the strike occurred “a month before I left Raqqa and I left on 17 September”. This would place the Duehi strike in mid-August 2017. All other sources and information gathered allude that the strike occurred on the 21st.
The Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality” states that, “Eleven members of the Dueihi family – seven children, two women and two men – were killed when the five-story building where the family was sheltering was destroyed in a coalition air strike.”
The family was – according to interviewees – residing on the ground floor of the building.
Isra, a relative of one of the victims told Amnesty in a testimony that “The building where the Dueihi family was staying was bombed and they were all killed. We fled our home immediately after and it was then that all the men in my family were killed in another air strike.”
In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.
The incident occured at 23:00:00 local time.
The victims were named as:
Family members (12)
The victims were named as:
Summary
Sources (22) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (18) [ collapse]
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. (via RBSS)
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An unnamed victim of airstrikes on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. It is unclear which strike this victim belonged too. (via RBSS)
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Khaled al-Marbad, killed in an alleged Coalition raid, June 21st 2017. (via Al Ragga truth)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, 21st June 2017. (via RBSS)
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Abdul Aziz al-Duwaihi, 9, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Hamza Al Duwehi, 13, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Judy al Duwehi, 15, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Mohammed al Ahmed, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Mohammed al Azari, 9, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Muhannad Abdel Karim al Duwehi, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Razan al Azarii, 7, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Sabah al Duwehi, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Sabah al Duwehi, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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Sara al Azari, 11, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, June 21st 2017. (via RBSS)
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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June 21, 2017, 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. 3114/CS1054b 37SDV992793
Original strike reports
Not yet assessed.