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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: S965)
Up to 14 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting vehicles traveling near the Euphrates River in Raqqa, where civilians were trying to gather drinking water. However it was not immediately clear whether sources were reporting on previously documented incidents or new occurrences.
Three civilians were previously alleged killed in similar circumstances on June 24th and a further five were said to be killed on June 26th.
Sources also differed on the number of civilian casualties recorded. Bof Sy and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stating that three people were killed, whereas the Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office claimed the higher figure of 14.
All five sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible.
In July 2019, the Coalition announced that it had found this allegation of civilian harm to be non-credible, noting: “After a review of all available records it was determined that, more likely than not, civilian casualties did not occur as a result of a Coalition action.”
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In the first non-credible assessment, the Coalition provided the MGRS of 37SEV0008784, in the second they provided 37SEV006764