(Previous Incident Code: S971)

At least one civilian male, but possibly as many as two, died in airstrikes on Al Tayyana, according to local media – though it was initially unclear whether the Coalition or Russia was responsible. The US-led alliance accepted responsibility in September 2017.

Five sources reported that only one fatality was caused by the airstrikes, however the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the higher number of two.

It also reported that the victim died “after warplanes targeted the area surrounding the oil wells” and the RFS Media Office reported that the bombing caused “the burning and destruction of a large number of tanks and burners”.

According to Baladi, “Warplanes, both Russian and allied, intensified raids on the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour, where a civilian was killed by raids targeting an area where oil tankers were gathering around the town of Tiyana on Wednesday.”

In its September 2017 casualty report, the Coalition stated: “June 28, 2017, near Mayadin, Syria, via self-report: During a strike on a convoy of ISIS oil trucks, it is was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed. After warning shots were fired, all truck drivers but one stopped, vacated their vehicles and moved a safe distance away. One truck continued driving and was subsequently destroyed and its driver presumed killed. The other vehicles in the area were abandoned after the warning shots were fired and subsequently destroyed with no assessed civilian casualties.”

Officials provided coordinates to Airwars – 35°01’18.2″N 40°51’59.1″E – which placed the event near Maleh, they said. This appears to be a match for this event.