Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

CS1144a

Incident date

July 1, 2017

Location

Raqqa, Syria

Geolocation

35.948846, 38.99594 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly to be killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty.

The report stated that “Kuzli Muslim Hassan (F), aged over 80, was killed in an artillery strike outside her home.”

Mustafa Hussein, son of the victim, told Amnesty in a testimony that “She was more than 80 years old and was unable to walk much and so could not escape. She was killed in the street outside her home.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Kuzli Muslim Hassan
over 80 years old female killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition

Not yet assessed.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition