Airwars assessment
Six civilians died and 10 more were wounded in airstrikes on Abu Kamal, according to local sources. While the majority of reports blamed the US-led Coalition for the airstrikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it was unclear whether the Coalition or Russia were responsible. The Coalition later confirmed having unintentionally killed three and injured nine in this strike.
Euphrates Post reported that an “air bombardment” (it didn’t say who was to blame) targeted the city of Abu Kamal, near the Abdullah bin Masood mosque. It also noted another raid on “the empty house of Jamul al-Dulaimi”.
According to the pro-regime agency Sana, “the US-led coalition bombed the Aisha hospital, the club and Al Shuhadaa [Martyrs] roundabout killing six civilians, including women and children and injuring 10 others and causing damage to infrastructure”.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, also attributing the event to the Coalition, reported the death of a mother and her two children.
However, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SO4HR), who said that at least six non-combatants were killed, it was unclear whether Russian or Coalition warplanes were responsible for the strikes.
In October 2017, the Coalition conceded it had caused civilian harm in this strike: “During a Coalition strike that destroyed an ISIS headquarters structure, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed and nine civilians were unintentionally injured.”
In July 2019 the Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this event accurate to within a 100m box.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
- The wife of Abu Aboud al-Deiri Adult female killed
- Son of Abu Aboud al-Deiri Child male killed
- Son of Abu Aboud al-Deiri Child male killed
- Daughter of Abu Aboud al-Deiri Child female killed
- Mrs. Sana al Ash’ab Adult female the wife of Abdel Halim Al Mardood killed
- Sundus Mohammed al-Mardod Age unknown killed
Summary
Sources (26) [ collapse]
Media
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Geolocation notes
Prior to the Coalition releasing the MGRS for this incident, Airwars had geolocated it to the nearest city at 34.466049, 40.907593
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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July 29, 2017, near Abu Kamal, Syria, via self-report. During a Coalition strike that destroyed an ISIS headquarters structure, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed and nine civilians were unintentionally injured.
Original strike reports
For July 29th-30th: “Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed an ISIS headquarters” and “Near Dayr Az Zawr, two strikes destroyed five ISIS oil stills and four oil tanks.”