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(Previous Incident Code: S1267)
Between 12 and 14 people, including women and children, reportedly died in suspected US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa City’s Naim roundabout area.
According to local reports, the Coalition targeted downtown Raqqa close to the al Naim roundabout where civilians were present, reportedly injuring “dozens” in addition those killed. Wagea news said “International Alliance aircraft” was responsible, and asserted that the US-led Coalition “allegedly targeted terrorist groups” in the area, consequently killing civilians.
It should be noted that on September 2nd we tracked another event (S1260/CS1438) at al Naim roundabout in which 14 civilians were also reported killed, and therefore it is not possible to be completely certain that this is a separate event, and that it was not reported a few days late.
It is important to note discrepancies in the reports: whilst Shariqa Voice cited al Naim roundabout specifically, other sources said that the 12-14 killed were located in various neighbourhoods of Raqqa City, namely, “Al-Jumaili, Al Amassi, Al-Muroor, Al-Banshah, Al-Baidah, Al-Baida, Dawar Al-Naim and Dawar Al-Dalla”. A report by RFS media office then totalled the number killed at 23 in a 48 hour period, in the neighbourhoods listed by other sources who reported 14 civilians killed.
A local source speaking to Wagea pointed out that the raids caused “the deaths of at least 14 martyrs, all of them civilians, including children and women, in addition to significant damage to other homes and infrastructure in the city.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, noted that “several displaced people from outside Syria” were killed and further civilians suspected missing.
Both “air raids” from Coalition planes and “artillery shelling” contributed to the attack, local media said. All sources said the US-led Coalition was the culprit.
In April 2019 the Coalition announced that it had classed this allegation of civilian harm as non-credible, noting: “After review of all available strike records it was determined that more likely than not civilian casualties did not occur as a result of a Coalition strike.”
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the area around the Al Naim roundabout (دوار النعيم), for which the coordinates are: 35.95447, 39.009392. On satellite imagery multiple buildings are visibly damaged between August 25 and September 6

Structural damage seen around Al Naim roundabout (left: August 25, 2017; right: September 9, 2017)
Imagery: © 2018 Google