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(Previous Incident Code: S1296)
Several civilians died and were wounded in alleged Coaltion airstrikes on Raqqa’s Al Ferdous neighbourhood, according to local media. Sources reported that a mosque was also destroyed in a strike.
According to the Syrian Press Center, there was “an aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of residential buildings in Al Ferdous, Al Jamili and Al Naeem neighborhoods in Raqqa city, along with reports of casualties and injuries among civilians in Al Ferdous neighborhood.”
@Q_Alenezy reported that the Coalition targeted Al Ferdous with white phosphorus, while @24Raqqa, @alhariri097 and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that a Coalition strike destroyed the Paradise mosque in its entirety.
Step News Agency added that there had been “a number of civilian deaths and injuries” in al Ferdous, also blaming Coalition strikes.
RBSS later reported the name of one civilian had died of injuries sustained in the attack.
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Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Al Ferdous (الفردوس) in the city of Raqqa (الرقة). The coordinates of the Al Ferdous mosque are: 35.954025, 39.006268