(Previous Incident Code: S1299)

In a mass civilian casualty incident, two families of up to twelve people died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on al Shahabat village in the western Deir Ezzor countryside at “dawn” on September 12th, according to local media.

An initial report by Euphrates Post document “five martyrs from one family”, the figure rose to 11 in a subsequent report also by Euphrates Post. The names of those killed were documented.

The strikes reportedly targeted “the vicinity of the mill” according to Marsad al Hassaka, however in Jisir documented the location as “the vicinity of a sheep market” in a later report.

Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights made a statement in Arab48, “Twelve civilians from one family, including five children, were killed in an attack on the village of Shahbaat”.

According to a later report from SOHR, the Shahbaat area, is close to the village of Al-Salihiyagh, east of the euphrates river. The report alleged the strike to have taken place during the night, and the death toll likely to rise due to unknown numbers of civilians wounded.

The majority of sources blamed the US-led Coalition for the attack and resultant loss of civilian life.

The US-led Coalition informed Airwars that as a result of their deconfliction agreements they have ceased to conduct strikes entirely in Deir Ezzor city.