Airwars assessment
Up to five civilians, including one woman and one child, were reported killed following airstrikes on Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor governorate. The Coalition and Russian warplanes were blamed by local media.
According to Al Natek, Russian raids targeted the city resulting in four civilians deaths. Smart also believed the attack was carried out by Russian warplanes, asserting that four died including one woman and one child.
However Step accused the Coalition, alleging that “More than five raids by the international coalition targeted Ina’ash al Reef and the water crossing and near al Rahba castle in the city of al Mayadin”.
Nasser Khalifa Al A’yada, his wife Houria Al Jaber and his nephew Ahmad Abd al-Khalifa Al A’yada were listed as killed by the Euphrates Post. However there was some confusion, as in a subsequent Euphrates Post report no civilians casualties were mentioned. In a third Euphrates Post report, it referred to “military aircraft believed to be members of the International Alliance” as culprits. According to the source “the house of Mr. Ahmad Al Hamad Al-Aboud and Al-Zubari and Al Toub and Sa’alo on the main Deir Ezzor – al Mayadeen road” were targeted.
Deir Ezzor 24 said there were several strikes by “warplanes”: “The first raid targeted the house of Farouk al-Mashouh, known as the former mufti’s house, which was taken by a security guard of IS and called a prison. This led to the martyrdom of a number of prisoners, including the martyr Laith Allawi al-Jabr. The rest of the raids focused on the Al-Rayaheen kindergarten near the Othman bin Affan mosque and near the headquarters of the Hesba of the organization [IS], resulting in many wounded people.” The source put the civilian death toll at five, with dozens more injured.
The shelling reportedly focused on the house of Mr. Khalif Al A`yada an the houses adjacent to it.
In addition to the charred bodies and the fall of many wounded in the neighbourhood, a petrol shop was also bombed in front of Nasser al-Khalif’s home, and a fire broke out as a result of the burning of many cars.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, however, said that “Syrian regime forces killed several civilians from one family on September 26th in Al Mayadin”.
The incident occured at 1:30 am local time.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Nasser Khalifa Al A’yada Adult male Husband killed
- Houria Al Jaber Adult female Wife killed
- Ahmad Abd al-Khalifa Al A’yada Age unknown male Nephew killed
- Laith Allawi al-Jabr Adult male killed
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the Al Baloum (البلعوم) neighbourhood/roundabout in the city of Al Mayadin (المیادین). Sources also mention multiple additional strikes in different areas of the city: Ina’ash Al Reef, the water crossing, Al Rahba castle and a possible second airstrike on Al Baloum that didn’t result in any civilian casualties. The coordinates for the Al Baloum (البلعوم) roundabout are: 35.030682, 40.429162.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.
Original strike reports
For September 25th – 26th the Coalition reported “Near Dayr Az Zawr, two strikes destroyed an ISIS headquarters and an ISIS staging area.” It additionally reported that “On Sept. 25, near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, three strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle, a fighting position, a heavy machine gun, and an IED.”