Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to 14 named civilians died in an air and artillery strike in Al Mayadin, local media reported – though it was unclear who was responsible for the event, with sources pointing towards the Coalition, Russia and the regime. Many reports referred only to attacks by “warplanes”.
Although no specific sources put the death toll as high as 14, the total number of named casualties spread across sources was 14.
According to Euphrates Post and other sources, the raids occurred “in the vicinity of Al-Hammad Hospital and Teachers Syndicate in Al-Mayadeen”.
@Asharq_news reported that both “warplanes and helicopters had carried out 25 raids an hour ago”. However other sources claimed there were up to 50 raids. One source reported that the high intensity of raids caused a “great panic”.
The Syrian Press Center said that “Russian warplanes and international coalition aircraft continue to commit the worst massacres against civilians in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Azzur. On Sunday, warplanes carried out a new massacre in the city of Al-Mayadeen, leaving four martyrs dead”.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at three including a child and reported that the warplanes responsible were “believed to be Russian”.
Sound and Picture said that five civilians including two children had died, but like many sources, didn’t identify who carried out the raids.
However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported regime warplanes had killed seven non-combatants, including two children and two women.
Two ISIS fighters named as Abu Yasser and Hamdan al-Shaher Abu Saleh were also reported killed.
It was reported by Baladi that the vicinity “was hit by a barrage of un-exploded ordnance, cluster bombs and more.”
The incident occured around midday.
The victims were named as:
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The aftermath of an airstrike on the vicinity of Al-Hammad Hospital and Teachers Syndicate in Al-Mayadeen, 1st October 2017. (via Euphrates Post)
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Civilian casualties in the aftermath of the alleged Russian and Coalition airstrike on Al-Mayadeen, 1st October 2017. (via Syrian PC) -
Civilians in the aftermath of an alleged Russian and Coalition airstrike on Al-Mayadeen, 1st October 2017. (via @ahhrrar123)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention multiple strikes in the town of Al Mayadin (لميادين). Sources mention the areas of Al Hammad hospital (الحماد) at these coordinates: 35.021340,40.448522, the Teachers Syndicate (المعلمین نقابة) and a river crossing. Due to limited information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify these last two locations further
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 30th-October 1st the Coalition reported “Near Abu Kamal, three strikes destroyed an ISIS well head and engaged two tactical units. Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an ISIS tactical vehicle.”