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(Previous Incident Code: S1439)
Local media reported unspecified civilian casualties following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes near Al Sa’ada village in the vicinity of Markada, Hasaka governorate, in the early hours of Sunday. People of the villages of Al-Harith, Al-Sa’dah Al-Gharbia, Al-Ashiteh Al-Gharbi, and Jana’a, all close to Markada, were reportedly displaced as a result of the air raids, Euphrates Post said.
Deir Ezzor Media Center [pro-SDF], quoted an eyewitness close to one of the villages: The shelling led to the destruction of Daesh convoys in the villages mentioned except for the village of West Shaada, where the shelling resulted in the fall of a house on one of its residents and spread a state of panic in the village. This, in turn, led to the displacement of the villagers towards Shaddadi. The source attributed the strikes to aircraft belonging to the International Alliance.
Presently, it is unclear how many civilians were affected, though several reports said that there were civilian casualties.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Sa’ada village (السعدة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.6627357, 40.7212543. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.