Incident Code

CS1754

Location

Al Soussa: al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
السوسة

Geolocation

34.528889, 40.967500
Accuracy: Village

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: 11 August 2026

According to local sources, two civilians were killed and two civilians were injured in a declared Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Soussa on May 27, 2018.

Euphrates Post, Lawhat Bukmalna and Deir Ezzor 24 reported that Issa Mohammed al-Debs, an Abu Kamal local, was killed by an air raid on the Boubdran district of Al Soussa “last Sunday”.

Lawhat Bukmalna later clarified that the incident took place on May 27th. The source also stressed that one civilian was killed in the strike, along with several civilians injured.

However, Euphrates Post and Masar Press also reported the “martyrdom of a woman” in the same district of Al Soussa, on a Sunday but did not provide a name. A later report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights confirmed that both civilians were killed as “International Coalition warplanes fired missiles on al Boubadran neighborhood in al Sousa town”.

In the Department of Defense’s 2022 annual report on civilian casualties (1057 report), released April 25, 2024, the US military admitted that two civilians were killed and two civilians were injured in this incident.

Named Casualties

Issa Mohammed al-Debs
Adult, Male, Killed
Unknown
Adult, Female, Killed

Key Information

Incident Status
Assessed
Country
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Declared strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Confirmed
Cause Of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
2
1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
2

Geolocation

Reports of the incident mention the village of al Soussa (السوسة), for which the coordinates are: 34.528889, 40.9675. The “al Boubdran (البوبدران)” area or neighbourhood is also mentioned, but Airwars was unable to find any mention of this neighbourhood. It is possibly an area where people of the Bu Badran sub-tribe from the Baggara tribe were living

Military Statements

U.S.-led Coalition Assessment
Suspected belligerent
U.S.-led Coalition
U.S.-led Coalition position on incident
Credible / Substantiated
Civilian deaths conceded
2
Civilian injuries conceded
2
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
For May 27th, the Coalition reported that: “On May 27 in Syria, Coalition military forces conducted five strikes consisting of five engagements against Daesh targets. Near Abu Kamal, four strikes destroyed three Daesh fighting positions.”
U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement
27 MAY 18 Al Soussa, Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria, 2 civilians killed, 2 civilians injured
French Military Assessment
French Military Strike Report
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Original Source↗
For May 23rd to 29th, France reports that task force Wagram continued its support of the offensive against the last pockets of ISIS in the Euphrates Valley, where it conducted 11 shooting missions. French aircraft carried out 20 sorties, mainly missions of intelligence gathering and aerial reconnaissance. No strikes were carried out.

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Lawhat Bukmalna

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Euphrates Post

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Deir Ezzor 24

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Masar Press

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Syrian Network for Human Rights

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1057 Report

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