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(Previous Incident Code: S1750)
A number of civilians, including women and children, were reported killed and wounded by an alleged Coalition airstrike on a “civilian house” in the town of Al-Shaafa on the morning of December 20th. The Coalition later admitted that two civilians were killed in the incident in Al-Shaafa.
According to sources on the ground, between 6 and 24 civilians were killed in what was described as “a massacre”. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least six people were killed, including four children and “a citizen”. It is unclear whether this means an ISIS combatant was killed as well.
On March 10, 2022 in the CJTF-OIR Civilian Casualty Report, the Coalition deemed this incident credible and assessed that “Coalition aircraft conducted a strike on ISIS terrorists in a building. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally killed due to their proximity to the strike.”
Other sources reported that dozens of civilians were killed. According to @NorsForStudies, the Coalition bombed a house where a number of civilian families lived. One family was killed according to Marsad Al Hasaka.
Dozens were reported injured, mostly women and children.
Daesh’s al A’maq propaganda agency broadcast a video that was retweeted by various sources, showing the recovery of victims from the rubble, the majority of them children, allegedly killed in this airstrike.
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Prior to the Coalition releasing the MGRS for this incident, Airwars had geolocated it to 34.57888, 40.93441 to the nearest village.