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(Previous Incident Code: S1775)
In the final stages of the fight against ISIS in its last territorial stronghold in Al-Baghouz, alleged Coalition shelling killed at least 16 civilians in the evening of February 11th on the outskirts of the town, according to local sources.
Monitors reported that among the victims were seven children, eight women and one elderly man, according to the Syrian Observatory.
The Observatory also told AFP that most of the victims were family members of combatants who were struck as they tried to flee towards the Iraqi border.
No additional details are known at this time.
In their monthly civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition has indicated that the credibility of this civilian harm allegation is in the process of being assessed.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Baghouz (الباغوز), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.4641667, 40.9452778. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.