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Airwars Assessment
Two unidentified men were killed by an alleged drone strike from the International Coalition in the morning of September 19th, according to local sources.
It is unclear whether these were civilians. Several sources claimed the men were masked and riding a motorcycle when they were hit by an airstrike, which Euphrates Post believed to have been a drone strike.
Activists told Smart news that it was not possible to identify the victims because their bodies were burned, but were “most likely to be two members of the Islamic State”.
Ain Hasaka claimed that activists later revealed the identity of one of the dead as Abboud al-Fahad, a close relative of ISIS leader Hammam al-Tayyana.
In its monthly civilian casualty report for October 2019 – published on December 5th of the same year – the US-led Coalition assessed this event as ‘non credible’, noting: “46. September 19, 2019, in Al-Zur, Syria, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was assessed that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area that corresponds to the report of civilian casualties. 2779/CS1932 37SFU310880”.
The Coalition published a location for the assessment identifying to within 100 metres the area where it had focused its review.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention a strike on a motorcycle within the village of Al Zer (الزر), for which the exact coordinates are: 35.125156, 40.433489

Reports of the incident mention a strike on a motorcycle within the village of Al Zer (الزر)
Imagery: Google Earth

Satellite image with objects present in audiovisual material from sources
Imagery: Google Earth

Stitched panorama image with objects present in audiovisual material from sources
Imagery: DeirEzzor24

Imagery: DeirEzzor24

Staircase from other sources tagged in a video taken after the strike
Imagery: Euphrates Post