(Previous Incident Code: S256)

Five or more civilians including three women were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the al Rabita street area of Manbij town, scene of fierce ground clashes between ISIL occupiers and assaulting SDF forces.

According to al Tokhar al Kabil, “members of the Karissli family have been martyred. They are Firyal Karissli and her son Osama and Osama’s wife Daniya Khalil Karissli in American coalition raids on the place where they were staying near al Rabita street and they are still under the rubble.”

Two additional civilian deaths were also reported, those of Haj Ismail al Hammash and his wife

In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.