Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In what was widely reported as a Russian action, at least 27 civilians died and more than 70 were injured following airstrikes on Al Mayadeen.
Almost all sources including Daesh blamed Russia. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered said 6 Russian planes carried out 20 strikes between them, including on a children’s playground. Shaam News added that “Activists said the Russian air force targeted several areas in the city with cluster bombs, which spread over large areas near the National Hospital and the School of Abdul-Jabbar Al Obeid and near al Rahba fortress and the garage area downtown.”
However the Syrian Network blamed the Assad regime for the attacks. And while only one minor source blamed the US-led alliance for the attack, on September 9th the Coalition had leafleted al Mayadeen warning of impending airstrikes.
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.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Kamal Mohammad Kamal al-Hamdan Adult male killed
- Mohamad Kamal al Hamdan's son Age unknown male killed
Family members (3)
- Malek al-Abd al-Meshel Adult male killed
- Malek al-Abd al-Meshel's daughter Adult female killed
- Malek al-Abd al-Meshel's daughter Adult female killed
- Humaidan Mahmoud al Talij Age unknown male May be Mohammad Ahmad Saleh al Thalif killed
- Ahmad al-Mekhlef Adult male killed
- Mouzahem al Shaker Age unknown male killed
- Riyad al-Mekhlef Adult male killed
- Abd al Mu’ti Hassan al Sagheer Age unknown male Displaced from Palmyra killed
- Mahmoud Ahmad Saleh al Thalij Age unknown male killed
- Daughters of Adnan al Nasser Age unknown female killed
- Mohammad Saleh al-Jomaa Adult male killed
- Israa Abdul Jaleel al-Ismael Child female killed
- Salem al-Horan al-Manfi Adult male killed
- Maher Shujaa al-Jnah Adult male killed
- Suad al-Haj Mustafa Adult female killed
- Basem Mohammad al-Hmaidi Adult male killed
- Sara Omar al-Bahesh Child female killed
- Adnan al-Abd al-Meshel's daughter Adult male killed
- Anas Fadel al-Shaker Adult male killed
- Anwar al-Nofal's daughter Child female killed
- Mohamad Kamal al Hamdan's son Age unknown male killed
- Yazan Ibraheem al-Saeid Adult male killed
Summary
Sources (28) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]
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1- Salem Horan al Manfi 2- Maher Shuja al Jinah 3- Souad al haj mustapha al Haj Khalaf [the mother of Maher Shuja al Jinah] 4-Baseem Mohammad al hamidi 5- a woman from Obeid al Nijm family 6-the child Sara Omar al Bahash 7- Malek al Misha’al 8- child, daughter of Malek al Misha’al 9- child, daughter of Adnan al Misha’al 10-Anas Fadel al Shaker 11-Riyadh al Mukhlef 12- Yazen Ibrahim al Said 13+14 two children, daughters of Za’im al Tweir 15- the daughter of Anwar al Nawfal 16-the son of Mohamad Kamal al Hamdan 17-Mohammad Saleh al Juma’a 18- the child Asra’a Abd al Jalil Al Ismail 19+20 two children, the daughters of Adnan al NAsser 21- Mouzahem al Shaker 22- Ahmad al Mukhlef 23- Humaidan Mahmoud al Talij (via Deir Ezzor 24)
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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Sept. 15, 2016, in Al Mayadin, 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. 3045/CS313 37SFU317758
Original strike reports
For September 14th-15th the Coalition reported: “Near Dayz Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an ISIL oil well head and an oil tanker truck.“