Incident Code
CS446Previous code
S401Incident date
January 17, 2017Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaGeolocation
Airwars assessment
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
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Civilian harm reportedYes
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Civilians reported killed0
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Civilians reported injured2
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Airwars civilian harm gradingWeakSingle source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
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Suspected belligerentUS-led Coalition
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Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.
The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
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Suspected belligerentUS-led Coalition
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US-led Coalition position on incidentNon credible / UnsubstantiatedInsufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
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Reason for non-credible assessmentInsufficient evidence of civilian harm
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Civilian deaths concededNone
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Civilian injuries concededNone
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Stated locationnear Al Tabqah, SyriaNearest population center
Civilian casualty statements
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After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.
Original strike reports
For January 16th-17th the Coalition publicly noted: “Near Ar Raqqah, nine strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed three fighting positions, an artillery system, a supply cache, a VBIED, a front-end loader, a tactical vehicle, and an ISIL weapons storage facility; and damaged a supply route.”
Summary
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Civilian harm reportedYes
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Civilians reported killed0
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Civilians reported injured2
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Airwars civilian harm gradingWeakSingle source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
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Suspected belligerentUS-led Coalition
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