Conflict

U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq & Syria

Incident Code

CS531

Location

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

Geolocation

35.905278, 38.963889
Accuracy: Village

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: S466)

Smart news agency, reported the death of three civilians including one child and the injury of one other in an alleged Coalition airstrikes on Kasrat Juma’a village in the western Raqqa countryside.

Smart reported: “The source said the raids are likely to have been by the international coalition and targeted a poultry farm in the village of Kasrat Juma’a, killing two men and a child, and seriously injuring another man.”

Micro Syria reported that “warplanes, probably belong to the coalition, carried out raids in a chicken coop, killing two men and a child and wounding another man seriously.”

 

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
3
1 Child
Civilians reported injured
1

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Kasrat Sheikh (Juma’a) (كسرة شيخ (جمعة)), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.905278, 38.963889. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

U.S.-led Coalition Assessment
Suspected belligerent
U.S.-led Coalition
U.S.-led Coalition position on incident
Non credible / Unsubstantiated
Reason for non-credible assessment
No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area
Civilian deaths conceded
None
Civilian injuries conceded
None
Stated location
near Kashrat Sheiykh al Juma’a (Raqqah), Syria
Location accuracy
1 m
MGRS coordinate
37SDV9674473463
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
For February 23rd-24th, the Coalition reported: “Near Ar Raqqah, 17 strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and an ISIS staging area; and destroyed three pump jacks, a command and control node, a fighting position and a tactical vehicle.” And for February 24th-25th: “Near Ar Raqqah, five strikes destroyed an artillery system, a mortar system, a rocket system, a watercraft, a weapons storage facility and a chemical weapons facility.”
French Military Strike Report
[France reports carrying out 34 sorties in the last week – and 11 strikes destroying 19 ISIL targets. In Iraq, the six strikes were concentrated in the Mosul region. They targeted mortar positions, combatant groups, a logistics depot and a command center. In Syria, two ground troop support missions were carried out in the Raqqah and Deir Ezzor areas against artillery pieces and an armored vehicle, loaded with an explosive device (SVBIED). The intervention of a Rafale patrol, after detection and guidance of the ATL2, led to the destruction of 2 clandestine oil wells in the south-east of Raqqah. In the region of Palmyra, two planned strikes were carried out and enabled the neutralization of a military storage site and a vehicle-bomb manufacturing site (VBIED).Task Force Wagram carried out 28 missions]
U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement
2017-09-29
Original Source
After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.