Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In a major casualty incident, between 44 and 56 named civilians reportedly died and up to 55 others were wounded in a Coalition airstrike on an automated bakery in the Al Thani neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local sources.
The US-led alliance later conceded seven deaths in the event. Their September 2018 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, seven civilians were unintentionally killed.”
Step News reported that the Coalition carried out more than 25 airstrikes in Tabaqa since dawn, targeting “the first neighborhood and the second neighborhood and the automated oven and the city market”. Radio Akul, also blaming the Coalition, put the death toll at 27.
However, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, 37 civilians died with 52 more wounded.
Other sources said that a local market was hit as well as the bakery. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 were killed but that the number was likely to rise. According to Syrian News Desk, “The raids focused on the main market behind the bakery building, causing heavy damage to four residential buildings and the burning of cars and shops.”
A local source told the Smart news agency that the Coalition carried out “four raids on an automatic bakery in the city, killing the owner of the bakery, the employees and dozens of civilians who were nearby.” Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – also attributing the event to the Coalition – produced a number of reports naming victims as well as publishing graphic images of the strike’s aftermath. According to Euphrates Post, in addition to targeting the bakery, the Coalition “also targeted one of Daesh’s HQ near the Assyrian church in the city.”
Human Rights Watch published a major field investigation into the event in September, which concluded that a 5pm strike on GPS co-ordinates 35.845879, 38.540913 had killed at least 44 civilians. Multiple witnesses and survivors spoke with HRW, with some indicating that the aircraft responsible may have been a B-52 bomber. The international NGO published a casualty list featuring 44 victims.
The Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident, accurate to within a 100 metre box.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
Family members (6)
Family members (2)
Family members (2)
Family members (2)
Family members (2)
Family members (3)
The victims were named as:
Summary
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via Alhiwarchannel)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via Syrian newsdesk)
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Q-Alenzy documenting 20 initial names of civilian casualties. (via Q-Alenzy)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments before the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments before the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via Asharqiya voice)
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A civilian casualty found in the rubble after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via Asharqiya voice) -
Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via Asharqiya voice)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via Asharqiya voice)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via Asharqiya voice)
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Moments after the alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via Asharqiya voice)
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Peipers Al-Hasan, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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The child Udday Hasan Khalif, 10 years old, killed in an alleged coalition raid yesterday on al Thani neighbourhood bakery in al tabaqa.
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Mohammad Aleiwi, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Muhannad Barko, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Ez al-Deen Sahari, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Ez al-Deen Sahari, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Abd al-Jabbar Sahari, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Ali Hamid al-Bakri, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Hamid al-Bakri, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Hasan Kassab, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Haytham Khalouf, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd march 2017. (via VDC)
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Ahmad al Abd, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Ahmad Mahmoud Zahhab, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Abu Hamdo al Hajji, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Ahmad Faraj al Nazal, killed in a Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
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Graphic image of a civilian casualty in the aftermath of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqah, 22nd March 2017. (via RBSS)
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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March 22, 2017, near al-Thani, Tabaqa, Syria, via Airwars report. During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, seven civilians were unintentionally killed.
Original strike reports
For March 22nd-23rd: “Near Ar Raqqah, eight strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units; destroyed two tactical vehicles, a fighting position, and a heavy transport equipment piece; and damaged four supply routes.”