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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.
- Daed Mansour 42 years old female named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Khadijeh al-Ibraheem al-Btoushi 40 years old female named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Mohannad Barko Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Mohammad Elaiwi Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Khaled Ahmad al-Salal Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Fatima al-Hendi Adult female named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Mahmoud Ahmad Mostafa or Ahmad Ali Al-Mustafa Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Mahmoud Dahham al-Abdullah Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Hamoud Staif Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Hasan Kassab Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Yosra Fattah Adult female named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Mostafa Mansour Adult male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Haytham Khalouf 32 years old male named by VDC, as victims at Al Tabaqa of international Coalition actions, from Palmyra killed
- Ibrahim AleiwiIssa Age unknown male killed
- Mariam – the mother of Mohammad al Masri 50 years old female killed
- Raed A’beid Age unknown killed
- Ahmad Al Abed Age unknown male killed
- Udai Hasan Khleif 10 years old killed
- Fayez Mohammed Al-Abdullah Age unknown killed
- Ammar Kahat Age unknown killed
- Mayada Kashash Age unknown female killed
- Ahmad Abdul-Hay Al-juneidi Age unknown male killed
- Ismaeil Hussein Haj A’ref Age unknown killed
- Lina Hasan Hajja Age unknown female killed
- Mustafa Rajab Abdo 13 years old male killed
- Peipers Al-Hasan Child killed
- Mohammed Alewi Age unknown male killed
- Khadija Ibrahim Age unknown female killed
- Faryal Dibo Age unknown female killed
- Mansour Al-Haji Age unknown killed
- Mohammed Jamil Asad Age unknown male killed
- Manar al-Hussein Age unknown killed
- Ahmad Faraj al Nazal Age unknown killed
- Abu Hamdo al Hajji Age unknown male killed
- Ahmad Mahmoud Zahhab Age unknown male killed
- Su'ad Taje 12 years old female killed
- Hadeel Rabih 16 years old female killed
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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.”