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(Previous Incident Code: S578)
According to the Smart News Agency, two civilian fishermen were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a ferry between the two banks of the Euphrates River in the western village of Al-Sahlabiya. Local sources told Smart that the victims were killed as they were transporting cars between the two banks.
Step News Agency also put the death toll at two, blaming the Coalition.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “SDF component Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa, which is in the area, said on Facebook that coalition aircraft launched four air raids in the early hours targeting ferries on the Euphrates river.”
A spokesperson for the US-led coalition told Grasswire that it “does not appear to have conducted any strikes on watercraft near Raqqah between 2-6 April,” and that this incident has been referred to its civilian casualty team for assessment.
Glasswire reported that around March 17th, the coalition dropped leaflets on Raqqa warning people not to use boats.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named the victims.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Salhabiya (سلحبية), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.95149, 38.78487. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.