(Previous Incident Code: S582)

According to local sources, five civilians including a woman and a child died when the boat they were in near the town of Howeija al-Suwaki was struck.

A report by Glasswire cited Raqqa24 and RaqqaSL which blamed the Coalition. However, it also reported that “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.”

According to Glasswire, “local activists said on April 6th that an overnight US-led coalition airstrike on a boat near Raqqa, Syria causing civilian casualties. Raqqa SL said on Twitter that coalition strikes targeted a boat crossing the Euphrates river in the early hours of the morning.”

Glasswire also said that around March 17th, the coalition had dropped leaflets on Raqqa warning people not to use boats. However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported thatr “a missile believed to be of a land-to-land type landed on the Hawija al-Swaqi area, causing material damage, and injured a man and a woman.”