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(Previous Incident Code: S740)
One civilian male was reported killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Salhabiya Al Sharqiya village in western Raqqa.
Although all three said the victim was killed as a result of air raids, only Sharqiya Voice alleged the Coalition was responsible.
It reported that Coalition airplanes provided aerial cover to the YPG Kurdish militia units as they fought ISIL fighters in the area.
In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed the event as non credible due to a lack of available evidence of civilian harm: “May 21, 2017, near al Salhabiya, Syria, via Airwars report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find civilians were harmed in this strike.”
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Sallhabiya (السلحبية الشرقية), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.953611, 38.786389. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.