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Incident Date
9 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1828
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 20 civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Shaafa, according to sources on the ground. Deir Ezzor 24 reported that "many" civilians had died in the strike - and blamed the Coalition. Al Shaafa Official put the death toll at 20, again pointing to the US-led alliance - and adding that…
Summary
Published
9 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
11–20
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1827
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 11 and 26 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, in what some sources described as "a massacre". In June 2019 the Coalition accepted responsibility for just one death in this event, with their monthly civilian casualty report noting: "Near Hajin, Syria, via media report. Coalition aircraft conducted…
Summary
Published
9 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
11–26
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1825
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the town of Hajin, which according to local reports resulted in the deaths of between 12 and as many as 40 civilian casualties. Halab Today TV reported that “Coalition aircraft carried out more than 50 air raids on the city of the Hajin, east of the Euphrates, on Thursday evening [Nov…
Summary
Published
8 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
12–41
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1826
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike on an “ISIS headquarters” was reported to have resulted in civilian casualties. Smart News Agency reported that one of four high precision missiles fell on an ISIS HQ and that 12 members of the terror group died. Smart did not report any civilian casualties. However, according to Deir Ezzor 24, “many…
Summary
Published
8 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 November 2018
Incident Code
RS3551
Location
دير العدس, Deir Al A'adas, Daraa, Syria
Four children were reportedly injured in the explosion of a cluster bomb from an earlier alleged Russian or Syrian regime air raid on the town of Deir Al A'adas, November 6th, 2018, according to local sources. It is unclear when the raid took place. @Step_Agency reported: "Four civilians, including children, were injured as a result…
Summary
Published
6 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1824
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, Free Deir Ezzor Media, reported that “a civilian woman and her child were killed by artillery shelling targeting the town of Al-Soussa in Deir al-Zour countryside.” No further details are currently available. In its December 2020 monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition assessed this event as ‘non credible’, asserting that "The allegation…
Summary
Published
4 November 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
USSOM155
Location
Somalia
Responding to allegations that it had conducted a November 18th airstrike on a radio station in Jilib, AFRICOM informed local media via Twitter that "it has not conducted an airstrike in Somalia since Nov. 3." There were no publicly reported strikes on this date, and Airwars has reached out to AFRICOM for clarification. https://twitter.com/USAfricaCommand/status/1064460036766863360?s=20
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1822
Location
مسجد خالد بن الوليدهجين, Hajin: House near Khalid bin Walid mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 14 and 21 civilians – over half of them children, according to some sources – were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a house near the Khalid bin Walid mosque in Hajin. Several sources mentioned al Soussa, al Kushma and al Sha'afa as other locations targeted by airstrikes that…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
14–21
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
TI018
Location
دهوك, Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
Several sources reported that an alleged Turkish airstrike killed a civilian near the province of Duhok. A "security source" quoted in reports from Almaalhomah, Iraqhbar and Alahdnews, mentions that "the bombing killed a farmer near the place of the fall of a missile." He reportedly added that "the body was transferred to the Department of…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1823
Location
الشعفة و, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Multiple local sources named three children as killed and “many” more civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition air or artillery strike on Al Shaafa on November 3, 2018. Some sources reported that the airstrike targeted a house in a residential neighbourhood. Euphrates Post for example reported: "The killing of three children, the children of Imad…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 November 2018
Incident Code
TS285
Location
تل أبيض, Tel Fender, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that a girl was killed due to Turkish shelling on Tal Fander, one of the Tal Abyad villages in northern Raqqa. Although most sources reported that the girl was killed in an airstrike, Smart claimed that the Turkish army targeted the village with heavy machine guns and sniper fire, which allegedly killed the girl after…
Summary
Published
1 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1821a
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of four civilians in an airstrike near Hajin. There are indications that this was either a French or Dutch action. In its April 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted one strike on a Daesh improvised explosive device…
Summary
Published
31 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1817
Location
متجرعطية العبيدي الشيخ القديمات, Shop of Attia Al Obaidi Al Sheik Al Qadimat, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, on October 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Al Shaafa town's Facebook page wrote on October 30th that an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the shops of Atiyya Al Obeidi Al Sheikh Al Qadimat on the public street at the division…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1820
Location
و الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported on “two new massacres” resulting from alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting the towns of Al Sha’fa and al-Kashma in Deir al-Zour. Several sources including Free Deir Ezzor Radio and Baladi News reported the killing of a total of 17 non-combatant civilians including four women and three children. Baladi added that the victims were…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1821
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported on “two new massacres” resulting from alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting the towns of Al Sha’afa and al-Kushma in Deir al-Zour. Media reported said that four civilians died in this particular event in Sha’fa, when a civilian’s home was allegedly struck by the Coalition. According to The Al Sha’afa Facebook page on October…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1819
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one and as many as 20 civilians including an unspecified number of women and children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Shaafa, which was under the control of ISIS, according to local media. Several local sources including Euphrates Post reported that “a number of civilian died” in the…
Summary
Published
28 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1816
Location
البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what local media referred to as a “massacre”, five civilians including a woman and two or three children were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the house of Rajab al-Hassan in the area of Al Boubadran, a village near al Soussa said to be under ISIS control. The victims were named by multiple…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1818
Location
الظهرة ,الشعفة, Dhahra, Al Shafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On October 30th a single source, Al-Sha’fa Facebook page, reported an alleged Coalition airstrike “on a house in the outskirts of Dhahra.” The source said: “We don’t know who the house belonged to, but the whole family was killed”. The source was unable to specify the precise date of the reported civilian harm, noting that…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27–28 October, 2018
Incident Code
CS1816a
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 5 and 20 civilians were reportedly injured or killed in Hajin as a result of alleged Coalition air and /or artillery strikes between October 27th and 28th, according to local media. On October 28th, Syria Unified Observatory reported “the martyrdom of about 20 people of the city of # Hajin and village # Al-Shaafa…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 October 2018
Incident Code
USSOM154
Location
حرمك, Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Lower Juba, Somalia
AFRICOM publicly reported that it had "conducted conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia, on October 25, 2018". It added: "We also currently assess this airstrike did not injure or kill any civilians." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike "killed two (2) militants and destroyed one (1) vehicle." Voice…
Summary
Published
25 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1815
Location
مسجد الزوية, Hajin: Al Zawiya mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A Coalition airstrike hit the Al-Zawiya Mosque in Hajin - the fourth reported airstrike on a mosque carried out by the Coalition in the governorate of Deir Ezzor in less than a week. Local sources claimed that at least 7 and up to 16 civilians died in this attack. Free Deir Ezzor said that there…
Summary
Published
24 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
7–16
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1814b
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the source Marsad al Hassaka, “more than 20 civilians were killed in an air strike by international coalition aircraft on a house in the town of al-Soussa in the eastern suburb of Deir al-Zour. There were dozens of air strikes targeting civilian houses and large-scale destruction in the town amid attempts by the SDF…
Summary
Published
24 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1814a
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa: Mosque and internet cafe, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Several civilians were killed and injured in alleged Coalition air and/or artillery strikes on a mosque and internet café in Al Soussa, according to a single source – though a number of other reports said that the victims were members of ISIS. Euphrates Post reported that “a number of members of the Islamic State organization…
Summary
Published
22 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 October 2018
Incident Code
RS3550
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shougur, Idlib, Syria
A boy was killed and his sister injured when a cluster bomb from a previous alleged Russian raid on the city of Jisr Al Shughour exploded on October 20th, 2018, according to local sources. It is unclear when the bomb was fired. @maraya404 tweeted that "a child is martyred and his sister is injured due to…
Summary
Published
20 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1814
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged fourth problem Coalition airstrike in the governorate of Deir Ezzor over a 48 hour period allegedly hit a ‘Qur’anic institute’ (a place in which the Qur’an is taught) in Hajin, in what some local sources described as another “horrific massacre”. Various sources reported that the airstrike killed six civilians and wounded several others.…
Summary
Published
19 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1813
Location
البوبدران, Al Soussa: Othman Bin Affan mosque, al Boubadran village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what several sources described as “a massacre”, at least 8 and as many as 70 civilians were alleged killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Osman Bin Affan Mosque in the village of Al-Sousse after Friday prayers. The incident occurred after two other reported incidents on October 18th in and around al Soussa, targeting…
Summary
Published
19 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
8–70
Civilians reported injured
12–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1811
Location
السوسة, al Soussa: Home of Mohammed al-Obeid al-Hattab in al Aaliyya neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least 9 and as many as 15 civilians were reported killed, described as women and children of Iraqi origin, following a reported Coalition airstrike on the home of Mohammed al-Obeid al-Hattab in al Soussa. The event may be confused in some media and social media reports with one or two nearby additional civilian harm…
Summary
Published
18 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
9–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1812
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa: Ammar bin Yasser moque, al Boubadran village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least 10 and as many as 60 civilians were reported killed by the US-led Coalition after a strike or strikes hit the Ammar bin Yasser mosque in Al Boubadran village near al Soussa. The event may have been confused in some media and social media reports to one or two additional nearby civilian harm…
Summary
Published
18 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10–60
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 October 2018
Incident Code
USSOM152
Location
Araara, Lower Juba, Somalia
Four al Shabaab fighters were killed as the US carried out a strike in Somalia in the vicinity of Araara, Lower Juba region, after partner forces came under attack from small arms fire, a US Africa Command press release stated. The press release called it a "collective self-defense airstrike." No US service members were apparently…
Summary
Published
14 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1810
Location
البحرة, Al Bahra, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local reports said that four non combatants (perhaps along with two ISIS fighters) were killed in a Coalition air or artillery strike on al Bahra. Syrian United Observatory and tweeter Shabab al Latamna both reported four civilians killed. In its own report, Step News noted that “Four civilians and two members of Daesh were killed…
Summary
Published
14 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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