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13 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1624

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A named adult male civilian died in the besieged neighbourhoods of Raqqah, according to a local source. Details of his death are presently unknown. Airwars will amend the entry when new information is available.

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13 October 2017
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Incident Date

12 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1621a

Location

Baidou, Raqqa, Syria
البدو
Local media reported that between 25 and 35 or more civilians died in US-led Coalition airstrikes carried out at midday which struck two residential buildings in Al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa. Despite this, Amnesty field research has since been conducted which only reported the deaths of 16 civilians, spread over two strikes. The Coalition initially confirmed…

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12 October 2017
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12 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1621

Location

Baidou, Raqqa, Syria
البدو
Local media reported that between 25 and 35 or more civilians died in US-led Coalition airstrikes carried out at midday which struck two residential buildings in Al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa. Despite this, Amnesty field research has since been conducted which only reported the deaths of 16 civilians, spread over two strikes. The Coalition initially confirmed…

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12 October 2017
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12 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1622

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local media named two civilians as killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah. The date of the incident is currently unclear: reporting on October 14th, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that the victims died “during the past few days”. Raqqa Media Office and SHRC reported their deaths on October 15th, also saying that…

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12 October 2017
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11 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1620a

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality" reported on an incident previously unidentified by Airwars. An uncle and nephew were killed by an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit them whilst they were on a motorbike. The airstrike occurred between 3 and 4pm, and there were no reported injured…

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11 October 2017
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Incident Date

11 October 2017

Incident Codes

CS1619 RS2623

Location

Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوكمال
Thirteen civilians reportedly died, including seven children and five women, following an attack on Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor. Local sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to the US-led Coalition, while others blamed Russia. At present, the culpable party remains unclear. The majority of sources alleged or suspected that…

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11 October 2017
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Incident Date

11 October 2017

Incident Codes

CS1620 RS2624

Location

Al Mjawda, Deir Ezzor, Syria
المجاودة
According to local sources, up to 12 civilians were killed in an airstrike on the town of Mjawda. Local sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to Russia, while others attributed blame to the US-led Coalition. Both the Violations Documentation Center and Euphrates Post identified eight victims of the…

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11 October 2017
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Incident Date

10 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1617

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male died following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqah city, local media reported. There is limited information at present, Airwars will update the entry when new details arise.  

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10 October 2017
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Incident Date

10 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1618

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two named civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike at a water well in Raqqah, according to local media – though the date of the incident is currently unclear. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (reporting on October 13th), one young man, Bebars Ismail al-Habash, died “a few days ago” in a bombing targeting…

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10 October 2017
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Incident Date

10 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1618a

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", one civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as "weak", researchers have assessed this incident "fair" due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report states that "An…

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10 October 2017
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9 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1613

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two men died as a result of US-led Coalition artillery strike on Raqqah city, local sources alleged. The Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality" reported that "Ala’Eddin Haj Ibrahim, and his neighbour Mohammed AbdelHadi al-Zein, both aged 51, were killed by an artillery strike outside Ala’eddine home." The…

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9 October 2017
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Incident Date

9 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1614

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
On January 30th 2018, RBSS reported that "The bodies of Abdul Hakim al-A’bka and Abdulkhaliq al-A’bka were taken out of the rubble after they had been shelled about four months ago by the international coalition aircraft on the town of Raqqa." The men were reportedly from one family. In Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019…

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9 October 2017
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Incident Date

9 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1612

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male died in Raqqah following an “aerial bombardment” of the city, local media said. There is very limited information at present for this event, with both RBSS and Raqqa Maydan saying on October 11th that the incident had taken place “several days ago.” Airwars understands that only the US-led Coalition were bombing in…

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9 October 2017
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Incident Date

8 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1596

Location

Ar Raqqah: Tawwassoui'ya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
التوسعية
As many as 26 civilians were killed, including a family of six, in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah’s Al Tawsuya neighbourhood, according to local media. Despite initial uncertainty of the date, Amnesty reported that the strike occurred on the 8th October 2017.  In a private message to Airwars, RBSS said the victims died on…

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8 October 2017
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Incident Date

8 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1634

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Fourteen civilians were allegedly killed on the 8th of October by Coalition airstrikes near the Old Mosque in Raqqa. On December 14th, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported “the bodies of the martyrs Mohammed Hassan Aarouni and Alaa Mohammed Aarouni were found with his family and Ibrahim Mohammed Aarouni and his family under the rubble…

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8 October 2017
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Incident Date

8 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1606

Location

Diriyah, Raqqa, Syria
Five members of one family died in Raqqah city following alleged “shelling” according to local reports. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, four of their children survived and “were taken to a house on the main road at the junction between Hitteen farm and Rabi’at al Atfal. No sources apportioned blame. Raqqa is Being…

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Published
8 October 2017
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Incident Date

8–9 October, 2017

Incident Code

CS1609

Location

Ar Raqqa, Tawasiyah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed after alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on the al-Tawasu’iyah neighbourhood of Raqqah city according to multiple local sources. Reportedly, “massive destruction of residential buildings and public property” followed the strikes, with sources also suspecting that many more civilians were wounded. All sources blamed the US-led Coalition. The date of the event was…

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8 October 2017
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Incident Date

8 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1610

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A young civilian male (possibly a teenage boy) named as Khalil Ibrahim al-Shehab (pictured) reportedly died of his wounds following US-led Coalition airstrikes on the city of Raqqah “several days earlier”, local sources alleged. There is very limited information, and Airwars will update when any new details become available.

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8 October 2017
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Incident Date

8 October 2017

Incident Codes

CI865 RS2613

Location

Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to many reported, two brothers were killed in Al Qaim, Iraq or al Hari in Syria, near the Iraqi border on October 8, 2017. Reports were contested: one source implied that Iraqi aircraft may have been responsible, while a number of sources identified Russia as the culprit, one source attributed the attack to the…

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8 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1598

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A man named as Hussein al-Ali al-Hamam and “his family of six people” from the Hamam al Turkman area in Raqqah city (possibly where the incident occurred) died following airstrikes, local media reported. Hussein al-Ali al Hamam reportedly worked for the local power company. Raqqa 24 blamed the US-led Coalition, while all other sources referred…

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1599

Location

Baidou, Raqqa, Syria
البدو
A woman named as Zubaydah al-Rahim Sheikh Hassan and her daughter Reem Mohammad al Musa (pictured) died in the al Badou neighbourhood whilst trying to leave the city of Raqqah, local sources alleged. There was some discrepancy in reports, therefore it is not clear how the two died; in equal measure sources suspected the US-led…

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1600

Location

Ar Raqqah: Rumaila neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
الرميلة
At least six civilians from one family reportedly died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Rumaila neighbourhood, Raqqah city. Marsad Al Hasaka named six of the victims and listed the mother of the victims listed belowand another unknown child. Quoting Al-Shibli, Al Fayha reported that “the shelling focused on the “expansionist and Bedouin neighborhoods”…

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1601

Location

Bared al Daraia, Raqqa, Syria
An adult male civilian Sherif Ibrahim al-Sharif (pictured), a resident of the Bared al Daraia neighbourhood, died following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqah city according to reports. There is very limited information at present, and amendments will be made to the entry when any new information is known.

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1603

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple local sources said that over 240 civilians had been killed and large numbers wounded in the past four days, allegedly by aircraft and airstrikes of the US-led Coalition. Sharqiya Voice estimated that 250 were killed in a 48 hour period, though all other sources alleged the slightly lower toll occurred over four days. Please…

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1604

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The citizen journalist group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, documented the death of Ismail Al Sharif (pictured), following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on the city of Raqqah. At present the location of the incident within the city is unknown. Airwars will add to the entry when any new details arise.

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

7 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1605

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male named as Mustafa Abdel-Mustafa Al-Dikish (pictured) died following US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local sources alleged. News of his death came several days later amidst reports of significant material destruction to residential neighbourhoods in the city. Airwars will update the entry when any new information arises.

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7 October 2017
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Incident Date

6 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1595

Location

Ar Raqqah: Between Hadika Al Mororia (Traffic Park) and Jumaili neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
حديقة المرورية, الجميلي
Four to five civilians were reported killed following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on the area between Al Hadika Al Mororia and Al Jumaili, Raqqah city. According to Syrian Press Center, the “the International Coalition targeted more than 10 air strikes in the northern neighbourhoods of Raqqah” during this time. Later reports from Raqqa is Being…

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6 October 2017
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Incident Date

6 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1597

Location

Ar Raqqah: Tawwassoui'ya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
التوسعية
Six civilians died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Tawaswiya neighbourhood, according to local media. The citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently documented: Omar Al-Ashqar, Yasser Bakour, Khalid Al Hussein and a girl whose name was not mentioned, as the victims. News of their death came amidst reports of considerable aerial bombardment…

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6 October 2017
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Incident Date

6 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1591

Location

Markada, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to 15 civilians died following alleged US-led Coalition strikes on Markada in the southern countryside of Al Hasakah governorate. It was claimed that the Coalition targeted a number of locations in the town controlled by so-called Islamic State. The attack left an unknown number of others wounded. Airstrikes hit a vegetable market in the…

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6 October 2017
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Incident Date

6 October 2017

Incident Code

CS1592

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple local sources documented the death of eight members of one family following alleged US-led Coalition strikes on the city of Raqqah. Mohammed Jumaa al-Nashif, his wife, his son’s wife, and her five children died reportedly due strikes carried out on their home in the city, though specifics of the location are currently unknown. All…

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6 October 2017
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