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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1210
Location
multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Seven civilians died and two others were injured, in addition to the death of four members of IS, in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to the Smart News Agency. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1211 RS2339
Location
Al Mayadin, multiple locations, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
Between 11 and 14 civilians – including several women and children – were killed and dozens others were wounded in airstrikes on Al Mayadin. However it was contested as to who was responsible. Sources either blamed Russia, the Syrian regime or the US-led Coalition. More than five sources made no claims with regards to responsibility. However,…
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
11–14
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2338
Location
Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
هجين
An unspecified number of civilians died and were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hajin, according to sources on the ground. The Euphrates Post reported: ""A launched air raids targeting Hajin village this morning [July 16th] with rockets targeting a house near the house of Hamadi al-Shawish. Another missile landed in front of the…
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1212 RS2340
Location
Al Subha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الصبحة
Three to six civilians died in airstrikes on al Subha village, local media reported, though it was unclear whether the Coalition or Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “five people were martyred and three of them were charred, as a result of shelling by aircraft. It’s…
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2341
Location
Hazza, Damascus, Syria
حزة
As many as four children died and dozens more civilians were reported wounded in an airstrike on Hazza, according to sources on the ground. Most reports blamed the Assad regime, though there was also an allegation against Russia. According to Akhbaralaan, "Activists said that the warplanes of the Assad forces fired several rockets on residential neighborhoods…
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1213
Location
Al Hal market, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Between seven and 12 members of the Salah Al-Mana family were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, all of whom were reportedly civilians. Syrian Network for Human Rights added that the victims were IDP's from Mehaimda village in Deir Ez-Zour and were killed by missiles fired on Raqqa city. Local sources identified seven…
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–12
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1214
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Three civilian males were killed following alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local sources reported. In a report which made no reference to civilian casualties, Mohab Nasser documented that Coalition airstrikes targeted the Al Hall Market, the Old Wall and the Abu al Hayes areas of Raqqa on 16 July, which could be linked with the…
Summary
Published
16 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2336
Location
Umm Qiba village, near al Sokhna, Homs, Syria
أم قيبة
Three women were killed and other civilians injured in alleged Russian raids on the village of Um Qiba in the eastern Homs countryside, local sources reported. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria said those killed included two daughters of Mkaimen al-Shihetan and Faysal al-Shihatan.
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Codes
CS1206 RS2335
Location
Al Mayadin, al Arabaeen street and other areas, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
At least ten civilians – including at least one woman and two children – were killed and dozens more were wounded following airstrikes near two schools in the city of Al Mayadeen. However, local sources were conflicted as to who was responsible. Both Russia and the US-led Coalition were reportedly responsible. Syrian Network for Human…
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1207
Location
Al Dariya near Tariq Ibn Zaid school, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
الدرعية
A civilian male was killed following alleged SDF mortar fire or Coalition artillery strikes into the Al Dariya neighbourhood of Raqqa, local sources reported. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and @Q_Alenezy reported that he was killed after shells hit his home behind the Tariq Ibn Ziyad school. Four of the five sources alleged that the…
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2337
Location
Al Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians were wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighborhood of downtown Hamidiya, local sources reported. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1208
Location
Ar Raqqah: Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
البدو
Local media reported that 13 civilians, including two children, died and eight were wounded in Raqqa’s Al Badou neighbourhood. According to Smart, “13 civilians were killed, including two children, and eight others were wounded in the past 24 hours by an aerial bombardment that is likely to be the international coalition and SDF artillery on…
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1209
Location
National Raqqa hospital, Raqqa, Syria
المستشفى الوطني
One man and his son died in an airstrike near the National Raqqa hospital, local media said. According to Smart, “The aircraft bombed a car transporting water near the National Hospital, killing a man and his son who were inside the vehicle”.
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
CI812
Location
Al Maydan, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
الميدان
A number of local sources reported that 300 civilians were killed and 400 more were wounded – said to be mostly women and children – following alleged Coalition and Iraqi government airstrikes in the Al Maydan neighbourhood of Mosul. All four sources who reported the deaths alleged that both the Coalition and the Iraqi government…
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
300
Civilians reported injured
400
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2017
Incident Code
CI813
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Local sources reported that 13 civilians were killed in addition to 8 ISIL fighters following alleged Coalition airstrikes on residential areas within the district of Al Qa’im in western Anbar Province, next to the Iraqi-Syrian border. All three sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details were available.
Summary
Published
15 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1203
Location
Al Tawaswi’ya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
حي التوسعية
Local sources reported that a number of civilians died in artillery and mortar shelling or Raqqa’s Al Tawaswi’ya neighbourhood – though it was unclear whether the Coalition or the SDF were responsible. Usama Mulla Mohammed put the death toll at two. Other sources blamed SDF artillery and mortar shells. Airwars understands that only the Coalition…
Summary
Published
14 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1204
Location
Al Salhiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الصالحية
Seven civilians died and two or more were wounded in an airstrike on Al Salhiya in the Deir Ezzor countryside, according to local media – though it was unclear whether the Coalition, Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. 1996aboadel and RFS pointed towards Russia. However, Baladi blamed the regime. Al Hall said that…
Summary
Published
14 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1205
Location
Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
Local sources reported airstrike near the Crescent hospital in al Baghouz. According to Euphrates Post, a girl was killed and a woman and old man injured. The source didn’t identify the culprit. Other sources reported Coalition strikes in the vicinity but did not report civilian casualties. According to Shaam News the target of the attack…
Summary
Published
14 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 July 2017
Incident Code
CI811
Location
Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of ten civilians in an event in the Nabi Jaris neighbourhood of Old Mosul. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS tunnel system, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed." Coordinates supplied by…
Summary
Published
14 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2334
Location
Ain Tarma, Damascus, Syria
عين ترما,
Alleged Russian or Syrian warplanes committed “a massacre” in the city of Ain Tarma, local sources reported, killing at up to 21 named civilians including women and children. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there were up to 20 strikes on the town. Some reports also said that the town was hit by…
Summary
Published
14 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–21
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1195
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
حي الدرعية
Sharqiya Voice reported that “shelling targeted several neighborhoods of Raqqa in Tal Al Obeid Street, Saif Al Dawla Street, Al Dar’iya neighborhood, Al Khader Pharmacy, Basil Street, Al Quwatli Street and the edges of al Wadi street and al Fouroussiya” resulting in several civilian casualties and a number of others wounded, however further details were…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2333
Location
Easter Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
الغوطة الشرقية
Local media reported that areas in Eastern Ghouta, specifically Hazza and Ein Tarma, were subject to heavy aerial shelling, killing up to four civilians and wounding "dozens", though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. @AJA_Syria cited al-Jazeera correspondent who reported "dozens of civilians, including women and children, were wounded…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1196
Location
al Basrawo mosque area, Raqqa, Syria
حارة ﺟﺎﻣﻊ ﺍﻟﺒﺼﺮﺍﻭﻱ
A civilian male was killed by a declared Coalition bombing of the Al Basrawo neighbourhood of Raqqa on July 13, 2017, local sources reported. Most sources who reported the incident alleged that the US-backed SDF militias were responsible. But there was confusion: Alraqqa Ahluna initially said the victim died in an “SDF bombing”, but subsequently…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1224
Location
Ar Raqqah: Hisham Bin Abd Al Malek neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
هشام عبد الملك
At least 9 and up to 15 members of the Salamah family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Hisham Bin Abd al Malek neghbourhood. Local media reported this incident in July of 2017: According to Ahmad al Shibli, Marwan Al Salama and his entire family of nine people were killed when a Coalition…
Summary
Published
17 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2329
Location
Hammad Omar, Hama, Syria
حماد عمر
Three civilians were killed and a young man injured in alleged Russian air strikes on the town of Hammad Omar, east of Hama, according to local reports. Alaraby reported that the raids occurred during battles between regime forces and ISIS. An opposition media activist told the Syria Newsdesk that the area was targeted “with more…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1197
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
A girl was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on her home in Raqqa, local sources reported. She was reportedly displaced from Tal Abyad in northern Raqqa governorate. All four sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details are presently known.
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1318
Location
Ar Raqqah: Near Saif Al Dawla school, Raqqa, Syria
مدرسة سيف الدولة
Ten civilians died including different generations of the same family in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. All sources pointed towards the Coalition carrying out an air or artillery strike. Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery in Raqqa. The date has been changed due to further Amnesty field research confirming the…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1198
Location
Al Dari'ya, Raqqa, Syria
حي الدرعية
Between seven and 10 civilians, including women and children, were reportedly killed and a “large” number of people wounded following alleged Coalition airstrikes in the Al Dariya neighbourhood of Raqqa, local sources reported. Among the 19 sources who reported the incident, 17 alleged that the Coalition was responsible. Baladi News said that SDF artillery strikes…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
RS2330
Location
Al-Mkimin, Hama, Syria
المكيمين
Two children were killed in an alleged Russian bombardment on the village of Al-Mkimin, local media reported. Hisham Sarhan Hisham Al Zubin was also reported dead by his cousin. Four others were wounded. Syria Newsdesk said the the bombing came after the regime forces failed to win back villages under the control of Daesh, “despite…
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 July 2017
Incident Code
CS1199
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
A civilian male was killed following alleged Coalition airstrikes struck his home in Raqqa, local sources reported. Three sources reported the victim’s death. However, the reports were apparent carbon copies of each other.
Summary
Published
13 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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