Incident date
May 29, 2017
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SSE of Ratla, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near Raqqa. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured when he entered the target area after
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May 28, 2017
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حارة البدو, Al Badou, Raqqa, SyriaAn unspecified number of civilians died and one named civilian was injured in airstrikes and/or an artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Bado neighbourhood, according to local sources. Mohammed Amiro was named as injured when an artillery shell fell behind the Directorate of Water in the Bado neighbourhood – though sources didn’t identify the culprit. RFS reported
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Incident date
May 28, 2017
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المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaUp to three civilian men died as a result of a Coalition airstrike on Mansoura, local media said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on May 30th, “two men died following injuries they had sustained in shelling by the International Coalition’s warplanes on areas in al-Mansoura town in the western countryside of al-Raqqa”.
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Incident date
May 28, 2017
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaSix named civilians from the Ashram family – displaced from Deir ez-Zor – died in a casualty event in Raqqa, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether they were killed by Coalition airstrikes or shelling by the US or SDF. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Euphrates Post were
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Incident date
May 28, 2017
LOCATION
الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians including a woman and her child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamman village, according to local media. The victims included Hayat of Mustafa al-Saguri (daughter of Hayaof Sajur) and her unnamed child. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: “Coalition aircraft conducted a strike on a suspected Daesh
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Incident date
May 28, 2017
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
May 28, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAmnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality” reported that a drone strike killed a family of ten as their house in northern Raqqa was struck. Reportedly, three IS fighters were present in the area in the morning, but when a suspected drone was heard the three fleed. The family
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
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الرقة, Multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, SyriaThirteen named civilians including two children died in airstrikes and/or artillery shelling across multiple locations in Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports blamed both Coalition airstrikes and shelling by the SDF. Al Raqqa Truth reported that 78 shells were dropped on the city while planes circled the skies. It added that Kurdish units
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaAt least 17 civilians – reportedly displaced persons – were killed when buses transporting them were hit by Coalition airstrikes according to local reports. The Syrian Observatory reported that 18 people were killed in Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of al-Kasrat, of whom at least 10 members of ISIS. The Observatory said that some attacks
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaAt least two detainees were reportedly killed in a suspected Coalition air raid. Local reports said that a group of prisoners being held by ISIL in Mansoura were killed or injured by Coalition airstrikes on the prison. Several outlets, including Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered (RBSS) put the death toll at two. Al Araby said
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
حطين, Hitteen, Raqqa, SyriaMore than a dozen outlets reported suspected Coalition strikes on Hitteen farm, near Raqqa City, with vague claims of civilians harmed. Sadaalsham said the farm was located to the north of the city. Syrians News reported “a number of civilian casualties.” Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered also reported “news of civilian casualties” but did not
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians died and eight were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Al Mashlab neighbourhood, according to two local sources. No further details are presently known. In its December 2017 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition acknowledged that on “May 27, 2017 near Raqqah, Syria via media report. During a Coalition strike which destroyed
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Raqqa, SyriaIn a previously unreported incident, in the US-led Coalition’s December 2017 report, it conceded it had killed three civilians in near Raqqa. Without a more accurate location, Airwars cannot determine if the Coalition’s assessment matches any of the five locally reported civilian events which occurred in the area on that day, including incident CS870.
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
القسطل, al Qastal village, Hama, SyriaThree civilians were killed and four others wounded in an aerial ‘bombardment’ of the village of Al Qastal in Hama Governorate on the 27th or 28th of April 201, according to local media The wounded sought treatment at hospitals in Deir Al-Zour. The casualties included women and children, but their identities are unknown. Sources laid
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
LOCATION
عقيربات دكيلةالعلباويجروح , Jarouh, Al-'Albawi and Dikila, Hama, SyriaBetween four and five civilians were killed and several others were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes in eastern Hama Governorate, according to sources on the ground. Smart News reported that the warplanesshelled the villages of Jarouh, Al-‘Albawi and Dikila, in the area of Aqirbat.’ The strikes also resulted in the burning of
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Incident date
May 27, 2017
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عقيربات , Akeirbat, Hama, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported airstrikes on ‘civilian homes’ in Akeirbat which killed one civilian and wounded three others, including one woman. This was believed to have been part of a larger series of airstrikes on one town and four village under the control of the Islamic State, Smart News said.
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
LOCATION
Ar Raqqah - Deir Ezzor road, Raqqa, SyriaA taxi driver was killed by an airstrike, according to local reports. The Syrian Human Rights Committee reported that a man was killed by unidentified warplanes on a road near Deir Eizzor. The report said he was a driver. HRO also named him, as did Euphrates Post, which identified him as a taxi driver. That
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
LOCATION
رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, SyriaOne woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Raqqa al Samra on the eastern outskirts of Raqqa city, according to local sources.
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
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الطريق بين الرقة و دير الزور, Ar Raqqah - Al Mansoura road, Raqqa, SyriaAt least two civilians were killed in a Coalition strike along the road between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, according to local reports. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported the death of a man along with two others “following a Coalition raid on the main road between Raqqa and al Mansoura.” Radiokull reported a higher figure
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
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الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hamam village, according to multiple local sources.
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
LOCATION
جورة السوس, Jourat al Sous, Raqqa, SyriaThe Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “two civilians from the same family were killed in when the international Coalition warplanes fired on Jourat al Sous in the northern outskirts of Raqqa city.” No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
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ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to 12 civilians died in a fresh round of Coalition airstrikes on Al Mayadeen, according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported that “the warplanes launched five air strikes at approximately 2 am today [May 26th], a time difference of nearly three hours from the first raids that left three martyrs and a number of
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
LOCATION
الخضيرة , Al-Khdeira, Hama, SyriaTwo civilians were reportedly killed in the village of Al-Khdeira in an ‘aerial bombardment’. It is unclear which belligerent was responsible for the airstrikes; the Syrian Press Monitor blamed the Russians, while the others accused the Syrian regime. The identity of the victims remains unknown.
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Incident date
May 26, 2017
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العقيربات حمادة عمر , Hamada Omar near Al Akeirbat, Hama, SyriaThree civilian deaths and several injuries were reported as a result of airstrikes on the village of Hama Omar in Hama Governorate on the 26th of May 2017, an area under the control of the Islamic State (Daesh). It is unclear who was to blame for these airstrikes; sources pointed at the Russians and the
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Incident date
May 25, 2017
LOCATION
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween 15 and 40 civilians including two to five children and one to three women died, and up to 15 more were injured, in airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Mayadeen. Local sources were initially conflicted as to whether this was the work of the Coalition, Iraqi warplanes or Russia. However, in April 2018 the
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Incident date
May 25, 2017
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الترن, al Tarn, Raqqa, SyriaAt least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in three alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the village of al Tarn near the village of Dibsi Faraj in the western Tabaqa countryside of Raqqa, according to local sources and activists. Conflicting reports were given as to who was responsible for the airstrikes.
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Incident date
May 25, 2017
LOCATION
الفار, Al Far, Aleppo, SyriaAt least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes against the town of Al Far in the eastern Aleppo countryside, sources on the ground reported. According to multiple local sources, the air bombardment on the town included the use of cluster bombs. The majority of sources, including Step News Agency
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Incident date
May 25, 2017
LOCATION
دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, SyriaBetween two and three civilians were killed and a woman was wounded in two alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the town of Debsi Afnan in the western Raqqa countryside, according to local activists and sources. In reporting the estimate of two killed, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently acknowledged that it was the initial
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Incident date
May 24, 2017
LOCATION
Raqqah, Tashih, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of a self-reported civilian harm claim “near Raqqa, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “ 110. May 24, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was
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Incident date
May 24, 2017
LOCATION
Ar Raqqah - Deir ez-Zor road, Raqqa, SyriaA single source, the Euphrates Post, reported that “international coalition planes targeted a civilian car on al Shuweit -al Duweir road yesterday killing the driver instantly. He was displaced from the city of Deir Ezzor.” No further details are currently available.