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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1485 RS2452
Location
بقرص تحتاني, Bokros Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between seven and nine civilians died including three children and one woman and up to 17 others were wounded in airstrikes on the al Qasr area of Bokros Tahtani, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. The Step News Agency and…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1486 RS2453
Location
البصيرة, Al Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian died in an airstrike on al Basira, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the regime were to blame. Reports said that the strikes hit to post office building. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Moen_dndil attributed the event to the Coalition. However,…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1487 RS2454
Location
مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian died in an airstrike on Mrat, according to local media – though it was unclear who was to blame for this death. According to Syrianoor, “Activists confirmed that more than 100 civilians – mostly children and women – died during four massacres committed by Russian warplanes and international coalition aircraft in the city…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1488
Location
العشارة, Al A'shara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that members of ISIS families died in airstrikes which hit homes in al A’shara/Al Hawa – though none of the reports said who was responsible for the incident. Moreover, there was some dispute over the location of the strike, and whether the homes struck belonged to civilians. According to Euphrates Post, “Two…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1489 RS2447
Location
الخريطة, Al Kharita, river crossing, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources named one woman as killed and her husband and “some members of his family” wounded in an airstrike on a river crossing at al Kharita. Most sources didn’t identify the culprit. However, according to Sadaa alsham, Russia was to blame for the death of one civilian in al Kharita. The regime captured the…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1490 RS2455
Location
الزباري, Al Zabari, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two woman died and eight other civilians were wounded in an airstrike on a school which was housing displaced people in Al Zabari, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia carried out the strike. According to Syrian Press Center, “an air strike targeted a girls’ school…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1491
Location
دشيشة, Al Dasheisha, Al Hassakah, Syria
Seventeen civilians were reported killed in alleged airstrike by the US-led Coalition on al Dashisha village, according to local sources. However the claim has been strongly refuted by some sources. Jisirtv said the civilians were inside a car which was subject to an “intensive aerial bombardment” by Coalition forces. @watannews2015 said the family of Abyan…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1492
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians from the same family were reported killed following alleged US-led Coaltion airstrikes on Raqqa. All sources blamed the Coalition for the strike which targeted “the remaining neighbourhoods” of “besieged Raqqa”. There is limited information available at present.
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1493
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian man died in the city of Raqqa, according to multiple local sources. Initial reports said his death was caused by airstrikes conducted by the US-led Coalition. However this was refuted by the group Raqqa Journalists Without Borders, which claimed he died in a “painful accident”. No additional details are available at present.
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1494 RS2456
Location
سعلو, Deir Ez-Zor, Sa'alu, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One female civilian, died in an alleged airstrike on the village of Sa’alu, according to local media. The US-led Coalition and Russia were both cited as culprit, amongst multiple references to unidentified aircraft. According to Qasioun, the Coalition bombed Sa’alu as part of an aerial offensive that targeted multiple villages in the east of Deir…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1479
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An adult civilian male (pictured) died following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqah, local sources said. There is limited information, however all sources cited the Coalition as the culprit. Mr Hareth’s death was reported on October 7th, though it was stated he had died “nearly a month ago.” Airwars has tentatively placed the data range at…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1480 RS2448
Location
مخيم للنازحين قرب جديد عكيدات, IDP camp near Jadid Akeidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A major civilian casualty incident allegedly took place at an IDP camp near Jadid Akeidat, Eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. Al Yaqeen reported about 100 displaced people were killed, mostly women and children, following an alleged aerial bombardment by the US-led Coalition at the camp. However this was contested – with Euphrates Post asserting that this…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
100–120
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1478 RS2445
Location
مظلوم, Mazloum village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to seven civilians including two women and a girl died in an airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Mazloum village, eastern Deir Ezzor, according to local media. Though local sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame, the village did appear to have been…
Summary
Published
13 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1473
Location
Al Shahabat village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In a mass civilian casualty incident, two families of up to twelve people died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on al Shahabat village in the western Deir Ezzor countryside at “dawn” on September 12th, according to local media. An initial report by Euphrates Post document “five martyrs from one family”, the figure rose to 11…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1474
Location
Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria
At least 12 civilians including up to seven children and three women died in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes on residential homes in Raqqa’s Al Badou neighbourhood, according to multiple local sources. Hadi Abdullah also put the death toll at least 11 with dozens more wounded, while Smart put the death toll at 12.…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–14
Civilians reported injured
2–36
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1475
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, father and son died following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa city – or as a result of ISIS actions in the city. Discrepancies in the sources show Revolutionary Command Council in the city of Palmyra and Death page suspected the the men were executed by members of the so-called Islamic State organization.…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1476 RS2439
Location
Khisham town, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local reports documented four civilians killed in airstrikes on Khisham town,13 kilometres east of Deir Ghaza, eastern Deir Ezzor. Euphrates Post referred to “warplanes” and alleged that they targeted “the house of Awad al-Azar in the town of Khisham, opposite the divider, killing four people and wounding many civilians yesterday evening”, though they did not…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1477 RS2440
Location
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two adult male civilians, one child and one woman were killed in airstrikes on Hatla, according to local media, though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia were to blame. The majority of sources, however, pointed to Russia. Munitions recovered at the scene appear to be Russian in origin. The Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1469
Location
Al Ferdos, Raqqa, Syria
Several civilians died and were wounded in alleged Coaltion airstrikes on Raqqa’s Al Ferdous neighbourhood, according to local media. Sources reported that a mosque was also destroyed in a strike. According to the Syrian Press Center, there was “an aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of residential buildings in Al Ferdous, Al Jamili and Al Naeem…
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1470
Location
Abu Khashab junction, Deir Ezzor, Syria
News of dead and wounded civilians at the Abu Kashab junction, Deir Ezzor countryside, was reported by a single source. Al Natek Network did not specify an actor, the report referring only to “airstrikes”. Airwars researchers tracked claims of both the Coalition and the SDF near the location at the time.
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1471
Location
Al Ferdos, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently named one civilian as killed “as a result of the shelling” of Raqqa. However, there is the possibility that this may be the same incident as CS1469, in the neighbourhood of Al Ferdous, on September 11th.
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1472
Location
Al Dasheisha, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilians were reported “seriously wounded” following an “aerial bombardment” by the US-led Coalition, local sources alleged. The raid reportedly took place at Al Dashisha village 35km southeast of al Shaddadi. According to Baladi, “shelling that targeted the village, caused the destruction of shops” and “other rockets targets the warehouses of grain causing an outbreak…
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1465
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, a wife and husband were reported killed following airstrikes on the city of Raqqa. The exact location within the city is currently unknown. Three out of five sources blamed the Coalition, the other two referred to an “aerial bombardment”, without identifying the culprit. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights commented that the incident…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1466
Location
Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria
Between 15 and 21 civilians died and 50 others were injured following an aerial offensive by the US-led Coalition, according to local media. Step New Agency reported that the Coalition had carried out a raid on Al Badou neighbourhood, north of the Al Ma’ri school, which resulted in civilians killed and injured. The death toll…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
15–21
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1467
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An entire family of up to six people died in alleged airstrikes on Raqqa city. The family were originally displaced from Deir Ezzor, and died as a result of “aerial and artillery bombardment”, according to local sources.
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1468
Location
نزلة شحادة, Nazlah Shahadah/Furat neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported on major numbers of civilian casualties following alleged US-led Coalition strikes on Raqqa city’s Nazlat Shahada area during an SDF offensive. Baladi News said people who have just left the city of Raqqa alleged “more than 400 bodies” under the rubble of buildings, “mostly in the Nazlah Shahada and the industrial” area.…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
24–400
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1463
Location
Ar Raqqah: Jumaili neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Two to four civilians were reportedly killed in Coalition air or artillery strikes on the al Jumaili neighbourhood of Raqqa City. There was some conflict of information regarding the culprit, though most sources blamed the US-led Coalition. Sources that did not mention the Coalition referred to “artillery shelling” and “airstrikes”. Airwars understands that only the…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1464
Location
فردوس, Ar Raqqah: west of Fardous mosque, Raqqa, Syria
In September 2017, it was reported that 7 civilians were killed in the Al Fardous neighbourhood in Raqqa, following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes. Alraqqa Ahlna identified three of the victims and said that an additional “three young men and one woman” were killed but they remained unidentified as the bodies were still under rubble. A…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1457
Location
Abu Kamal, al Suwei’ya bridge, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four named civilians were reported killed and others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria local media reported. Smart reported raids “targeted an apartment building near the bridge”, identified by a correspondent for Jisr TV as “Suwayyah” bridge 120km east of Deir Ezzor, next to the prison where a…
Summary
Published
9 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1458
Location
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Euphrates Post documented the death of one unnamed civilian following airstrikes in Hatla. There is limited information about the incident, with no culprit currently held responsible. The single source referred only to “unidentified warplanes” with the victim reportedly dying after warplanes “targeted two cars carrying families.”
Summary
Published
9 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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