Incident date
July 18, 2017
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معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, SyriaAs many as 12 civilians died and dozens were injured in airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on Ma’adan, local media reported – though sources were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or Russia or event the Syrian regime were responsible. Baladi blamed artillery for the injury of “a number of civilians”, however, other sources –
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
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السبخة, Sabka, Raqqa, SyriaAs many as four civilians were killed and a number of others were injured following alleged Coalition artillery fire on Sabka. Baladi News and Al Etihad Press reported that the four were killed after their car was targeted while traveling on the road which connects Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. Three of the six sources which
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal sources reported the death of an elderly civilian male in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
LOCATION
نزلة شحادة, Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 13 civilians including between 1 and 5 children from two families died in Coalition airstrikes on Nzalat Shahada, according to local media. 11 of the victims were reportedly from the same family. A year later the US-led alliance accepted responsibility for the deaths. According to the joint Amnesty/Airwars report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA number of sources shared images and videos documenting an alleged white phosphorous bombardment of Raqqa by the Coalition and reported that a “several” civilians were wounded and killed. Eldorar News claimed that up to 20 civilian were killed, but was the only source to go into further detail about civilian casualties. Hadi Al Abdullah
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
LOCATION
صبيخان, Sabikan, car, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA father and his young son were killed and a number of other civilians wounded after an airstrike hit the man’s pick-up truck in Sabikhan in Deir Ezzor, local sources reported. However it was contested who was responsible. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Al Hasaka Rasd also reported that the man’s childwas killed
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
LOCATION
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, SyriaThree people were reportedly wounded following airstrikes in Ma’dan on the eastern border of Raqqa governorate. However it was contested as to who was responsible. One source, Shaam News Network, claimed that the airstrikes caused a “massacre” and that 12 civilians were killed. However it was at odds with nine other sources which reported the
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccoridng to RFS, three members of the Awwad family died in artillery shelling on Raqqa. Raqqa rwb and Q_Alenzy named an adult male as a killed and it was reported that his wife was injured. The sources blamed the Coalition. According to Ahmad Shibli, there were more than 25 cases of leg and hand amputation
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
حقل العمر النفطي, Al Omar oil field, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAccording to Euphrates Post, “violent raids by a warplane a short while ago targeted the perimeter of al Omar oil field, al Tayyana and Daranj deserts and primitive oil burners and oil tankers, resulting in huge explosions and a fire. The initial death toll is two oil workers from the neighborhood of al Boukhmis neighborhood
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of a girl in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. No further details are currently available.
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July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) reported the death of one civilian following an “aerial bombardment”. It didn’t say who was responsible. The victim was also named by Raqqa rwb , however, the report was a carbon copy of the one published by RBSS.
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Incident date
July 13, 2017
LOCATION
هشام عبد الملك, Ar Raqqah: Hisham Bin Abd Al Malek neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaAt 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
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA one-year-old child was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, according to local sources. The date of death may have been earlier, with Abu Muaz al Raqqa tweeting that the child died “as a result of bombing coalition aircraft on the city of Raqqa several days ago.”
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThe civilian male was killed by shelling in Raqqa by three local sources. Al Hassaka Rasd said the was killed “as a result of artillery shelling originating from the Kurdish units”, however Airwars understands that only the Coalition has artillery in Raqqa. Some caution is required, however, as the victim’s name is very similar to
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal media reported that a civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
جديد عكيدات, Jadid akeidat, near water plant, Deir Ezzor, SyriaLocal media reported the death of two civilians and the injuring of several more in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Jadid Akeidat village. According to RFS, two male civilians died in the Coalition strike and two other civilians were wounded. The source said that the strike hit a civilian house on the outskirts of the
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
أبوحمام, Abu Hamam, school and residential buildings, Deir Ezzor, SyriaLocal sources reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coaltion airstrike which hit al Amin School in Abu Haman. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the death toll included three women. All sources pointed towards the Coalition. RFS said that “a warplane that likely belonging to the International Alliance targeted a school
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الكشكية, Al Kashkiya, school building, Deir Ezzor, SyriaSeven civilians were killed – including five civilians believed to be from one family – and a number of others were injured in airstrikes on the village of Al Kashkiya in eastern Deir Ezzor. However it was contested as to who was responsible. Four sources – Radio al Kul, Micro News, Smart News Agency and
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
حقل الجفرة, Al Jafra [oil] field junction, Deir Ezzor, SyriaNine civilians died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Al Jafra [oil] field junction, according to sources on the ground. Rozanafm said: “On Tuesday [July 17th], our correspondent in Deir al-Zour reported that a military aircraft believed to belong to the Syrian regime targeted a car carrying nine civilians on Al Jafra field
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
عقيربات خالد هلال, Khaled Hilal village, Akeirbat district, Hama, SyriaLocal media reported that a man and a woman died and others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khaled Hilal village. According to AadaAlSham, “two civilians were killed and others injured on Monday evening [July 17th] in air strikes by Russian warplanes on a village controlled by Daesh in the eastern Hama countryside. Field
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July 16, 2017
LOCATION
جديد عقيدات, Road near Jadid 'Uqaydat village, Deir Ezzor, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near the Jadid ‘Uqaydat village, Deir Ezzor. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” Coordinates supplied by officials to
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Al Hal market, Raqqa, SyriaBetween 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
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThree 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
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
الصبحة, Al Subha, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree 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
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, SyriaSeven 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.
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
ميادين, Al Mayadin, multiple locations, Deir Ezzor, SyriaBetween 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,
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
حزة , Hazza, Damascus, SyriaAs 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
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAn 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
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
Ar Raqqah: Nazlet Al-Shehada, area of Dara’iya , Raqqa, SyriaIn the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, 12 civilians were 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. Field notes suggested that 11
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaEgyptian airstrikes targeted 15 vehicles reportedly loaded with weapons near the border with Libya as they attempted to enter Egypt. According to Egyptian military sources cited by Libya’s Channel, “Egyptian armed forces have carried out military operations during the twenty-four last hour, building intelligence information, according to the gathering of a number of criminal elements