Incident date
April 30, 2017
LOCATION
دوار البانوراما, Panorama Roundabout, Raqqa, SyriaOne child died and his father was wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local media. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “an air raid targeted the new agriculture building near Al Panorama roundabout, killing several civilians and causing damage to private property.” According to a further report by RBSS a
Summary
Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
العالية, Al A'lia, Raqqa, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al A’lia. It also said that a shop selling animal feed was burned down. Lebanonnownews also put the death toll at four and blamed the Coalition.
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaBetween one and three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Mansoura, according to local media. The Smart News Agency reported the death of one civilian and the injury of four more in an alleged Coalition airstrike. Shamfm put the death toll at three including two children, also blaming the Coalition. According to Rihab,
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
كفرزيتا , Kafr Zita, Hama, SyriaUp to nine civilians including eight members of the civil defense died in alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes in an “unprecedented bombing campaign” on Kafr Zita, according to local media. Eight of the victims were killed in a strike on a civil defense shelter, including Hassan Hammoud Arfat, a paramedic and Ahmad Nayef al
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
حي الوهب, Tabaqah, Al Wahab (First Neighbourhood), Raqqa, SyriaSeven civilians including a family of five died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Wahab neighbourhood of Al Tabaqa, according to local sources – though there is currently some uncertainty about the date of the event. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “the family of Ali al Mabrouk made up of five
Summary
Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, IraqLocal residents reported on Facebook that four civilians were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Rifae neighborhood in West Mosul. Bab Al Toob (local Facebook group) said that the two brothers Rami Adel Said and Ahmed Adel Said were among the victims in Rifae. Iraqyoon Agency and Ninawa Media Center put the total death toll
Summary
Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
مشيرفة, Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, IraqSeven families – an estimated 20 to 40 people – reportedly died in a Coalition or ISF airstrike on a house on the outskirts of Msherfa in West Mosul. Amnesty International shared the following field report with Airwars, citing a local eyewitness: “I witnessed another airstrike (presumed) on 29 April in Msherfa. It was a
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
تمورة ,شرق الغرير, Tamoura, east of Ghurair, Shabwa, YemenIn an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, US Central Command confirmed that a strike had targeted three “AQAP terrorists” in Shabwa on April 29th. This confirmed earlier reports that a US drone strike had killed at least two alleged AQAP militants travelling in a Vitara car in the Tamoura area, in the Al
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al Qaryah, Raqqa, SyriaA family was reportedly killed in continued air raids, alleged to be carried out by the Coalition, on the city of Tabaqa. Mohab Nasser named the victims. The victims were also named by Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently who blamed the Coalition. The source said that the raid was “on a residential home behind al
Summary
Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently a 13- years-old female civilian died from fright following the sounds of air raids on the city of Raqqa at dawn today.” RFS reported that “in Al Raqqa, the 13-year-old girl…died of heart attack as a result of fear of the bombing of Al Raqqa city by Coalition
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
شارع فلسطين, Tabaqah, Palestine Street, Raqqa, SyriaEighteen civilians including 11 children and three women, died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Filastin Palestine Street, Al Tabaqa. There is, however, uncertainty about the date ofthe incident: Mohab Nasser puts it at April 28th and eyewitnesses told Human Rights Watch that the attack happened in late April. The Syrian Network for Human Rights
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, SyriaA child was killed and up to 20 other civilians were injured in alleged Russian and Syrian missile strikes on the town of Sarmin, local media reported. Sources on the ground reported two others were killed by land-to-land cluster bombs. A total of three died and 10 were wounded as a result of Syrian ballistic
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
حمرة بويتية, Hamra Buweitiya, Raqqa, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes likely belonging to the Coalition shelled the villages of Hamra Buwittiya and Al-Raqqa Al-Samra both near the town of Karama, 20 kilometers east of the city of Raqqa, killing four civilians in the first and one in the second, and wounding nine others in both.” Alaraby also put
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
near Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “92. April 28, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
السلمية مغيزيل, Mgheizal village, al Silmiya district, Hama, SyriaA woman and two children were killed in alleged Russian raids on Mghezel, east of Hama, according to a single source. Three other civilians were reportedly wounded during strikes on civilian houses in the village controlled by ISIS. Some were later rushed to hospital in the city Deir Ezzor. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes likely belonging to the Coalition shelled the villages of Hamra Buwittiya and Al-Raqqa Al-Samra both near the town of Karama, 20 kilometers east of the city of Raqqa, killing four civilians in the first and one in the second, and wounding nine others in both.” Al Araby also
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
near Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on December 28th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “80. April 28, 2017 near Mosul, Iraq via social media report. The report contains insufficient information of the time, location and details to assess its credibility.” No additional
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
كفرزيتا , Kafr Zita, Hama, SyriaLocal media reported the death of one named adult-male civilian – a blind man – in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Ubaida ibn al-Jarrah mosque in Kafr Zita. According to SHRC, Russian warplanes initially targeted a hospital next to the mosque – and then returned to strike the mosque itself. Smart reported: “A journalist
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to the Smart News Agency, a “likely” Coalition airstrike on the municipal stadium in Raqqa killed two members of ISIL who were in a car which was destroyed, and wounded five civilians who were in buildings overlooking the stadium. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
الفرقة, District 17, Raqqa, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes, believed to belong to the Coalition, targeted a water transport vehicle belonging to the organization [IS], while it was heading to the ’17th Division’, which it controls, killing its driver, who works in the organization’s service brigades and his seven-year-old son”. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Ar Raqqah, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported that “earlier today, a number of civilians were killed and wounded by the SDF and an aerial bombardment, likely to be by the Coalition on the town of Al Tabaqa (55 km west of Al-Raqqa), which they are trying to gain control over.” Giving context, Qasioun reported that “Coaltion aircraft
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
دبسي فرج, Dibsi Faraj, Raqqa, SyriaBetween three and seven civilians died including two children and one woman in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Dibsi Faraj and Al Bu’A’ass. The Step News Agency and Damascustodaysy put the death toll at three. However, according to the Smart News Agency, seven non-combatants died, including two children and one woman –
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaJournalist Mohab Nasser reported the death of three children in a Coalition airstrike on Mansoura. Euphrates Post, also blaming the Coalition, said that three civilians died in the strike of which two were children.
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqSeveral sources reported that seven civilians died and thirteen were wounded as a result of an airstrike – with sources so far not identifying who carried out the strike. Yaqein noted, however, “that the areas in the West of Anbar province have been exposed for days to military operations fought by the Joint Forces and
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
الدجة, Mosul, Dajah, Nineveh, IraqTwo local sources reported on Facebook that twelve civilians – five children and seven women – died when airstrikes hit the Al-Waleed school in Dajah neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Reportedly, several houses in front of the school were destroyed, and residents reported that “people are still pulling the bodies from the rubble.”
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
خربة قيس, Kherbit Qais village, Idlib, SyriaA woman and a child died following alleged Russian airstrikes in the village of Kherbit Qais in eastern Idlib, according to sources on the ground. Warplanes launched two raids at dawn, according to local sources.
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Incident date
April 28, 2017
LOCATION
الصحة, Mosul, Saha, Nineveh, IraqLocal press sources and an Iraqi activist said that fifteen civilians died and five were injured after airstrikes hit a house in Saha (Health) neighborhood in West Mosul. Mohammed Fadel al-Hayali, a civilian activist, told TRT Arabic TV: “An airstrike targeted a house in Saha neighbourhood at the western district of Mosul yesterday evening, killing
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Incident date
April 27, 2017
LOCATION
التمانعة, al Taman’a, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were reportedly killed and one other was wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al-Tamana in Idlib Governorate on the 27th of April 2017, according to local media.
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Incident date
April 27, 2017
LOCATION
دير شرقي, Deir Sharqi, Idlib, SyriaThree civilians were killed and “dozens” wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike in Deir Sharqi, according to local media sources. The University Hospital in Deir Sharqi, which reportedly was used to primarily treat women and children, was struck. The hospital was destroyed by the strike and taken out of service, according to Smart News, who
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Incident date
April 27, 2017
LOCATION
معرة النعمانالحامدية, al Hamidiya, near Maarat al Numan, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were wounded in air raids in Al-Hamidiya in the southern Idlib Governorate, local media reported. The Smart News Agency blamed Russia, reporting: “Two more civilians were injured following Russian raids on al Hamdidiya near maarat al numan [45 km south of idlib] according to the civil defence Facebook site.” The other sources didn’t