Incident date
July 23, 2015
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ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaA reported Coalition airstrike at 3.45pm killed up to seven civilians including two children, at Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo. One young victim, Mohammad Jassen Al Abou Rakan, was decapitated in the incident, with graphic images of his body widely distributed on social media. Islamic State later published a propaganda video of the event, including interviews
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Incident date
July 18, 2015
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الرقة, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, SyriaAn alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds
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July 16, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaCoalition aircraft allegedly destroyed an “ISIS-owned digger,” killing a man local monitoring group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently described as a civilian driver: “Coalition planes targeted a drilling vehicle belonging to Daesh which is used for digging berms in the area of Tal Al Bayi’a. This led to the burning of the vehicle, and to
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July 13, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThe Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies website named Ala’a Abou Abdallah from Deir Ba’alba, Homs as having been killed by Coalition bombing in Raqqa on July 13th. The Syrian Human Rights Committee also named Ala’a as having been killed. No additional public details could be found relating to this event. In its civilian casualty
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Incident date
July 12, 2015
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مزرعة الأسدية, Al Assadiyah near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA boy named as Amjad Mohammed was reportedly killed along with eleven alleged Daesh militants, in a fresh coalition airstrike on the outskirts of Ar Raqaa. According to SOHR, the child may have belonged to ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ – an Islamic State indoctrination unit for young children in the city. One report claimed he
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Incident date
July 11, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Warakat Samra near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn the second of three Raqaa incidents for July 11th in which Coalition aircraft allegedly caused non-combatant deaths, a woman and two or three of her children died in an airstrike at the village of Warakat Samra according to reports. Her husband was severely injured in the attack, losing his leg. Local activist Abu Ibrahim
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Incident date
July 11, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn the last of three reported Raqaa incidents for July 11th, a civilian firefighting team in the city reportedly died in a coalition airstrike. According to Al Araby, the Coalition “launched eight raids targeting Daesh sites on the outskirts of Raqqa city. These hit the areas of Al Hamrat, Al Sina’a [Industry] and the Faculty
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Incident date
July 11, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA young civilian male named as Issa Al Hmeidan was reportedly killed along with an Islamic State militant in a confirmed US airstrike near Ar Raqaa. According to a number of sources, aircraft targeted a sugar factory which was used as a base by the militants. In January 2016, CENTCOM admitted civilian casualties had been
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Incident date
July 9, 2015
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تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, SyriaA badly wounded Syrian refugee told Buzzfeed that he believed his injuries had been caused by a Coalition airstrike at Palmyra, although no strikes at that location had been reported at the time (the first publicly reported Coalition strikes on Palmyra were on September 9th 2015.) Mohamed Raja, aged 23, lost his right arm and
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Incident date
July 9, 2015
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الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, SyriaThe death of a 12 year old boy, Fares al-Khodour in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hassakah on July 9th led to an international outpouring of grief and condemnation of the ongoing civil war in Syria – and of the Coalition’s own involvement. Fares had fled as a refugee with his family to Beirut,
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July 8, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA single source, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed that two civilians were killed and others wounded, “some of them injured badly.” In a possible linked event, Al Hurra reported that the coalition targeted and killed Daesh leader Abu Abdallah Al Ozbeki [‘the Uzbek’], outside a hotel in the centre of Raqaa. Citing SOHR’s
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Incident date
July 8, 2015
LOCATION
كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, SyriaA US night time airstrike on a vehicle carrying alleged al-Nusra Front personnel also killed two passing civilian motorcyclists. They were later identified by the Syrian Network for Human Rights as two cousins aged 25 and 30. Both worked in the local shoe industry. In January 2016 CENTCOM confirmed that its airstrike had targeted “a
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Incident date
July 7, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn a casualty incident later confirmed by the US, its aircraft targeted a vehicle in the vicinity of Al Shefa Hospital in Raqaa, wounding seven civilians in the process. No fatalities were initially reported, but the hospital was reportedly damaged. In a Facebook posting marking the event, locals insisted that all of those injured were
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Incident date
July 7, 2015
LOCATION
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThere were contradictory claims as to the status of Bassel Jassem Al Jirroh – reportedly killed in a Coalition or Assad regime strike at Hatla. While the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and al-Natiq described him as a young male non-combatant killed at Al Aziziah Street, the pro-government Tishreen claimed that al-Jirroh was a
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Incident date
July 5, 2015
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تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, SyriaTwo civilians were reported killed in a Coalition strike at Hassakah which allegedly hit the Tal Al Jayer Medical Centre. It was also reported that “a number of women and children” were injured in the attack. However in July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian
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Incident date
July 4, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThe day of July 4th saw multiple allegations of civilian casualties reported in Raqqa. In one of them, an internally displaced family of seven living under a bridge was said to have been crushed to death following a Coalition airstrike. Buzzfeed cited a surviving close relative in Turkey, who declined to be named publicly but
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Incident date
July 4, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn the second confirmed civilian fatality incident of the day in Raqaa, the Coalition later declared that “during strikes against 16 ISIL bridges, it was assessed one civilian in a truck with a trailer was likely killed.” US aircraft were responsible for the death, CENTCOM admitted some six months later. Reporting remains confused for the
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Incident date
July 4, 2015
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الرقة, Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn some of the heaviest coalition bombing reported for Syria to that time, US aircraft struck multiple Daesh targets in the strategic city of Raqaa – the beginning of a lengthy air campaign in which numerous civilians are now confirmed to have died. Between 7 and 8 civilians were reported as being among the 23
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Incident date
June 30, 2015
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سلوك, 20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, SyriaA civilian car was reported hit in a coalition airstrike 20km to the south of Suluk, killing those inside. The attack was described as occurring near Umm al Brameel, to the south east of Tal Abyad. Among the dead was a child named as Mohmmad Ali Ahmad Al Assaf.
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Incident date
June 26, 2015
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ميادين, Road between Shadadi and Deir Ezzor (Road 7), Deir Ezzor, SyriaA civilian non-combatant was reported killed in a Coalition bombing on the road linking Shadadi with Deir az Zawr. The victim came from the town of Mayadeen.
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June 19, 2015
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عربيد, Arbeed, Raqqa, SyriaA reported 1am airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Arbeed was said to have killed two women at the home of Adel al Kharfan. Mr al Kharfan’s wife (a mother of six children) died along with her relative, the wife of Ismael al Kharfan and a mother of four. Mr al-Kharfan’s son later told SN4HR:
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Incident date
June 19, 2015
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خنيز, Road 6, near Khaneez village, north of Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaCoalition aircraft allegedly struck a three-wheeled motorcycle or ‘tirterah’ which was carrying a vegetable farmer. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently later published a graphic image of the aftermath. The victim was identified as a resident of Hamam al-Turkman near Ar Raqqah. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: “Coalition aircraft conducted a
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Incident date
June 19, 2015
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العدوانية, Al-'Adwaniyah, Al Hassakah, SyriaIn a previously unreported incident, CENTCOM reported on January 2016 that the US had injured a non-combatant during an airstrike. The release stated: “On June 19, 2015, near Tall al Adwaniyah, Syria, during a strike against two ISIL vehicles, it is assessed that one civilian was injured when appearing in the target area after the
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Incident date
June 18, 2015
LOCATION
Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaUp to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of
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Incident date
June 18, 2015
LOCATION
تل أبيض, Tall Abyad, Raqqa, SyriaTwo women were reported by a single source, the Syrian Observatory, as having been killed in a “Coalition airstrike” in the countryside around Tal Abiyad. In July 2017 the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence of civilian harm: “Jun. 18, 2015, near Tal Abyad, Syria, via Airwars report: After
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Incident date
June 13, 2015
LOCATION
خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree children were reported by a single source as having been killed during an overnight coalition airstrike on a Daesh checkpoint at the town of Kheshan. However local sources said the attack was the work of the Syrian regime. A man named as Abu Mohammed, said to be one of the relatives of the dead,
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Incident date
June 11, 2015
LOCATION
الموحسن, Al Muhassan, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA lawyer and muezzin of the village mosque, died in an alleged Coalition strike which damaged the building according to reports. The victim’s two brothers Juma’a and Saleh had also previously been killed during clashes with regime forces.
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Incident date
June 11, 2015
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سلوك, Slouk, Raqqa, SyriaTwo or three alleged Coalition incidents were clustered together in most news reports: the killing of a family of five at Slouk; the death of a child near Ma’adan; and up to 15 further civilian deaths in other airstrikes in the vicinity. According to SOHR, “international coalition aircraft last night carried out several strikes in
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Incident date
June 11, 2015
LOCATION
سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, SyriaUp to nine civilians were killed by US aircraft at Slouk in Raqaa’s suburbs. Al Hal quoted Abu Ibrahim Al Raquaou of the group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently as saying that as part of an operation to clear Slouk of Daesh militants, Coalition planes had “targeted IS machinery near the Slouk Front and its
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Incident date
June 10, 2015
LOCATION
عربيد, A'rbeed, Raqqa, SyriaA reported Coalition strike near the ISIL-occupied village of A’rbeed was said by the Syrian Network for Human Rights to have killed three civilians in a farmhouse – a 43 year old man and his two wives. Two other sites described Coalition strikes in the vicinity, though did not refer to civilian deaths. In February