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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS874

Location

الرقة‎, Multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria
Thirteen 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…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
15–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS870a

Location

الرقة‎, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In 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.

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2252

Location

عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
The 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.

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2253

Location

عقيربات دكيلةالعلباويجروح, Jarouh, Al-'Albawi and Dikila, Hama, Syria
Between 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…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS868

Location

الطريق بين الرقة و دير الزور, Ar Raqqah - Al Mansoura road, Raqqa, Syria
At 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…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS869

Location

Ar Raqqah - Deir Ezzor road, Raqqa, Syria
A 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…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

LQ045

Location

درنة‎, Derna, Darnah, Libya
According to local sources and the Egyptian government, Cairo carried out four ‘retaliatory’ air raids in Derna. Babak Taghvaee reported the Egyptian Air Force had targeted the “al Qaeda affiliated Shura Council” in Derna. The Egyptian Foreign Minister confirmed strikes, reporting it had targeted “terrorist organizations in Derna” – in response to the killing of…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CI733

Location

البعاج, Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
A military source told Yaqein agency that 46 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded – with varying injuries – after airstrikes of the Joint Forces targeted Baaj and Qayrawan towns in western Nineveh. It was also reported that dozens of houses of civilians were destroyed. The area was the scene of heavy fighting between…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
46
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2250

Location

العقيربات حمادة عمر, Hamada Omar near Al Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Three 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…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CI734

Location

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported on Facebook that dozens of children and women were killed after heavy airstrikes hit Shifa neighborhood, close to Al-Khayyat circle, in West Mosul. It is presently unknown who was responsible for the raids.

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS864

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up 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…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS865

Location

الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hamam village, according to multiple local sources.    

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2251

Location

الخضيرة, Al-Khdeira, Hama, Syria
Two 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.

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS866

Location

جورة السوس, Jourat al Sous, Raqqa, Syria
The 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.  

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS867

Location

رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
One woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Raqqa al Samra on the eastern outskirts of Raqqa city, according to local sources.  

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2248

Location

الترن, al Tarn, Raqqa, Syria
At 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.…

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2249

Location

دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Between 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…

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2247

Location

الفار, Al Far, Aleppo, Syria
At 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…

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CI731

Location

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source reported to Yaqein Agency that five children and their mother were killed after Coalition airstrikes hit their house in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. The source had added that “heavy and continuous indiscriminate shelling makes the task of recovering the bodies and transporting the wounded very difficult, as well as [getting]…

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CI732

Location

الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
Medical sources reportedly told the ISIL press agency that 101 civilians were killed and 199 others were injured as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Coalition and Iraqi forces on West Mosul neighbourhoods during the previous five days. Presently no further details are known.

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
101
Civilians reported injured
199
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CS863

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 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…

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
15–40
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2246

Location

محيميدة, Mheimediya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between three and five civilians, including one to two children and one woman, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the village of Mheimidiya in the western suburb of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. Three of the civilians killed were reportedly from the Mohammed al-Abar family and…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS854

Location

دبسي عفنان, Dibsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
One woman and one girl were reportedly killed in Dabsi Afnan in Raqqa governorate, roughly 30km west of Tabaqah, but it was contested who was responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and the Syrian Network for Human Rights alleged that the Coalition was responsible for the airstrikes, while Mohab Nasser, Euphrates Post and several…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS855

Location

حي الدرعية, Al Dar'iya, Raqqa, Syria
At least 4 civilians including 3 children and their father were killed and up to eight others were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Dir’iya, west of Raqqa city, local sources reported. Ahmad al Shibli, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights all alleged that the Coalition was responsible.…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS856

Location

الرومانية, Romaniya, Raqqa, Syria
Two or three civilians including one child and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Romania neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources. The Smart News Network reported: “Two others were also killed in the al Romania neighborhood, including a child and a woman following warplane raids believed to be by…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS857

Location

حمرة ناصر, Hamra Nasser, Raqqa, Syria
At least 10 civilians were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Hamra Nasser village, according to local source Ahmad al Shibli. Al Hassaka Rasd reported that “international coalition planes carried out a massacre in Hamra Nasser killing the family of Hamoud al Ali al Issa in its entirety”. According to RFS, “The SDF forces took…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS858

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least 14 civilians, including four women and five children from entire families were killed in airstrikes targeting Al Mayadin, 45km southeast of Deir Ezzor city, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Coalition or the Assad regime or even Iraqi warplanes were responsible. Ahmad al Shabli and the…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS859

Location

Ar Raqqah - Deir ez-Zor road, Raqqa, Syria
A 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.  

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS860

Location

المراقة, Al Mraka, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported the death of “Mohammed Al-Thiab and his entire family and the old woman Sabha Al-Hajji” in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their home in Al Mraka village. According to Alaraby, “A man and a woman were also killed and others injured after a raid by the International Coalition in Al Mraka village…

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS861

Location

Road between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, Syria
Sound and Picture reported that the Coalition targeted five cars “full of Yazidi girls”, killing two girls. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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