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البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Five members of one family including three children were killed in a reported 1.30am Coalition strike on the Syria-Iraq border, according to two sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted the following: “Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on places around Aysha hospital and other places around the city of…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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كفرهند, Kafr Hind, Idlib, Syria

A US targeted air strike (possibly by drone) aimed at four al-Nusra Front suspects traveling in a vehicle also killed up to 10 civilians including six children. The US has admitted three deaths in the event. Reporting at the time was somewhat confused. Some sources said a vehicle was wrongly targeted killing four civilians. The…

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Civilians reported killed

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Four civilians were reported injured in fresh coalition airstrikes on the outskirts of Raqaa. Images distributed by Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently featured an injured boy, among other victims, receiving treatment after the event. These photographs were subsequently removed, though are archived by Airwars. In July 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event…

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Civilians reported injured

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البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that Ahmad al Awad had died in what was described as a Coalition strike at Bukamal. While single source, a Coalition attack was confirmed in the vicinity in daily reports at the time. In its civilian casualty report for October 2019 – published on…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition

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18–24 July, 2015

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الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

An 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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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Coalition 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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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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Baardheere, Gedo, Somalia

A US drone strike allegedly killed “a senior commander and other members” of al Shabaab. Two or three people were reportedly killed by the drones – with an artillery barrage from Kenyan troops followed up the air attack according to the Los Angeles Times, and reportedly killing 50 'militants'. This was the first of six…

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Airstrike, Artillery

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15 July 2015–18 July 2019

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مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة, Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

At least five US drone strikes hit in the space of three days killing an undisclosed number of people. They were reportedly carried out in support of African Union troops who were advancing on Baraawe, an al Shabaab stronghold since 2009. The strikes reportedly hit between the attack reported on July 15th and July 18th,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

The 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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مزرعة الأسدية, Al Assadiyah near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In 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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Civilians reported killed

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A 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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الرقة‎, Warakat Samra near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

The 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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تدمر‎, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In 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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حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

There 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria

Two 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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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

The 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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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In 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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الرقة‎, Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In 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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سلوك, 20 km from Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

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ميادين, Road between Shadadi and Deir Ezzor (Road 7), Deir Ezzor, Syria

A 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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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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خنيز, Road 6, near Khaneez village, north of Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Coalition 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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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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العدوانية, Al-'Adwaniyah, Al Hassakah, Syria

In 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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Civilians reported injured

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عربيد, Arbeed, Raqqa, Syria

A 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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تل أبيض, Tall Abyad, Raqqa, Syria

Two 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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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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