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Incident Date

16 May 2017

Incident Code

CS829

Location

السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian woman was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Samra village, east of Raqqa city. The woman was named as Siham al Abd al Zai’t by al Raqqa Truth. According to Thoar al Raqqa, the strikes took place at midnight. Three sources alleged that the Coalition was responsible for the strikes, which reportedly…

Summary

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

16 May 2017

Incident Code

CS830

Location

ﺍﻟﻄﺒﻘﺔ, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Tabaqa, according to the Violations Documentation Center in Syria. The man was named as Waddah Gassan al Qassas by both sources. No further details are available.

Summary

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

16 May 2017

Incident Code

CS831

Location

الخياله البهاديل, Al Khayala Al Bahadil, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilian males were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Khayala al Bahadil village to the west of Raqqa. One Facebook user Alla Adin Adin named one of the victim as Faisal al Mohammed al Ahmad and Sharqiya Voice named the other as Agha Anwar al Borsan. Several people were also injured in…

Summary

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

16 May 2017

Incident Code

CS832

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit an ISIL car belonging to the religious police, known as Hasba, killing four of its members. The men were reportedly arrested by the religious police and were being transported in their car when they were killed. A number of local sources named two of…

Summary

Published
16 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 May 2017

Incident Code

CS826

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In a major casualty incident, up to 73 civilians including 15 children and six women died and up to 120 others were wounded airstrikes on Abu Kamal, according to local media. The majority of the victims were reportedly displaced people. Conflicting sources blame the US-led Coalition and the Iraqi air force. Additionally, one source attributed…

Summary

Published
15 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
60–73
Civilians reported injured
24–120
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 May 2017

Incident Code

CS827

Location

الماكف, Al Makef, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on the Al Makef area of Raqqa, according to local sources. The Coalition later confirmed responsibility for the deaths. In July 2018, the Coalition conceded it had caused civilian harm in this strike: “During a strike on Daesh fighting positions and supply routes, two civilians were unintentionally killed.”…

Summary

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

14 May 2017

Incident Code

CS821

Location

Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One child was reportedly injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike targeting ISIL fighters in the “Old Corniche” area in the city of Abu Kamal, according to local sources.

Summary

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

14 May 2017

Incident Code

CS822

Location

شنينة, Shanina, Raqqa, Syria
Between five and nine civilians, including two women and up to seven children, were killed – and up to 45 others were wounded – in alleged Coalition airstrikes in the Shaneina refugee camp to the north of Raqqa city. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) reported that 14-year-old Abdullah Mohammed al Fayad, Abu Zuhri, his…

Summary

Published
14 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
6–45
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 May 2017

Incident Code

CS823

Location

مزرعة العدنانية, Adnaniya, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Adnaniya farm in Raqqa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) named the victim as 30-year-old Abdullah al Khalawai. Both RBSS and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details are currently available.

Summary

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

14 May 2017

Incident Code

CS824

Location

عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
Between 12 and 30 civilians – mostly women – were killed when alleged Coalition airstrikes hit al A’Keirshi village in the countryside of Raqqa, according to local media. The victims were reportedly farm workers who were travelling in three cars to their place of work when they were struck by the air raid. Raqqa is…

Summary

Published
14 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–30
Civilians reported injured
9–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CS825

Location

near Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Summary

Published
14 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS820

Location

near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on August 8th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Dayr az Zawr, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, ”105. May 13, 2017, near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS811

Location

حويقة, Hweika, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three named civilians died in an airstrike on a home in Hweika, according to local media. No sources pointed directly at the Coalition, with the majority referring to unidentified “warplanes.” Other reports, however, attributed the event to the Assad regime or Russia. The Euphrates Post reported the death of two civilians following a raid by…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS812

Location

السحل, Al Sahel, Raqqa, Syria
One or two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al-Sahel, according to local media. Baladi, Syrianpc and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights all blamed the Coalition for the death of one non-combatant. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered named a victim as Ahmad Mustafa Al-Haji Al-Hamid but didn’t say who was responsible for his…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS813

Location

شنينة, Shanina, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 30 civilians including seven children died and between 23 and 45 more were injured in a major casualty event on a refugee camp in Al-Hashem and Shanina, according to local sources. While most reports blamed the US-led Coalition, one also mentioned Kurdish artillery. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently published “pictures of the martyrs…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–30
Civilians reported injured
23–45
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS814

Location

نزلة شحادة, Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the area between the Two Bridges area in Raqqa. No further details are currently available. In September 2019 the Coalition announced that it had classed this allegation of civilian harm as non-credible. Their monthly civilian casualty report noted, "After…

Summary

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

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS815

Location

الرقة‎, North of city, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male named as Ahmed Al-Hamad died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local sources. Reports said that he died as he attempted to flee the city.

Summary

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

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS816

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. The victim was named Naseem Mohammed Saeed al Salama and was from Al Quaryatayn in Homs governorate in east Syria. Only one source, the Violations Documentation Center in Syria, alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details are currently available.

Summary

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

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS817

Location

منطقة الصوامع, Silos area, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa governorate. Al Ragga Truth and Raqqa News named the victim as 23-year-old Fadi Qaher al Nashef and both alleged that the Coalition was responsible. Sources said that the Coalition bombed the grain silos area. No further details are currently available.

Summary

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

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS818

Location

يعرب, Ya'arob, Raqqa, Syria
Six to 17 civilians were reportedly killed and as many as hundreds more wounded in the villages of Ya’rob and al Sakhoura in the western Raqqa countryside. However sources were conflicted as to whether they died in a Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling by YPG forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the only source…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–17
Civilians reported injured
2–200
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS819

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied involvement in an alleged incident that was previously unknown to Airwars. In the report, the Coalition wrote: “May 13, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties. The…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 May 2017

Incident Code

CS806

Location

القورية, Quriya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the Euphrates Post, five named civilians died in an airstrike when the car they were in was struck in Quriya. According to one source, Zaman Alwasl, the victims died as they were returning from a picnic in nearby Badia. The US-led alliance later accepted responsibility for injuring one person in the event. All…

Summary

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

12 May 2017

Incident Code

CS807

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians from one family and an additional person died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Third neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local media. SheroAlo1 said that “the family of the media activist Wassim Abdou“, died in a Coaltion strike, adding that the victims were still under the rubble. According to Etihad Press –…

Summary

Published
12 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 May 2017

Incident Code

CS808

Location

مزرعة الأسدية, Al Asadeya farm, Raqqa, Syria
Between 10 and 20 civilians – including “entire families” – died and dozens more were wounded in a casualty event at Al-Asadeya farm. Most sources attributed the incident to Kurdish artillery, and only one blamed the US-led Coalition. The alliance later admitted responsibility for ten deaths. It was later revealed that the strike was either…

Summary

Published
12 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 May 2017

Incident Code

CS809

Location

Khirbat Farms, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an airstrike near the hamlets of Khirbat farms and Ruhayyat in Raqqa province. Their August 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that two civilians,…

Summary

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

12 May 2017

Incident Code

CS810

Location

near Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “102. May 12, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in…

Summary

Published
12 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

Incident Code

CS804

Location

near Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Summary

Published
11 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 May 2017

Incident Code

CS805

Location

near Al Ramilah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Al Ramilah”. “104. May 11, 2017, near Al Ramilah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes…

Summary

Published
11 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 May 2017

Incident Code

CS799

Location

بئر الهشم, Bir Al Hashem, Raqqa, Syria
Between 12 and 18 civilians including eight children and four women – reportedly from the same family – died and dozens more were injured in an Coalition airstrike on the Al Hashem area north of Raqqa city, local media reported. Euphrates Post said that 12 non-combatants were killed in the Coalition strike, most of whom…

Summary

Published
11 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–18
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 May 2017

Incident Code

CS800

Location

Al Sakuriyah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an event near Raqqa. Their August 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike to crater roads used by ISIS VBIEDs, it was assessed that one civilian was injured when his vehicle entered the target area after…

Summary

Published
11 May 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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