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Incident Date

12 June 2017

Incident Code

CS969

Location

قصر البنات, Ar Raqqah: Qasr Al Banat (palace), Raqqa, Syria
An entire family of six civilians – including three women and two girls – was killed in alleged Coalition air or artillery strikes or possible SDF mortar fire in the Qasir al Banat area in the south-east of Raqqa city, local sources reported. Five sources alleged that the Coalition was directly responsible, whereas two sources…

Summary

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

12 June 2017

Incident Code

CS970

Location

الطب الحديث, Al Toubb al Hadith, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian, Mohamamd al Ismail Al Abd al Dhaher, was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Toubb al Hadith area of Raqqa, according to local sources. Both Q_Alenzy and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed the Coalition. Other sources reported Coalition airstrikes in the area, with Alquds saying that Coalition jets “destroyed…

Summary

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

12 June 2017

Incident Code

CI759

Location

البورصة, Mosul, Borsa, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local press sources said that twelve civilians – all from the same family – died as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on their house in Borsa neighbourhood in Central Mosul. The sources reported that most victims were women and children. The twelve victims were all members of the Abdul Aziz Alnomah family.…

Summary

Published
12 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Code

CS971

Location

near Abu Kamal, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Summary

Published
12 June 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Code

CS972

Location

near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

Summary

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

12 June 2017

Incident Code

CS966

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Hussein al-Ali was named by three sources as a victim of artillery shelling or raids by three local sources – though reports didn’t identify the culprit.

Summary

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

12 June 2017

Incident Code

CS967

Location

حي المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
One child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling, according to local media. The victim was named by multiple sources as Laith Omar al Haram. According to the Step News Agency, “international Coalition aircraft targeted the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the city with a large number of raids and targeted the outskirts…

Summary

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

11–17 June, 2017

Incident Code

CS1024a

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", five civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa. Although Amnesty researched this incident on the ground, Airwars have decided to grade it "weak" due to the depth of material provided. The victims were not specifically named…

Summary

Published
17 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CI757

Location

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources reported that Iraqi forces found a child alone in a house in Zanjili neighbourhood, who had survived the shelling while his entire family was found dead inside. @nbras_almamory said “US planes” were responsible for the strike. Other sources, however, did not say who carried out the raids.

Summary

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

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CI758

Location

المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources, as well as sources in the Iraqi army, reported that dozens of civilians were killed or injured in the fighting for the liberation of Shifa, Zanjili and Health neighbourhoods in Old Mosul. Alaraby news said that Iraqi forces allegedly used heavy shelling and air strikes on the area in an attempt to…

Summary

Published
11 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
19–80
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CS965a

Location

Ar Raqqah: near Omar Bin Al Khattab mosque, Raqqa, Syria
A female child was killed by artillery shelling from the US-led Coalition. The Coalition later conceded a total of eight deaths and 24 injuries clustered across this event and CS965 and CS965b. To avoid triple counting, the official OIR tally is only counted in CS965. This civilian was initially listed as killed in an airstrike…

Summary

Published
11 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CS962

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Hashim Abdul Fattah Al-Ali, eight or 12-years-old, died of a heart attack after he was said to have heard a nearby Coalition airstrike in Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, local sources reported. Aletihadpress put Hashim’s age at 12 years, reporting that “according to local sources, 12-year-old Hashim Abd al-Fattah al-Ali was sitting with his family in…

Summary

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

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CS965b

Location

Ar Raqqah: near Omar Bin Al Khattab mosque, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians were killed in Coalition artillery strikes. The Coalition conceded a total of eight deaths and 24 injuries clustered across CS965, CS965a and CS965b. To avoid triple counting, the official OIR tally is only counted in CS965. These civilians were initially listed as being victims of an airstrike which killed eight civilians from three…

Summary

Published
11 June 2017
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
7–9
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

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CS963

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between four and five civilians died and another six were wounded in Coalition airstrikes and an artillery bombardment on Raqqa, according to local sources. According to Shaam, “Violent battles continue in and around the city of Raqqa between the state organization [IS] and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during which the SDF was able to…

Summary

Published
11 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CS964

Location

حويجة السواقي, Hawija al Sawafi, Raqqa, Syria
At least two civilian men and as many as five people were killed in artillery shelling on the village of Hawija al Sawafi in Raqqa governorate. Syria Mirror, a pro-Syrian government source, alleged that the Coalition was responsible and reported the higher casualty rate whereas the two remaining sources – Abu Muaaz and Raqqa is…

Summary

Published
11 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 June 2017

Incident Code

CS965c

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality", four civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as "weak", researchers have assessed this incident "fair" due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. According to the Amnesty and Airwars’s…

Summary

Published
11 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS955a

Location

شارع النور, Al Nour Mosque, Raqqa, Syria
Initially this incident was reported on by several local sources as alleged Coalition airstrikes in the area behind Barazi pharmacy, near Al Nour mosque in the city of Raqqa. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed “international coalition raids and Kurdish militia artillery”, and put the death toll at more than 33, with dozens more wounded.…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–33
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS956c

Location

حي الدرعية, Dar'iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Initially, this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 civilians, including a maximum of 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS957

Location

سيف الدولة, 23rd February road, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians including four from the same family died and several more were injured in what appears to have been an artillery bombardment, according to local sources. Multiple reports said that the Thalji building on 23 February Street was hit by shells. Most sources referred to “shelling” and “artillery” but didn’t name the culprit. While…

Summary

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

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS958

Location

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A member of ISIL was killed along with his wife and two children in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor according to local media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the victims died “when the rubble of a building fell on them while they were trying to get away in…

Summary

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

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS959

Location

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A six-year-old girl, Raghad Badi’ al Suleiman, died of a heart attack after she heard the sound of warplanes circling the sky in Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, multiple local sources reported. While reports didn’t identify who the planes belonged to, the Coalition was said to have conducted heavy raids on the city that day. According to…

Summary

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

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS960

Location

الرقة, Raqqah, al Qadisiyyah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Syria” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “ 104. June 10, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via NGO report: The report contains insufficient information of the…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS956b

Location

حي الدرعية, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Initially, this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 civilians, including a maximum of 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty…

Summary

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

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS961

Location

near Sina’a neighborhood, Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on December 28th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm. According to the Coalition report, “87. June 10, 2017 near Sina’a neighbourhood, Raqqah, Syria via a regional humanitarian report. After a review of available information and strike video, it was…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS956a

Location

حي الدرعية, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Initially this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 cilivilians, including a maximum or 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CI755

Location

Mosul, Borsa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 18 civilians from four named families – mostly children and women – died under the rubble. An airstrike reportedly hit their homes in the Borsa area in the centre of Mosul. It is presently unclear who was responsible for the airstrikes. Sawlf Ateka, a local Facebook page, launched an appeal to…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–23
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CI756

Location

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources said that more than 13 members from one family were “scattered under the rubble” of their houses in Shifa neighborhood, in the centre/ west of Mosul. Unidentified aircraft had allegedly hit the houses. Sawlf Ateka, a local Facebook group, said that Abdullah al-Mazouri had died in the raids (see photo below). In…

Summary

Published
10 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10–12 June, 2017

Incident Code

CS968

Location

نهر الفرات، الرقة, Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria
Up to four civilians died when their boat was struck by the Coalition as they attempted to flee Raqqa, local media said. In June 2019 the Coalition accepted responsibility for this incident. Its monthly civilian casualty report noted "Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against a Daesh barge. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally killed and 10…

Summary

Published
12 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 June 2017

Incident Code

CS995

Location

جامع الصفا, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Initially this incident was reported on by several sources as an alleged airstrike or artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 1 or 2 cilivilians died. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org), Amnesty field…

Summary

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

9 June 2017

Incident Code

CS955c

Location

شارع النور, Al Nour Mosque, Raqqa, Syria
Ten people were killed in a double airstrike on two adjacent buildings behind Barazi pharmacy, near Al Nour mosque in the city of Raqqa. Some of their names were initially reported on by several local sources (RBSS, RFS, Step News Agency) in connection to incident CS955a. During investigations of this event for the April 2019…

Summary

Published
9 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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