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26 May 2017

Incident Code

CI733

Location

Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
البعاج
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…

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26 May 2017
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26 May 2017

Incident Code

CI734

Location

Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
الشفاء
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.

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26 May 2017
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26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS864

Location

Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
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…

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26 May 2017
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26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS865

Location

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

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26 May 2017
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26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS866

Location

Jourat al Sous, Raqqa, Syria
جورة السوس
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.  

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26 May 2017
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS867

Location

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

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26 May 2017
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS868

Location

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

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26 May 2017
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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…

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26 May 2017
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CS863

Location

Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
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…

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25 May 2017
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CI731

Location

Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزنجيلي
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]…

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25 May 2017
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CI732

Location

Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب
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.

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25 May 2017
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24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS854

Location

Dibsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
دبسي عفنان
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…

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24 May 2017
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS855

Location

Al Dar'iya, Raqqa, Syria
حي الدرعية
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.…

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24 May 2017
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24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS856

Location

Romaniya, Raqqa, Syria
الرومانية
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…

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24 May 2017
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS857

Location

Hamra Nasser, Raqqa, Syria
حمرة ناصر
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…

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24 May 2017
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS858

Location

Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
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…

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24 May 2017
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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.  

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24 May 2017
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS860

Location

Al Mraka, Raqqa, Syria
المراقة
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…

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24 May 2017
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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.

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24 May 2017
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS862

Location

Raqqah, Tashih, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of a self-reported civilian harm claim “near Raqqa, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “ 110. May 24, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was…

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24 May 2017
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CS851

Location

Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
كديران
Four civilians died and three more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Kdeiran village, according to the Smart News Agency. Step News Agency and 24Raqqa said that the Coaliton carried out raids in the vicinity, but didn’t mention civilian casualties. In April 2019 the Coalition announced that it had classed this allegation of…

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23 May 2017
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CS852

Location

Al Barouda, Raqqa, Syria
البارودة
Sixteen civilians including six children and seven women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Barounda village, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) – who blamed the Coalition – initially reported the death of three non-combatants. Step News Agency also put the death toll at three – however, a subsequent…

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23 May 2017
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CS853

Location

Al Duweir, Raqqa, Syria
الدوير
One 30-year-old civilian died after his motorbike was struck at Al Duweir checkpoint between al Salhiya and al Qouriya, according to local sources. In February 2019, the Coalition conceded this death, noting: "Coalition forces had intelligence on an ISIS member traveling via motorcycle in Mayadin. Coalition aircraft struck the motorcycle. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally…

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23 May 2017
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CI729

Location

Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that it did not carry out strikes in the area of where civilian casualties were alleged in social media reports. This allegation was previously unknown to Airwars. The report stated as follows: “May 23, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media: The report contained insufficient…

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23 May 2017
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CI730

Location

Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الزنجيلي
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that six civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered the target area after the munition was…

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23 May 2017
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CS850

Location

Al Dar’iya, Raqqa, Syria
حي الدرعية
The Smart News Agency reported that a member of IS and his wife were killed and four other civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a building in the Al Dar’iya neighbourhood of Raqqa. No further details are currently available.  

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23 May 2017
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Incident Date

22 May 2017

Incident Code

CI728

Location

Mosul, Al-Najjar, Nineveh, Iraq
حي النجار
Sources said that an entire family was killed after airstrikes had hit their house in Najjar neighbourhood, in West Mosul. At the time of the attack Sawlf Ateka – a local Facebook group – called for help in a post: “The bombing of the house of Fayez Nazem Mohammed Anis Shandala since yesterday in the neighborhood…

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22 May 2017
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Incident Date

22 May 2017

Incident Code

CS849

Location

Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
At least two children and one woman were reportedly killed and 13 civilians were injured in alleged Coalition strikes in Al Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, according to local media. Sharqiya Voice reported that the children were from the A’Llash family living in Al Arba’een Street (40th Street) and all nine…

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22 May 2017
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Incident Date

21 May 2017

Incident Code

CS842

Location

Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
كديران
Up to 15 civilians died and dozens more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrike on Kdeiran village, local media reported. In January 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: "Coalition aircraft engaged with what was positively identified as an ISIS Headquarters. Coalition munitions destroyed the building. Regrettably, nine civilian bystanders in the streets…

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21 May 2017
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Incident Date

21 May 2017

Incident Code

CS843

Location

Al Sallhabiya, Raqqa, Syria
السلحبية الشرقية
One civilian male was reported killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Salhabiya Al Sharqiya village in western Raqqa. Although all three said the victim was killed as a result of air raids, only Sharqiya Voice alleged the Coalition was responsible. It reported that Coalition airplanes provided aerial cover to the YPG Kurdish militia units…

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21 May 2017
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