Incident date
June 18, 2015
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Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaUp to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of
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November 10, 2016
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الموصل, Mosul, Hatra subdistrict, Nineveh, IraqA UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: on 10 November: An airstrike hit Hatra subdistrict of Mosul. According to sources, between two civilians (children, aged seven and nine, respectively) and four civilians (two children and two women) were killed and nine other
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Incident date
December 6, 2016
LOCATION
العبارة, `Abbarah, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians including three brothers – along with two ISIL fighters – were reported killed in an alleged Coalition air raid on al Abbara. Syria News Desk said that “Four civilians and two members of Islamic state were killed and others were injured this afternoon, due to international coalition raids targeting with four raids the
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April 7, 2017
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رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaSmart News Agency reported the death of three civilians inlcuding two children and the injury of four more in an alleged Coalition strike on Rata. Other sources put the death toll at four including two children, though they did not identify who was responsible for the “raids”.
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Incident date
April 29, 2017
LOCATION
العالية, Al A'lia, Raqqa, SyriaThe Smart News Agency reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al A’lia. It also said that a shop selling animal feed was burned down. Lebanonnownews also put the death toll at four and blamed the Coalition.
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Incident date
September 20, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal media named four civilians as killed in Raqqa by “aerial bombardment and artillery”. The culprit was not identified, though Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery at Raqqa, and was conducting airstrikes on the city at the time. The date of the incident is yet to be confirmed. Sources reported the
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Incident date
February 7, 2018
LOCATION
المخيسة, Al Mikhisa village, Diyala, IraqThere were reports that two civilians were killed and two injured by airstrikes in Al Mikhisa village, east of the Abu Sayda district. Local sources told Airwars that two of the deceased civilians may have been farmers. All reports mentioned that airstrikes targeted the “orchards” or “the farms” in the village. None however provided any
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May 16, 2018
LOCATION
السوسة, Al Soussa, Filasteen neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, SyriaFour civilians were killed and up to 14 injured following air or artillery strikes on the Filasteen neighbourhood of al Soussa, with the Coalition believed by sources to be responsible. A resident of Abu Kamal told Al Haal that Coalition aircraft had targeted the village with more than five raids – with one of them
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Incident date
October 10, 2018
LOCATION
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to four civilians including a child were reported killed in Coalition airstrikes on al Sha’afa, according to a number of sources. The victims were described as internally displaced people (IDPs) by al Sha’afa town’s Facebook page, which noted “Confirmation of the killing of four civilians in Al-Sha’afa in the recent raids on the town.
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Incident date
January 4, 2017
LOCATION
مزرعة الرشيد, Al Rashid Farm, Raqqa, SyriaIn a series of raids on the towns of Rashid and Aweij in the countryside of Raqqa, an alleged Coalition airstrike struck Al Rashid Farm. Four civilians were reported killed in strike, including a woman, and six others were wounded. In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were
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Incident date
November 6, 2014
LOCATION
موقة, Muqah, Idlib, SyriaThe Syrian Martyrs website claimed that up to four unnamed children under the age of 10 died in a coalition airstrike on Mouka – described as one girl and two or three boys. In contrast, the VDC lists three unidentified bodies (two adult males and one female child) noting that they were “Martyred due to
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Incident date
November 4, 2016
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA local outlet reported an alleged Coalition bombing in an industrial area in Mosul, causing unknown casualties. Iraq 24 News reported widescale Coalition bombing in Mosul, including the industrial area. This led to four civilian casualties in addition to the dead Daesh, continued the report.
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Incident date
April 27, 2017
LOCATION
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to the Smart News Agency, four civilians including a teacher died in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the Badia school. Three houses were also reportedly destroyed. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
May 10, 2017
LOCATION
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaFour civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mayadeen, according to a single source. The Shaam News Network was the only source pointing directly towards the Coalition, reporting that “international coalition planes launched an air strike targeting an arms factory belonging to IS in the city of Mayadeen, which led to the explosion
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Incident date
June 4, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAt least two civilians died when the Coalition allegedly struck their vehicle as they attempted to escape from Raqqa towards Hitteen Farms, according to local media. According to Syrian Mirror, “The aircraft of the International Alliance launched air raids on the neighborhoods of the city of Raqqa, which is under the control of the state
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Incident date
July 1, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilian males from one family were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local sources reported. Five of the seven sources which reported the deaths alleged that the Coalition was responsible.
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Incident date
August 9, 2017
LOCATION
شارع البريد, Al Bareed neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaMultiple local sources reported that four civilians were killed and five others wounded in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes, in al Bareed neighbourhood, Raqqa. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
October 17, 2017
LOCATION
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal media reported that four bodies were recovered from various areas of Raqqa city, though it was unclear at which point during the Raqqa campaign the deaths occurred. In the first of their September 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”,
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, IraqFour members of the al-Jumaili family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Hit, according to reports. Mr al-Jumaili was described as a refrigerator repairman, whose home in the city’s April 7th neighbourhood was hit. The dead have been named by one of the sources. In their August 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led
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Incident date
April 7, 2016
LOCATION
جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, SyriaA single source, the Syrian Observatory, reported that “no less than 13 IS [fighters] were killed by aerial bombardment by the Coalition warplanes in Jarablus, in addition to four detainees were also killed during the same airstrikes.” The Observatory’s Arabic-language report said the detainees were carrying out as punishment duty the digging of trenches for
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Incident date
May 12, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaThree 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 –
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May 23, 2017
LOCATION
كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, SyriaFour 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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Incident date
July 6, 2017
LOCATION
بين بلدة معدان وقرية العكيرشي, Madan - Al Akershi road, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike as they traveled in a car between the villages of Ma’adan and Al A’keirshi, local sources reported. Al;Araby was among a number of sources which noted: “Four civilians were killed by an air strike targeting a vehicle they were traveling on Al-Akirishi-Madan road.” Three of
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Incident date
July 27, 2017
LOCATION
سوق الهال القديم, Old Hal market, Raqqa, SyriaFour civilians – a father and his three children – died in a “rocket attack” or artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Old Hal Market, local media reported – though it was unclear whether the Coalition or the SDF were responsible. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Majbil died in addition to three of
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Incident date
September 12, 2017
LOCATION
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo adult male civilians, one child and one woman died in airstrikes on Hatla, according to local media, though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia were to blame. The majority of sources, however, pointed to Russia. Munitions recovered at the scene were Russian in origin. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Incident date
June 20, 2017
LOCATION
Raqqa, SyriaIn 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. The report stated that “Dhiab al-Rusly
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Incident date
February 8, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, 100km South of Mosul on ‘Road 1’, Nineveh, IraqAn alleged coalition airstrike struck a vehicle on the road between Mosul and Baghdad, which was carrying Jordanian mosque janitor Ahmed Abdul Aqi [sometimes Baqi], his wife and daughter. All three died in the incident. The driver of the car Ahmed al Azzawi (pictured below) also died according to his family. In a detailed report
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Incident date
April 2, 2017
LOCATION
الصفصاف, Al Safsaf and Hunaida, Raqqa, SyriaSources told the Smart News Agency that warplanes “likely” belonging to the Coalition “bombed the villages of Hunaidah and Al Safsaf Al Wasatani and Altahani west of the city of Raqqa, killing two civilians and injuring nine others”. But Melody-fm-syria blamed the Syria Democratic Forces, saying they used rocket-propelled grenades on Hunaida, killing four civilians
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
LOCATION
السبخة, Sabka, Raqqa, SyriaAs many as four civilians were killed and a number of others were injured following alleged Coalition artillery fire on Sabka. Baladi News and Al Etihad Press reported that the four were killed after their car was targeted while traveling on the road which connects Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. Three of the six sources which
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Incident date
September 21, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilian males died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local media. Multiple sources named the victims. The deaths of Mr Al Khatib and his son were reported by Page of Palymyra’s Dead, reflecting where the IDPs had originally come from.