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Incident Date
16 May 2017
Incident Code
CS828
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Sharqiya Voice and Al Ragga Truth reported the death of “the young man Halloush al Badran from the village of Ziban” in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa city. No further details are currently 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
CS829
Location
Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
السمرة
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
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
ﺍﻟﻄﺒﻘﺔ
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
CI715a
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event near Mosul. Their April 2018 civilian casualty report noted: "It was assessed that during a Coalition strike against an ISIS commander, ISIS headquarters and VBIED operation which destroyed the VBIED operation, two civilians were unintentionally…
Summary
Published
16 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 May 2017
Incident Code
CS827
Location
Al Makef, Raqqa, Syria
الماكف
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
15 May 2017
Incident Code
CI714
Location
Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq
الرفاعي
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “On 15 May, an airstrike targeting passing ISIL vehicles damaged a civilian house in the ISIL-controlled al- Rifae neighbourhood of western Mosul, killing five civilians, including two women and a child, and wounding 11 others, including…
Summary
Published
15 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 May 2017
Incident Code
CS826
Location
Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوكمال
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
CI713
Location
Najjar neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
حي النجار
Multiple local sources, including a friend of one of the victims, said that the entire family of Al-Haj Alaa Al-Safi (consisting of eight people) died after a Coalition airstrike hit their home in Najjar neighborhood, in West Mosul. Sources reported that most of the victims were women. The Coalition later reported that it had unintentionally…
Summary
Published
15 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 May 2017
Incident Code
CI711
Location
Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Two local sources reported that heavy shelling with mortars, artillery and missiles hit the 17 July neighbourhood in West Mosul. The violence reportedly led to the death of Alaa Abdel Moneim Hussein al-Nuaimi – also called Abu ‘Ala – who was married and had three children. He died after a mortar landed on his house…
Summary
Published
14 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI712
Location
near Mosul, Iraq, Iraq
Summary
Published
14 May 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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
14 May 2017
Incident Code
CS824
Location
`Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
عكيرشي
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
14 May 2017
Incident Code
CS823
Location
Adnaniya, Raqqa, Syria
مزرعة العدنانية
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
CS822
Location
Shanina, Raqqa, Syria
شنينة
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
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
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
CI710
Location
Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq
راوة
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for an incident it said was reported by an NGO, but which Airwars was unaware of. The Coalition reported: “May 13, 2017, near Rawa, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in…
Summary
Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 May 2017
Incident Code
CS819
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
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
13 May 2017
Incident Code
CI709
Location
Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq
عنه
Residents and local press said that up to 100 civilians were killed and dozens wounded after Coalition airstrikes and guided missiles allegedly hit multiple locations in and around Anah town, in Anbar province, on a Saturday evening. Noor Al Mustafa Dawood reported that “the bombing continued with more than four airstrikes and four missiles directed…
Summary
Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
24–100
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 May 2017
Incident Code
CS817
Location
Silos area, Raqqa, Syria
منطقة الصوامع
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
Ya'arob, Raqqa, Syria
يعرب
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
CS816
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
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
CS814
Location
Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, Syria
نزلة شحادة
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
North of city, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
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
CS812
Location
Al Sahel, Raqqa, Syria
السحل
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
Shanina, Raqqa, Syria
شنينة
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
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
CI708
Location
Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Multiple local sources and Al’Amaq [ISIL press agency] reported that up to 108 civilians were killed and 265 were wounded due to artillery shelling and airstrikes by the international Coalition, the Iraqi Joint Forces and popular militia over a number of days. A medical source had told Yaqein Agency in a press statement that “108…
Summary
Published
12 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
30–108
Civilians reported injured
265
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
12 May 2017
Incident Code
CS807
Location
Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة
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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