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Incident Date
29 May 2017
Incident Code
CS888
Location
حطين, Huteen, Raqqa, Syria
At least two people were killed in Coalition raids on Huteen, according to local reports. Shaam News Network reported Coalition raids claimed the lives of 6 civilians and wounded others in two locations: “Shukri Busan station, North Al-Sekka and Mazra’at Hittin” Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported the death of a man named Yasser al-Kalu…
Summary
Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 May 2017
Incident Code
CS889
Location
جعيدين, Jaidin, Raqqa, Syria
Between one and three civilians were killed in Coalition strikes at Jaidin, according to local reports. The Syrian Network reported the deaths of 3 civilians including a child in Coalition raids on the village of Jaidin. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported 1 victim, who it identified as Sultan Hammad Al-Obeid Al-Alous. Orient News also…
Summary
Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 May 2017
Incident Code
CS890
Location
الرقة, Shukri Buzan gas station, Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians died and an unspecified number were injured by alleged Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling by either the US or the SDF, local media said. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed Coalition raids and “artillery of Kurdish militias”, as did @Raqqa_SL , @salal_mftah_ , Radioalkul and other sources. According to Shaam and Sdusyria, “The…
Summary
Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
CS875
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
CS876
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality" reported that a drone strike killed a family of ten as their house in northern Raqqa was struck. Reportedly, three IS fighters were present in the area in the morning, but when a suspected drone was heard the three fleed. The family…
Summary
Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
CS877
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Six named civilians from the Ashram family – displaced from Deir ez-Zor – died in a casualty event in Raqqa, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether they were killed by Coalition airstrikes or shelling by the US or SDF. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Euphrates Post were…
Summary
Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
CS878
Location
الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians including a woman and her child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamman village, according to local media. The victims included Hayat of Mustafa al-Saguri (daughter of Hayaof Sajur) and her unnamed child. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: "Coalition aircraft conducted a strike on a suspected Daesh…
Summary
Published
28 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
CS879
Location
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
Up to three civilian men died as a result of a Coalition airstrike on Mansoura, local media said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on May 30th, “two men died following injuries they had sustained in shelling by the International Coalition’s warplanes on areas in al-Mansoura town in the western countryside of al-Raqqa”.…
Summary
Published
28 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
CS880
Location
حارة البدو, Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians died and one named civilian was injured in airstrikes and/or an artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Bado neighbourhood, according to local sources. Mohammed Amiro was named as injured when an artillery shell fell behind the Directorate of Water in the Bado neighbourhood – though sources didn’t identify the culprit. RFS reported…
Summary
Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2255
Location
سرج,, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
On April 28th, Alhuralhalabi reported "the death of a woman injured by a previous Russian air raid on the village of Sarja in the southern countryside of Idlib." According to RFS Media Office, "Huda Ahmed Haj Musa was martyred from the town of Sarja in Jebel al-Zawia in rural Idlib because of the injuries she…
Summary
Published
28 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2252
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported airstrikes on ‘civilian homes’ in Akeirbat which killed one civilian and wounded three others, including one woman. This was believed to have been part of a larger series of airstrikes on one town and four village under the control of the Islamic State, Smart News said.
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2253
Location
عقيربات دكيلةالعلباويجروح, Jarouh, Al-'Albawi and Dikila, Hama, Syria
Between four and five civilians were killed and several others were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes in eastern Hama Governorate, according to sources on the ground. Smart News reported that the warplanesshelled the villages of Jarouh, Al-'Albawi and Dikila, in the area of Aqirbat.’ The strikes also resulted in the burning of…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27–28 May, 2017
Incident Code
RS2254
Location
القسطل, al Qastal village, Hama, Syria
Three civilians were killed and four others wounded in an aerial ‘bombardment’ of the village of Al Qastal in Hama Governorate on the 27th or 28th of April 201, according to local media The wounded sought treatment at hospitals in Deir Al-Zour. The casualties included women and children, but their identities are unknown. Sources laid…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
CS870a
Location
الرقة, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In a previously unreported incident, in the US-led Coalition's December 2017 report, it conceded it had killed three civilians in near Raqqa. Without a more accurate location, Airwars cannot determine if the Coalition's assessment matches any of the five locally reported civilian events which occurred in the area on that day, including incident CS870.
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
CS870
Location
المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died and eight were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Al Mashlab neighbourhood, according to two local sources. No further details are presently known. In its December 2017 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition acknowledged that on “May 27, 2017 near Raqqah, Syria via media report. During a Coalition strike which destroyed…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
CS871
Location
حطين, Hitteen, Raqqa, Syria
More than a dozen outlets reported suspected Coalition strikes on Hitteen farm, near Raqqa City, with vague claims of civilians harmed. Sadaalsham said the farm was located to the north of the city. Syrians News reported “a number of civilian casualties.” Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered also reported “news of civilian casualties” but did not…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
CS872
Location
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
At least two detainees were reportedly killed in a suspected Coalition air raid. Local reports said that a group of prisoners being held by ISIL in Mansoura were killed or injured by Coalition airstrikes on the prison. Several outlets, including Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered (RBSS) put the death toll at two. Al Araby said…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
CS873
Location
رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria
At least 17 civilians – reportedly displaced persons – were killed when buses transporting them were hit by Coalition airstrikes according to local reports. The Syrian Observatory reported that 18 people were killed in Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of al-Kasrat, of whom at least 10 members of ISIS. The Observatory said that some attacks…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–20
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 May 2017
Incident Code
CS874
Location
الرقة, Multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria
Thirteen named civilians including two children died in airstrikes and/or artillery shelling across multiple locations in Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports blamed both Coalition airstrikes and shelling by the SDF. Al Raqqa Truth reported that 78 shells were dropped on the city while planes circled the skies. It added that Kurdish units…
Summary
Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
15–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2251
Location
الخضيرة, Al-Khdeira, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly killed in the village of Al-Khdeira in an ‘aerial bombardment’. It is unclear which belligerent was responsible for the airstrikes; the Syrian Press Monitor blamed the Russians, while the others accused the Syrian regime. The identity of the victims remains unknown.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS864
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
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…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS865
Location
الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hamam village, according to multiple local sources.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS866
Location
جورة السوس, Jourat al Sous, Raqqa, Syria
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.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS867
Location
رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
One woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Raqqa al Samra on the eastern outskirts of Raqqa city, according to local sources.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS868
Location
الطريق بين الرقة و دير الزور, Ar Raqqah - Al Mansoura road, Raqqa, Syria
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…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2250
Location
العقيربات حمادة عمر, Hamada Omar near Al Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Three civilian deaths and several injuries were reported as a result of airstrikes on the village of Hama Omar in Hama Governorate on the 26th of May 2017, an area under the control of the Islamic State (Daesh). It is unclear who was to blame for these airstrikes; sources pointed at the Russians and the…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2249
Location
دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Between two and three civilians were killed and a woman was wounded in two alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the town of Debsi Afnan in the western Raqqa countryside, according to local activists and sources. In reporting the estimate of two killed, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently acknowledged that it was the initial…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2247
Location
الفار, Al Far, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes against the town of Al Far in the eastern Aleppo countryside, sources on the ground reported. According to multiple local sources, the air bombardment on the town included the use of cluster bombs. The majority of sources, including Step News Agency…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2248
Location
الترن, al Tarn, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in three alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the village of al Tarn near the village of Dibsi Faraj in the western Tabaqa countryside of Raqqa, according to local sources and activists. Conflicting reports were given as to who was responsible for the airstrikes.…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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