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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1843
Location
حويزية, Huweiziya village, al Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to local sources, 13-year-old Ali Matar al-Hammad was killed by a cluster bomb that was left behind after previous bombing on the village of Hweiziyah in rural Shaddadi, south of Hasaka. Several sources including Step News Agency blamed the Coalition. However according to a number of tweets from amongst others @Syria_News5 and @SyriaNewsNetwrk, the cluster bomb was…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1841
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 12 and 24 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, Deir Ezzor. All sources pointed to Coalition artillery and shelling excluding Syrian Unified Observatory - which blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrikes. Sound and Picture called the event an "aerial bombardment" where "dozens" were injured, while Step News reported…
Summary
Published
17 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
12–24
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
17 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1839
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A girl was killed in an alleged airstrike on Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, according to local reports. Smart News reported that dozens were wounded including the relatives of the victim, specifying that "her uncle was seriously injured". Three sources including Euphrates Post and Deir Ezzor 24, reported that the Coalition was responsible. Further to this,…
Summary
Published
17 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
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
17 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1840
Location
قرية ابوالحسن(البقعان جزيرة)ة, Abo Al Hassan (al-Buqa'an Jazeera), East of Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 15 and 53 civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike with "heavy shelling" on the village of Abo Al Hassan, east of Hajin in the Deir Ezzor governorate, according to locals. Sources claimed that the death toll would rise due to the difficulty in getting civilians out of the rubble. This was reportedly…
Summary
Published
17 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
15–53
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1837
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local media, an alleged Coalition airstrike killed ISIS member Yousuf Mahmoud al-Mohsen and his wife Furat Imad Awwad al-Hamad. According to Euphrates Post and others, al-Mohsen was an early member and conspirator of the terrorist organisation ISIS in al Soussa: "Following the killing of Yousef Mahmoud al-Mohsen in addition to his wife Furat Imad…
Summary
Published
16 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1838
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition night time airstrike killed "a number of civilians" and injured others, according to local media. Several sources including the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported the deaths of two civilian brothers. According to sources including Zaman Al Wasl, Al Soussa News, Al Shaafa News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, the injured…
Summary
Published
16 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1836
Location
البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted a residential area and reportedly killed between eight and 23 civilians, in what local sources described as "a massacre". According to Sana News, 23 civilians died as a result of the airstrike. Step News and Euphrates Post reported that a total of 20 people died. Step added that 17 belonged…
Summary
Published
15 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–23
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1835
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition night time airstrike targeted a prison killing a number of prisoners, according to local media sources. Most sources report that among the victims were both ISIS and civilian prisoners. According to Furat FM, at least 11 members of ISIS were killed. Among others Orient News, Smart News and Step News Agency reported however…
Summary
Published
13 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1834
Location
الكشمة و الشعفة, Al Kashma and Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Al Kashma and Al Sha'afa in what was described as "a new massacre of dozens of civilians" according to local media. Between 20 and 50 civilians were reported to have died as a result of "25 raids" on both locations on November 13th. According to Orient News, both Al Kashma and…
Summary
Published
13 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
20–50
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
11–12 November, 2018
Incident Code
CS1833
Location
الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 10 and as many as 60 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Kashma, according to local media. Airstrikes were carried out in Al Shaafa and Al Kashma around the same time, and most sources reported on a combined number of civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes in both places. The airstrikes…
Summary
Published
11 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
10–60
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1832
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 20 and as many as 60 non-combatants died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sha'afa, according to local media. A number of sources including Baladi News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, reported that the airstrikes hit both the towns of Al Sha'afa and Al Kashma, killing mostly civilians including women and children. According…
Summary
Published
11 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1831
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between five and 12 civilians including women and children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, according to local media. Baladi News reported on five civilian deaths, while most other sources reported on the deaths of seven civilians. There were various reports on the gender and age of the victims. Some sources reported that…
Summary
Published
11 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1830
Location
السوسة, Al Sousse, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Step News Agency reported that the Coalition "bombed the eastern suburb of Deir Ezzor with white phosphorus last night [Nov 10th]. It also renewed shelling of Hajin city and the town of al-Sousse". It added that deaths were reported, but didn't give numbers. Al Khabar also claimed that white phosphorous was used, asserting that "the…
Summary
Published
10 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1829
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between four and 26 civilians died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on the town of Hajin on November 10th, 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of others was injured. Sources claimed that many of the victims were women and children. Sana News put the death toll at four, reporting that "the US-led coalition carried…
Summary
Published
10 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–26
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1827
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 11 and 26 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, in what some sources described as "a massacre". In June 2019 the Coalition accepted responsibility for just one death in this event, with their monthly civilian casualty report noting: "Near Hajin, Syria, via media report. Coalition aircraft conducted…
Summary
Published
9 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
11–26
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
9 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1828
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 20 civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Shaafa, according to sources on the ground. Deir Ezzor 24 reported that "many" civilians had died in the strike - and blamed the Coalition. Al Shaafa Official put the death toll at 20, again pointing to the US-led alliance - and adding that…
Summary
Published
9 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
11–20
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1825
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the town of Hajin, which according to local reports resulted in the deaths of between 12 and as many as 40 civilian casualties. Halab Today TV reported that “Coalition aircraft carried out more than 50 air raids on the city of the Hajin, east of the Euphrates, on Thursday evening [Nov…
Summary
Published
8 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
12–41
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1826
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike on an “ISIS headquarters” was reported to have resulted in civilian casualties. Smart News Agency reported that one of four high precision missiles fell on an ISIS HQ and that 12 members of the terror group died. Smart did not report any civilian casualties. However, according to Deir Ezzor 24, “many…
Summary
Published
8 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1824
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, Free Deir Ezzor Media, reported that “a civilian woman and her child were killed by artillery shelling targeting the town of Al-Soussa in Deir al-Zour countryside.” No further details are currently available. In its December 2020 monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition assessed this event as ‘non credible’, asserting that "The allegation…
Summary
Published
4 November 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1822
Location
مسجد خالد بن الوليدهجين, Hajin: House near Khalid bin Walid mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that between 14 and 21 civilians – over half of them children, according to some sources – were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a house near the Khalid bin Walid mosque in Hajin. Several sources mentioned al Soussa, al Kushma and al Sha'afa as other locations targeted by airstrikes that…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
14–21
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1823
Location
الشعفة و, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Multiple local sources named three children as killed and “many” more civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition air or artillery strike on Al Shaafa on November 3, 2018. Some sources reported that the airstrike targeted a house in a residential neighbourhood. Euphrates Post for example reported: "The killing of three children, the children of Imad…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1821a
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of four civilians in an airstrike near Hajin. There are indications that this was either a French or Dutch action. In its April 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted one strike on a Daesh improvised explosive device…
Summary
Published
31 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1817
Location
متجرعطية العبيدي الشيخ القديمات, Shop of Attia Al Obaidi Al Sheik Al Qadimat, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, on October 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Al Shaafa town's Facebook page wrote on October 30th that an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the shops of Atiyya Al Obeidi Al Sheikh Al Qadimat on the public street at the division…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
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
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1820
Location
و الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported on “two new massacres” resulting from alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting the towns of Al Sha’fa and al-Kashma in Deir al-Zour. Several sources including Free Deir Ezzor Radio and Baladi News reported the killing of a total of 17 non-combatant civilians including four women and three children. Baladi added that the victims were…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1821
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported on “two new massacres” resulting from alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting the towns of Al Sha’afa and al-Kushma in Deir al-Zour. Media reported said that four civilians died in this particular event in Sha’fa, when a civilian’s home was allegedly struck by the Coalition. According to The Al Sha’afa Facebook page on October…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1819
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one and as many as 20 civilians including an unspecified number of women and children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Shaafa, which was under the control of ISIS, according to local media. Several local sources including Euphrates Post reported that “a number of civilian died” in the…
Summary
Published
28 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–20
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
27 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1816
Location
البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what local media referred to as a “massacre”, five civilians including a woman and two or three children were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the house of Rajab al-Hassan in the area of Al Boubadran, a village near al Soussa said to be under ISIS control. The victims were named by multiple…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27–28 October, 2018
Incident Code
CS1816a
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 5 and 20 civilians were reportedly injured or killed in Hajin as a result of alleged Coalition air and /or artillery strikes between October 27th and 28th, according to local media. On October 28th, Syria Unified Observatory reported “the martyrdom of about 20 people of the city of # Hajin and village # Al-Shaafa…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1818
Location
الظهرة ,الشعفة, Dhahra, Al Shafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On October 30th a single source, Al-Sha’fa Facebook page, reported an alleged Coalition airstrike “on a house in the outskirts of Dhahra.” The source said: “We don’t know who the house belonged to, but the whole family was killed”. The source was unable to specify the precise date of the reported civilian harm, noting that…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1814b
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the source Marsad al Hassaka, “more than 20 civilians were killed in an air strike by international coalition aircraft on a house in the town of al-Soussa in the eastern suburb of Deir al-Zour. There were dozens of air strikes targeting civilian houses and large-scale destruction in the town amid attempts by the SDF…
Summary
Published
24 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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