Incident date
September 7, 2016
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM reported on 13 September 2016 that non-combatants may have been killed or injured after a non-ISIL vehicle strayed into a strike kill box. “In a strike on Sep. 7, near Dayz Az Zawr, Syria, on an ISIL target, what appeared to be a non-military vehicle drove
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Incident date
January 21, 2017
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الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian died and six were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said that the Coalition launched raids “targeting the areas of the coach station and the market leading to the fall of a number of civilian wounded.” Step also blamed the Coalition,
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Incident date
March 10, 2017
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الرقة, Al Qitar/Al Bustan, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian died and five others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, according to a single source. According to Smart News, “a local source in the town of Raqqa said the strikes targeted al Qitar (Train) Street and al Bustan park, killing one civilian and wounding five others”. It said the strikes were
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Incident date
March 16, 2017
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سد الفرات, Euphrates Dam, Raqqa, SyriaAn alleged Coalition airstrike at the Euphrates Dam near al Tabaqa reportedly killed one named civilian worker. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, “an air raid launched by the international coalition yesterday on the area around the Euphrates Dam in al Tabaqa killing Hamidi al Abd al Majid al Nayef one of the employees at
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Incident date
June 19, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male was killed following alleged ‘SDF’ shelling into Raqqa city. The victim was named as Mohammed al Kasbah by a number of sources and a photo of him was provided. Four of five of the sources who reported the incident alleged that the US-backed SDF was responsible. However, only the Coalition reports using
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Incident date
June 28, 2017
LOCATION
ﻣﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﺍﻻﺩﺧﺎﺭ ﻭﺻﻮﺍﻣﻊ ﺍﻟﺤﺒﻮﺏ, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Al Hassaka Rasd, “The International Alliance Aviation targeted the area of al Idkhar and the grain silos with several air raids this morning. The death of a pharmacist was documented in the coalition raids on the city of Raqqa”. The Syrian Press Center and @Raqqa24 both also reported the incident and alleged that
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Incident date
July 12, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة: منطقة مفرق الحصيوة, Al Hassawiya Junction (unknown location), Raqqa, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male was killed by an “SDF mortar shell” in the Al Hassiyawa junction area, according to Sharqiya Voice and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
July 17, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA one-year-old child was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, according to local sources. The date of death may have been earlier, with Abu Muaz al Raqqa tweeting that the child died “as a result of bombing coalition aircraft on the city of Raqqa several days ago.”
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Incident date
August 6, 2017
LOCATION
دوار البكرة, Al Mayadin, al Bakra roundabout, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne civilian girl was reported killed after air strikes during the night, near Ali Bin Abi Taleb mosque in Deir Ezzor. At present there is a single allegation in a Smart report against the US-led Coalition, though this is contested in a Facebook post by Free Deir Ezzor which attributed the strikes to “Russian criminal
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Incident date
September 6, 2017
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Al Houssainiyah, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne civilian, was killed by alleged airstrikes on the al Houssainiyah village, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. According to local sources, he was killed in “his his home by shrapnel” after the strikes hit. The US-led Coalition were not documented as the culprit however, and nor was any other actor, with only “warplanes” and “airstrikes”
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Incident date
October 13, 2017
LOCATION
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA named adult male civilian died in the besieged neighbourhoods of Raqqah, according to a local source. Details of his death are presently unknown. Airwars will amend the entry when new information is available.
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Incident date
January 13, 2018
LOCATION
السوسة, al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne civilian died and several more were wounded in an airstrike on al Soussa, according to local media. One victim was named locallly as Saleh Ibrahim Mohsen Al-Faris. Deir Ezzor 24 blamed the Coalition for his death, though other sources didn’t identify the culprit. According to Al Sharq al Souri, shells landed on the victim’s
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Incident date
June 25, 2018
LOCATION
سوح الجزر, Suh al Jozr in the northern Deir Ezzor Desert , Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne civilian adult male was reported killed in a Coalition strike in a desert area of Deir Ezzor governorate, according to a single source. A tweet by Deir Ezzor 24 reported on the “Death of Fawaz Abtisheh Farhan from the village of # Mu’ijel after an air raid of the international coalition targeted his car
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Incident date
October 18, 2014
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الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, SyriaA single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, claims that one civilian, from Al Shadadi, Hasaka, in a coalition airstrike.
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Incident date
March 20, 2019
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Anbar, Al Anbar, IraqIn an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another near Anbar, Iraq. This was later confirmed to be a US action. As CJTFOIR’s June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition forces engaged in a small arms fire event. Regrettably, one civilian was
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Incident date
June 19, 2015
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خنيز, Road 6, near Khaneez village, north of Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaCoalition aircraft allegedly struck a three-wheeled motorcycle or ‘tirterah’ which was carrying a vegetable farmer. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently later published a graphic image of the aftermath. The victim was identified as a resident of Hamam al-Turkman near Ar Raqqah. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: “Coalition aircraft conducted a
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Incident date
July 18, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, SyriaAn alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds
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Incident date
November 20, 2015
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الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident which may relate to incident CI143 – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost 14 months earlier. According to the statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed… Sept. 20,
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Incident date
August 11, 2016
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ذيبان, Ziban, Deir Ezzor, SyriaCoalition airstrikes on ‘ISIL oil tankers’ reportedly resulted in the death of a civilian driver and the injuring of others. In September 2020, the Coalition admitted that a strike had been conducted on August 11th 2016 against Daesh equipment, killing one civilian and injuring at least one other. According to the Syrian Observatory, “Coalition warplanes
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Incident date
November 11, 2016
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خنيز جنوبي, Khaniz Janoubi, Raqqa, SyriaA reported Coalition airstrike on an ISIL ‘police facility’ also killed a named civilian non-combatant. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, Ali al Awwad al Rahil died when his home was struck during the raid. However a local media activist claimed he died as a result of “YPG Kurdish militia targeting of his home while
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Incident date
January 14, 2017
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Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria, Nineveh, IraqMedical sources in Erbil confirmed that the child Marwa Duraid Younis Khalil was severely injured and her mother (Eman Jamal Kamber Ali) was killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Jaza’ir neighborhood, east of Mosul. News of Iraq posted two videos of the girl (who was found alone in the hospital after her
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Incident date
April 4, 2017
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الاقتصاديين, Mosul, Iqtishadeen, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS mortar team egressing their firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed by a secondary explosion caused
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Incident date
June 3, 2017
LOCATION
امن الدولة, Amn al Dawa, Raqqa, SyriaAl Raqqa Truth reported that one civilian died after being hit by shrapnel following an airstrike. The source didn’t identify the culprit of the raid. Q_Alenzy reported that “Air strikes targeted the State Amn Al Dawla building near the Al-Roos pool northwest of the city center” – though this report may be referring to the
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Incident date
June 26, 2017
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عياش, Ayyash, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA civilian male was identified as killed and two others were injured in “cluster bombs” on the town of Ayyash, local sources reported, however it was not clear who was responsible. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights and Free Deir Ezzor both reported that the strikes consisted of four raids. None of the four sources
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Incident date
June 29, 2017
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مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA civilian male was killed in airstrikes on the village of Mrat, in eastern Deir Ezzor, however it was not clear who was responsible. One source, JP News, alleged that the Coalition was responsible. Meanwhile, three sources alleged that Russian warplanes were behind the airstrikes. Seven sources did not make any claims about responsibility or
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Incident date
July 3, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa, local sources reported. All five sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said that there were a total of 15 strikes in the day. Mr al Anzi was said to be an IDP from
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Incident date
July 8, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal media reported the death of one named civilian in artillery shelling on Raqqa. Sources blamed the SDF, but Airwars understands that only the Coalition has fired artillery on Raqqa.
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Incident date
July 7, 2017
LOCATION
حي الدرعية, Al Dariya, Raqqa, SyriaOne girl died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s al Dari’ya neighbourhood. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “the international Coalition targeted the Al-Thlaji house in al Dari’ya neighborhood next to Al-Hamzawi Hotel west of the city center. The raid led to the death of Manaf Ismail Al-Thlaji’s wife and the wounding of
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Incident date
July 18, 2017
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal sources reported the death of an elderly civilian male in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
July 24, 2017
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صباح الخير, Sabah Al Kahir, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to Hasaka Rasd, “Coalition aircraft targeted a motorcycle driven by the young man Hussein al-Hassoun which led to his death, near the village of Sabah al-Alkhair, east of Raqqa, near the administrative border with Deir al-Zour”. Al Raqqa Ahlna also reported the victim’s death, however, the report was a carbon copy of that posted