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Incident Date

7 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1904

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An unspecific number of civilians were killed and injured, in renewed US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Baghouz camp. All sources blamed the Coalition for the strikes.  Reportage by @banipon9 showed images and footage of "charred" civilians due to the use of internationally banned phosphorous bombs. According to Sana news "claiming the lives of a number…

Summary

Published
7 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1905

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between seven and ten civilians were killed - including children - and as many as 18 were wounded, following air and artillery on Al Baghouz camp. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Most media blamed the US-led Coalition, and more than seven sources attributed the blame to both the Coalition and the…

Summary

Published
10 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
15–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1906

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what has been described as a massacre, between 50 and 70 civilians were reportedly killed - mostly women and children according to local media - by US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Baghouz camp. In addition to this, "dozens" were reportedly wounded. Sources described "devastating bombs of enormous proportions" which bombarded the vicinity in the…

Summary

Published
10 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
50–70
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 March 2019

Incident Code

CI877a

Location

near Qayyarah-West Airfield, Iraq, Nineveh, Iraq
In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an event near Qayyarah-West Airfield, Iraq. The Pentagon later confirmed this as a US action. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally injured by Coalition small arms fire." The…

Summary

Published
10 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1907

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A number of ISIS family members were reportedly killed and injured, following air and artillery strikes on the Daesh stronghold, Al Baghouz camp. Sources blamed both the US-led Coalition and the SDF. Deir Ezzor 24 for example reported: "Killing and injuring a number of the families of # Da'ash who preferred to stay in the…

Summary

Published
11 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
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 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1908

Location

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike struck Al-Baghouz camp on the night of March 13th. Sources reported varying numbers of civilian deaths. Several sources reported that up to 100 civilians were killed in the airstrike. One source, Christian Turner, tweeted that 20 civilians were killed. All sources reported that most of the victims…

Summary

Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1909

Location

الباغوز, Al-Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
During intensive air raids, a farm in Al-Baghouz was struck by air- and artillery fire on the outskirts of Al-Baghouz town. Step News was the only source that reported over 20 civilians were killed in the strike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces while all other sources…

Summary

Published
14 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15–21 March, 2019

Incident Code

CS1915

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al-Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that a family of five including three children were killed in alleged Coalition bombing in Al-Baghouz camp days several days before March 20th. The exact date they were killed remains unknown. Ahmad Abd Al Rzzaq said: "My cousin Louay Abdel Wahab Al-Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah and his wife Nadra Abdul Aziz Al Thabet…

Summary

Published
21 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1910

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that several Coalition airstrikes struck Al Baghouz on March 16th. According to Step News Agency and Marsad Al Hasaka, the airstrikes struck the town, whereas government-affiliated news outlet SANA reported the airstrikes struck Al-Baghouz camp. Step News reported that clashes broke out between ISIS and "the militia" in the vicinity of the…

Summary

Published
16 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1911

Location

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by "French artillery and SDF militia" which targeted…

Summary

Published
17 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18–19 March, 2019

Incident Code

CS1912

Location

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant "massacre" in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to killing…

Summary

Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–300
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1916

Location

الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two local sources reported that two named civilians - Shaimaa Walid Al Turki  and Rahaf Darwish - died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died "as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft". Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that…

Summary

Published
19 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1914

Location

الباغوز, Al Baghouz , Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported the death of the young woman "Alaa Mahmoud Al-Shakran" displaced from the city of Palmyra, as a result of alleged Coalition on the town of Al-Baghouz on March 20th. According to a post by Revo.palmyra3, this brings the number of fatalities to four civilians displaced from Palmyra including two women and one…

Summary

Published
20 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 March 2019

Incident Code

CI878a

Location

Anbar, Al Anbar, Iraq
In 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…

Summary

Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 March 2019

Incident Code

CI878

Location

الرطبة, Rutba, Al Anbar, Iraq
A girl was reported killed and a man injured when an airstrike was carried on a house in Al-Oudan district, north of Rutba, Anbar province, Iraq. The airstrikes were believed to be carried out by American forces. The other members of the family were reportedly arrested but the reason remains unknown. In July 2019 the…

Summary

Published
24 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 April 2019

Incident Code

CS1917

Location

الطكيحي, Al Takihi, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between midnight and 5 am on the morning of April 13th five people were reportedly killed in what was described as a "landing operation" by the US-led Coalition in Al-Takihi village. According to Jisir TV, the operation was carried out by several Apache helicopters and Hummer vehicles. It was, however, unclear who killed the victims (whose…

Summary

Published
13 April 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 April 2019

Incident Code

CS1918

Location

الشعفة, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ali al-Muhammed al-Furaiji and his two wives were killed in the morning of April 15th, when their house was hit by an alleged Coalition airstrike, multiple local sources reported - though there was also a claim that the deaths had been caused by an explosion of an ISIS-planted mine. @alhasensaleem tweeted that "a whole family"…

Summary

Published
15 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24–25 April, 2019

Incident Code

CS1919

Location

ماشخ أو الضمان, Al Daman or Mashikh village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that at least four civilians from the same family were killed in a joint operation by the Syrian Democratic Forces with air support from Coalition fighter jets around 1 am between April 24th and 25th. Baladi claimed that Coalition helicopters participated in the raid. While most sources, including an eyewitness and the…

Summary

Published
24 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 May 2019

Incident Code

CS1920

Location

الشحيل, Al Shahil, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In a three hour operation between midnight and dawn in the al Katef neighborhood in the city of Al Shahil, at least five people were killed. Most local sources that reported on the incident claimed the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were responsible, with air support from the International Coalition. According to the Syrian Network for…

Summary

Published
8 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 June 2019

Incident Code

CS1921

Location

ريف المهندسين الأول, Rif Al Mouhandessen Al Awal, Aleppo, Syria
A confirmed Coalition strike with high-explosive missiles against Al Qaeda at Rif Al Mouhandessen near Aleppo on the afternoon of June 30th is also locally reported to have injured at least two children and two women, and killed a number of foreign AQ-linked fighters. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the strike was carried…

Summary

Published
30 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–11
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 July 2019

Incident Code

CS1922

Location

شاميكو, Shamikou, Al Hassakah, Syria
One child was reported killed, and another injured, in a collision with a vehicle belonging to the US-led Coalition in Al-Hasakah on July 4th. Haleb Today TV documented that those wounded and injured were two children, stating that a correspondent from Aleppo Today reported "a child killed and another seriously injured in a traffic accident…

Summary

Published
4 July 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Use of objects and other means
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 July 2019

Incident Code

CS1923

Location

بادية (فليطح) فلطيح, Faltih (Fletih) desert (Badit Faltih), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Abed Abdullah al-Numan, a shepherd from the town of Al Tayana, was killed by an alleged Coalition airstrike when he was out working in the Faltih(Fletih) desert (Badit Faltih), north of Deir Ezzor - near the Syrian-Iraqi border, according to local media. Suriye u.a.d. reported that the victim was killed by a Coalition helicopter, whereas…

Summary

Published
13 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 July 2019

Incident Code

CS1924

Location

الطكيحي, Al Takihi, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources alleged that the International Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out an airstrike that struck the home of ISIS leader Ragheb Hussein al-Hindoura at dawn, and claimed that the airstrike killed between 10 to 15 relatives in the house adjacent to Hassan's house and wounded others. The dead and wounded relatives were reported…

Summary

Published
16 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 July 2019

Incident Code

CS1925

Location

الزر, Al Zer, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Zer killed claimed the lives of a number of people and injured others, although it is unclear whether they were combatants or non-combatants. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it "learned from a number of reliable sources that helicopters affiliated to the International Coalition targeted a cell of…

Summary

Published
29 July 2019
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

1 August 2019

Incident Code

CS1926

Location

قرية بكعة في تل حميس, Baka`a Village in the area of Tal Hamis, Al Hassakah, Syria
Six civilians were reported killed by an alleged Coalition action in Baka`a Village, Al Hasaka, on August 1st. Al Khabour News reported that: "The International Coalition forces, backed by elements of the Democratic Unionist Party (BYD), committed a massacre in which six people, including children and women, were killed in the village of Beka`a in…

Summary

Published
1 August 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

2 August 2019

Incident Code

CS1317a

Location

الفردوس, near Raqqa, Syria, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian near Raqqa. In its February 2019 report, the Coalition noted the following: “Coalition aircraft conducted two airstrikes and one artillery strike. The airstrikes targeted one ISIS weapons cache and one ISIS command and control facility. Regrettably, one civilian…

Summary

Published
2 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 August 2019

Incident Code

CS1927

Location

المانعية, Al Man’iya, Raqqa, Syria
"Two unidentified men" were reported killed in a Coalition ground operation in Al-Mananiya, east of Raqqa, on August 16th. Suriye.u.a.d stated that "two unidentified men [were] killed after being shot by Coalition forces that carried out an airstrike on the village of Al-Mananiya east of Raqqa." Meanwhile, Shaam News stated that "Coalition Forces conducted an…

Summary

Published
16 August 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

31 August 2019

Incident Code

CS1928

Location

كفرجالس, Kafr Jalis, Idlib, Syria
In an airstrike confirmed by CENTCOM, US forces struck what it reported to be an Al-Qaeda command center in northern Idlib. Local sources reported that the US strike struck a military headquarters belonging to "Ansar Al-Tawhid" in the town of Kafr Nabil, but added that civilian houses were struck nearby as well, resulting in a…

Summary

Published
31 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
22–29
Civilians reported injured
22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 September 2019

Incident Code

CS1929

Location

العزبة, Al Ezba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that 15-year old Alloush Suleiman Al-Subhi was killed during a raid on Al-Ezba in the evening on September 3rd. Several sources claimed that Coalition forces and Kurdish militias conducted an airdrop in the area. The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) reported that Alloush was shot by SDF forces, with air support from…

Summary

Published
3 September 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 September 2019

Incident Code

CS1930

Location

بين معيزيلة و مراط‎, Between Mu'ayzila and Marat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The child Ali al-Ahmad was alleged killed at dawn during a landing operation carried out by the International Coalition. According to Shaam News, "a coalition landing operation with the SDF [targeted] a civilian home between the towns of Mu'ayzila and the village of Marat on the old road between Deir al-Zour and al-Hasakeh governorates." Local…

Summary

Published
4 September 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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