Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

YS044

Incident date

October 14, 2019

Location

الديك, Al Deek, Raqqa, Syria

Geolocation

36.685066, 36.772011 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One man and his grandmother were killed in alleged SDF/YPG or PYD artillery strikes on the village of Al Deek, west of Tal Abyad/Girê Spî‎, in Raqqa governorate on October 14th 2019, according to local media. Sources added that a child who was wounded in the attack later died.

Suriye.u.a.d has identified the victims of what they claimed was a PYD, YPG and PKK attack as Idan Al Ahmad Al Eidan and his grandmother Dallah Al Sheikh Ibrahim. Shaam News Network reported that the SDF was responsible and that besides the two killed victims, others were wounded.

According to Baladi on October 16th,” a child died from wounds sustained by artillery shelling from Kurdish units on the northern countryside of Raqqa several days ago.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Adult male grandchild of Dallah Al Sheikh Ibrahim killed
Adult female grandmother of Idan Al Ahmad Al Eidan killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Deek (الديك), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.685066,36.772011. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    YPG

Sources (9) [ collapse]

YPG Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    YPG
  • YPG position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    YPG

Sources (9) [ collapse]