Incident Code
YS069
Incident Code
YS069
Incident Date
29 October 2019
Location
تل ابيض, Tal Abyad , Raqqa, Syria
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
Two civilians were killed in the Tal Abyad countryside due to shelling by alleged YPG/SDF forces on October 29th, 2019, according to local sources.
The Raqqa Observatory for Human Rights reported mortars killed civilians Mahmoud Al Sayyad and Ibrahim Al Hassan. The Syrian Human Rights Committee published the same names, and blamed ‘shelling of the SDF and YPG militia’.
Further details are unavailable right now.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the district of Tal Abyad (تل ابيض), within the Raqqa (الرقة) governorate. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Tal Abyad are: 36.691324, 38.951283.
Military Statements
YPG Assessment
Suspected belligerent
YPG
YPG position on incident
Not yet assessed