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Incident Date

1 June 2017

Incident Code

CS899

Location

صبيخان, Sbeikhan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition planes targeted a motorbike driven by a member of Daesh with his wife and child, killing them immediately. The child survived. They were Uzbek nationals.” Shaam News Network also said the Coalition struck the motorcycle, killing two members of IS, but made no mention of civilian casualties.  

Summary

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

31 May 2017

Incident Code

CS895

Location

أبو شجرة, Abu Shajara, Raqqa, Syria
One woman was injured in a Coalition airstrike on Abu Shajara, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS). Qasioun reported that “Syrian forces took control of the villages of al-Sahl, al-Hawrah, Abu Shajra, al-Barouda, and al-Baraka” and that this “came in the wake of clashes between the two sides, in conjunction with the artillery…

Summary

Published
31 May 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS884

Location

طيبة, Tayba, Homs, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that Coalition warplanes “targeted two vehicles in the vicinity of the village of Taybeh (245 km east of the city of Homs), killing ten elements of the organization [IS], and three civilians who tried to extinguish the burning cars.” No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CS875

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. No further details are currently available.  

Summary

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

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CS876

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality" reported that a drone strike killed a family of ten as their house in northern Raqqa was struck. Reportedly, three IS fighters were present in the area in the morning, but when a suspected drone was heard the three fleed. The family…

Summary

Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2252

Location

عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported airstrikes on ‘civilian homes’ in Akeirbat which killed one civilian and wounded three others, including one woman. This was believed to have been part of a larger series of airstrikes on one town and four village under the control of the Islamic State, Smart News said.

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CI734

Location

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported on Facebook that dozens of children and women were killed after heavy airstrikes hit Shifa neighborhood, close to Al-Khayyat circle, in West Mosul. It is presently unknown who was responsible for the raids.

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CS866

Location

جورة السوس, Jourat al Sous, Raqqa, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “two civilians from the same family were killed in when the international Coalition warplanes fired on Jourat al Sous in the northern outskirts of Raqqa city.” No further details are currently available.  

Summary

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

26 May 2017

Incident Code

CI733

Location

البعاج, Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq
A military source told Yaqein agency that 46 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded – with varying injuries – after airstrikes of the Joint Forces targeted Baaj and Qayrawan towns in western Nineveh. It was also reported that dozens of houses of civilians were destroyed. The area was the scene of heavy fighting between…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
46
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CI731

Location

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source reported to Yaqein Agency that five children and their mother were killed after Coalition airstrikes hit their house in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. The source had added that “heavy and continuous indiscriminate shelling makes the task of recovering the bodies and transporting the wounded very difficult, as well as [getting]…

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 May 2017

Incident Code

CI732

Location

الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
Medical sources reportedly told the ISIL press agency that 101 civilians were killed and 199 others were injured as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Coalition and Iraqi forces on West Mosul neighbourhoods during the previous five days. Presently no further details are known.

Summary

Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
101
Civilians reported injured
199
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS859

Location

Ar Raqqah - Deir ez-Zor road, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Euphrates Post, reported that “international coalition planes targeted a civilian car on al Shuweit -al Duweir road yesterday killing the driver instantly. He was displaced from the city of Deir Ezzor.” No further details are currently available.  

Summary

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

24 May 2017

Incident Code

CS861

Location

Road between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, Syria
Sound and Picture reported that the Coalition targeted five cars “full of Yazidi girls”, killing two girls. No further details are currently available.

Summary

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

23 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2244

Location

الطيبة, al Teeba, Homs, Syria
At least three civilians were killed and five others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian raids against the town of al Teeba near Palmyra according to a local source. Smart News Agency was the only source to report on this incident and at this time we have no other details.

Summary

Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

LC073

Location

فندق الواحات, Al Wahat Hotel, Al Jufrah, Libya
Local sources reported between four and 13 airstrikes on alleged Al Qaeda members in Hun. It remains unclear if civilians were among the dead.  Libya Observer wrote that fighters rescued civilians from the rubble of the collapsed Al-Wahat hotel. It reported that five people died but didn’t specify if those were civilians or combatants. Other…

Summary

Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CS850

Location

حي الدرعية, Al Dar’iya, Raqqa, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that a member of IS and his wife were killed and four other civilians wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a building in the Al Dar’iya neighbourhood of Raqqa. No further details are currently available.  

Summary

Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

CS851

Location

كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died and three more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Kdeiran village, according to the Smart News Agency. Step News Agency and 24Raqqa said that the Coaliton carried out raids in the vicinity, but didn’t mention civilian casualties. In April 2019 the Coalition announced that it had classed this allegation of…

Summary

Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 May 2017

Incident Code

LC072

Location

Jufra, Al Jufrah, Libya
Several local sources reported LNA strikes near Jufra air base. One source mentioned two killed GNA fighters. Other sources claimed that 21 fighters belonging to a militia from Benghazi and the Chadian opposition got killed and 30 more got injured. Marwan Dirgash reported that the airstrike led to “many civilian casualties” but didn’t give an…

Summary

Published
21 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

18 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2237

Location

أبو رمال, Abu Ramal , Hama, Syria
At least four civilians, including a woman, were killed and three others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes against the village of Abu Ramal in the Al Silmiya District of eastern Hama, according to sources on the ground. The civilians that were killed were members of the same family and those that were injured were…

Summary

Published
18 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 May 2017

Incident Code

CS836

Location

شارع سيف الدولة, Saif al Dawla Street, Raqqa, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that 15 civilians including children were killed and injured in air raids “believed to have been carried out by the international coalition on Saif al Dawla street in Raqqa”. No further details are currently available.  

Summary

Published
18 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–14
Civilians reported injured
1–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 May 2017

Incident Code

CS833

Location

العطاره, Al Attara, Raqqa, Syria
.Al Raqqa Truth reported that “Mariam Aswad al Tayih was martyred after being injured in coalition raids on the Al Attara area. Her family were also injured.” No further details are currently available.  

Summary

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

16 May 2017

Incident Code

CS828

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Sharqiya Voice and Al Ragga Truth reported the death of “the young man Halloush al Badran from the village of Ziban” in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa city. No further details are currently available.

Summary

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

16 May 2017

Incident Code

CI717

Location

حي العريبي, Mosul, al-Uribe, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source reported that fifteen civilians from two families died after Coalition airstrikes targeted ISIL fighters who were hiding in their house. This occurred in Uribe neighbourhood, in West Mosul. Presently no further details are known.

Summary

Published
16 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

15 May 2017

Incident Code

CI714

Location

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “On 15 May, an airstrike targeting passing ISIL vehicles damaged a civilian house in the ISIL-controlled al- Rifae neighbourhood of western Mosul, killing five civilians, including two women and a child, and wounding 11 others, including…

Summary

Published
15 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 May 2017

Incident Code

CS814

Location

نزلة شحادة, Nazlat Shahada, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the area between the Two Bridges area in Raqqa. No further details are currently available. In September 2019 the Coalition announced that it had classed this allegation of civilian harm as non-credible. Their monthly civilian casualty report noted, "After…

Summary

Published
13 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 May 2017

Incident Code

CS794

Location

مساكن الادخار, Masaken al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed and seven others were injured in airstrikes “likely” carried out by the Coalition in Masaken al Iskhar neighbourhood, in Raqqa city, a local source told Smart News Agency. The victims were reportedly taken to Raqqa National Hospital. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 May 2017

Incident Code

CS796

Location

الحي الثاني, Tabaqah, al Thani, Raqqa, Syria
One woman was killed and two men were reportedly wounded in airstrikes “likely” carried out by the Coalition in Al Thani neighbourhood of Al Tabaqa city, a local source told Smart News Agency. A medical source told the agency that the victims were taken to medical checkpoints in the area. Baladi also reported that there…

Summary

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

10 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2220

Location

شعيب الذكر, Shua'ib Al Zikr, Raqqa, Syria
A single source reported that Russian warplanes allegedly targeted Shua'ib Al Zikr with cluster bombs, killing five civilians and injuring nine. According to Smart, the vicinity was under the control of ISIS. There are no other details at this time.  

Summary

Published
10 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Code

CS792

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A number of civilians were reported injured alongside ISIS fighters, after Coalition aircraft disrupted a public execution by ISIS in Abu Kamal's Fayhaa Square. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “the Coalition carried out airstrikes and targeted an Islamic State headquarters in al-Bokamal city on the border with Iraq. The bombing killed at…

Summary

Published
9 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
11–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 May 2017

Incident Codes

CI703

Location

July 17 neighbourhood, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source – a relative of the victim – said on Facebook that her cousin Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi died after an airstrike hit his house in July 17 neighbourhood in West Mosul. “My cousin was martyred on Monday. Laith Azhar Saadallah al-Obeidi, after he was hit on his house on July 17,…

Summary

Published
9 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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