Incident date
August 15, 2017
LOCATION
Baladi Stadium and Muawiya School District, Raqqa, SyriaBetween six and ten people were reported killed including 2 or more children, in an “aerial bombardment” on the city of Raqqa. At present nearly all of the sources allege that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the incident. Significant material destruction was caused to the Baladi Stadium area and the School District of Muawiya
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Incident date
August 15, 2017
LOCATION
السخنة, Sokhna, Homs, SyriaA single source reported that “Russian warplanes launched several raids targeting the vicinity of the city of Sukhna and # Hamaima rural Homs east, resulting in casualties and material in the ranks of the # organisation of the state.” There were no specific numbers reported, or any other details at this time.
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Incident date
August 15, 2017
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حسيا, Hasya, Hama, SyriaA single source reported that “in the countryside of Hama, the Russian warplanes targeted several cars carrying displaced people is Hasya. There were reports of dead and wounded civilians amongst those struck.” There are no specific numbers. No other details at this time.
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Incident date
August 14, 2017
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Central neighbourhoods, Raqqa, SyriaLocal sources said that 23 civilians were killed and 60 injured after alleged US-led Coalition strikes targeted neighbourhoods of Raqqa. Sound and Picture reported that the “SDF militia” had engaged in the offensive during the daytime with “intensive artillery”, whilst the US-led Coalition conducted airstrikes in the night. Airwars understands that only the Coalition has
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Incident date
August 14, 2017
LOCATION
ابو شهري, Abo Shahri, Raqqa, SyriaA father and son were killed in airstrikes on Abo Shahri and the countryside in the surrounding vicinity. There were no reports of wounded civilians. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. According to Baladi “Russian aircraft and aircraft launched intensive raids, targeting the town (Ma’adan) with rockets and explosive bombs, as well as
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Incident date
August 14, 2017
LOCATION
al-Badu, Raqqa, SyriaIn this single-source event, a family of five, including two children and one woman, were killed as alleged Coalition airstrike hit a house in which the family had sought shelter in, in al-Badu, Raqqa, Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality, reported. Amnesty’s field researcher reported that the family was
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event near Raqqa. Their October 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS-held building, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed.” Airwars had
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians and the injury of another. Their October 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed a logistics node, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed and one
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
Badu neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaNumerous local sources reported the death of civilian Mahmud Abdul Latif Al-Humaidi. A Hasaka Rasd report said that “the death of Haj Mahmud Abdul Latif Al-Humadi was caused by “artillery shelling originating from Kurdish units”. The same description of events was supplied by Sharqiya Voice. Other sources such as Ahmad Shbli blamed the US-led Coalition
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
فردوس, Ar Raqqah: Fardous neighbourhood, Raqqa, SyriaTwelve civilians died and six more were wounded in Coalition air or artillery strikes on Raqqa, according to local media. The action was later confirmed to be a British airstrike. In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: “Coalition aircraft engaged ISIS fighters utilizing a mortar system in a building used as
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
حمادة عمر, Hamada Omar, Hama, SyriaAn unspecific number of civilians were wounded due to an aerial bombardment of Hamada Omar and the surrounding vicinity, according to local media. All the sources either attributed blame to Russia or did not attribute any blame. There are no reports of civilian fatalities. AE News reported that ” warplanes continude intensive shelling since yesterday
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
المرون , بالقرب من الخبر, Al Maroun, in the vicinity of Al Khabr, Abyan, YemenIn an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, US Central Command stated that a strike was conducted against AQAP in Abyan governorate on August 13th 2017, confirming multiple earlier reports that at least two alleged AQAP militants were killed in at least one afternoon US drone strike in Al Maroun, in the Khabr Maraqisha
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Incident date
August 13, 2017
LOCATION
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaSome of the names in this incident were initially reported by several sources under incident number CS1429a (Amjad Ahmed Taha Al-Suwairi, Mohammed Ayman Sweiri and Ahmad Taha Al-Omar Al Suweiri). During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org), Amnesty field researchers were
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Incident date
August 12, 2017
LOCATION
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne man was killed, and others were reportedly wounded, following an airstrike on Hatla. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the strikes. some blaming the Syrian regime, while others attributed blame to Moscow. Baladi even blamed “unknown warplanes” for the raids. Jisirtv described the bombardment as a missile attack, while others
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Incident date
August 11, 2017
LOCATION
Al Na'im area, Raqqa, SyriaMultiple local sources reported that there had been an “escalation of civilian martyrs” following alleged artillery shelling on the Na’im area of Raqqa. This was later confirmed to have been a US airstrike. Raqqa News Post for example reported at the time: “#Urgent : # Ar Raqqa The fall of artillery shells on the area
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August 10, 2017
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Banaadir, SomaliaThe US carried out two “kinetic” strikes against al Shabaab members in the Banadir region of southern Somalia on August 10th, US Africa Command announced. There were no known associated public reports of civilian harm. As AFRICOM itself has treated these as distinct events, we have separated them here. A press release from the Somali
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Incident date
August 10, 2017
LOCATION
تل عفر, Tal Afar, Al Anbar, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of five civilians in an event near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their December 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike which destroyed an ISIS headquarters, it was assessed that five civilians were unintentionally killed.” In July 2019, the Coalition provided
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Incident date
August 10, 2017
LOCATION
Shashweyne, Banaadir, SomaliaAccording to a Freedom of Information request obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, this previously unknown US strike took place in the vicinity of Shashweyne, Bandir region, Somalia against al-Shabaab fighters. In its FOIA response, AFRICOM again confirmed it had targeted what it says were “AS fighters”, in the vicinity of Shashweyne, Banadir
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Incident date
August 9, 2017
LOCATION
حماده عمر, Hamada Omar, Hama, SyriaA number of civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Hamada Omar, according to local media sources. It was not clear how many civilians were injured in the attack, but several of the sources mention how a mosque and a number of civilian homes were destroyed. Idlib Media Centre added that the Russians
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Incident date
August 9, 2017
LOCATION
سوحا, Suha, Hama, SyriaA man was killed, and several others were wounded, following airstrikes on Suha – according to local media. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. Baladi reported that the victims home was “targeted” with high explosive rockets. There are no other details at this time.
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Incident date
August 8, 2017
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ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaTwo children were killed and up to 40 other civilians injured (mostly women and children) in airstrikes on the city of al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. The offensive struck the Fatima Al-Zahraa Women’s Hospital. It is not wholly clear at present who was responsible. Jisirtv news cited an A’amaq’s agency report which blamed
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Incident date
August 8, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIt was reported by local sources that a woman named Reham Abdul Aziz Al-Taha and all her children were killed in alleged US-led Coalition strikes on the city of Al-Raqqa. Sources did not state how many children have died. In a Facebook post by Sdc Palmyra it was asserted that the family comprised of displaced
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Incident date
August 8, 2017
LOCATION
Centre, Raqqa, SyriaLocal sources reported that 14 people were killed and 35 injured after alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on the city of Raqqa. Two children and two women were reportedly amongst those killed. In a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights it was said that the civilians were killed whilst “clashes took place between the
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Incident date
August 8, 2017
LOCATION
Raqqa, SyriaIn the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that “Kheder Ibrahim
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Incident date
August 8, 2017
LOCATION
درنة, port, Darnah, LibyaThe LNA reportedly targeted a boat off the coast of Derna which it said was transporting fighters and weapons to the Shura Council. According to the faction, the boat “carried terrorists, ammunition and weapons to terrorist gangs in the city of Derna.” The fate of any civilian crew on board the vessel is presently unknown.
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Incident date
August 7, 2017
LOCATION
Hurriyah, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians. In January 2018, their monthly civilian casualty report noted “During a Coalition strike which destroyed an ISIS indirect fire weapon system it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally killed when they inadvertently crossed into the area of
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Incident date
August 6, 2017
LOCATION
مرقدا, Near Markada, Al Hassakah, SyriaIn an event previously untracked by Airwars, in November 2018 the Coalition confirmed the death of a civilian in a strike 15 months previously. The assessment noted the following: “On Aug. 06, 2017, near Marqadah, al-Shadadi, Syria, via self-report. Coalition aircraft struck an ISIS truck that had just attacked U.S. forces with rockets. While the
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Incident date
August 6, 2017
LOCATION
حي الاماسي, Al Amassi, Raqqa, SyriaTwo adult male civilians and up to two children were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their home in Raqqa’s al Amassi neighbourhood, local media reported. In February 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for the event, noting: “Coalition aircraft engaged an ISIS headquarters multistory building. Regrettably, four civilians were unintentionally killed and two civilians
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Incident date
August 5, 2017
LOCATION
الكرابلة, Al Karabila, Al Anbar, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an event near Karabilah, Iraq. Their December 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike which destroyed an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” In July 2019, the Coalition provided Airwars
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Incident date
August 5, 2017
LOCATION
بداما , Bdama, Idlib, SyriaOne child was killed when a cluster bomb dropped in a previous airstrike exploded in Bdama, local media reported. EdlibEMC said that the bomb was dropped by Russia, though the other sources didn’t identify the culprit. It was not clear when the munitions was dropped.