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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1122
Location
الطوب, Al Toob, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian male was reportedly killed and a number of others were injured in airstrikes on Al Toob in Deir Ezzor, however responsibility for the strike was contested. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the Coalition was responsible, whereas Baladi News alleged that Syrian government planes were to blame. The remaining six sources…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CI790
Location
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that at least 80 civilians were killed and others injured – mostly children and women – after shelling and airstrikes hit their houses near the Al Nouri Mosque in the ongoing battle for the liberation of Old Mosul. Half of the civilians died as a result of air strikes,…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–82
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CI791
Location
الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City (Sultan Nuts Factory), Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source, the Nineveh Media center, said that multiple families were still under the rubble after air strikes had hit the Sultan Nuts factory in Old Mosul. The Center called upon everyone who read the post, to help save these families. Reportedly, elderly people were also among the victims. It is presently unclear…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2308
Location
جديدة بكارة, Jadida Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One adult male died, and " a number of others" were wounded, in an airstrike on Jadida Bakara desert, according to local media. Almost all sources blamed Russian shelling for the civilian casualties, however, two sources did not apportion blame. Euphrates Post reported that "Hammadi Aboud al-A’tish (civilian) was killed in a military air strike…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CI792
Location
باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Lakash, Nineveh, Iraq
A single local source reported that six civilians from the same family died after air strikes hit their house in Bab Lakash, in Old Mosul. A senior Coalition official informed Airwars on July 5th that “It is primarily Coalition aircraft conducting AIR strikes in Mosul. It has been a number of weeks since the Iraqis…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2309
Location
دير الزور, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One man was seriously injured and his father was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground. It was reported that "a young man from Deir al-Azur was hit by Russian-made cluster munitions and is now desperately in need of treatment. Name: Daoud Makhlaf Yassin. Daoud was severely…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1123
Location
محكان, Mahkan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A girl was killed and up to 20 others were injured in airstrikes on Mahkan, however claims concerning who was responsible were contested. News Jorf claimed that the Coalition was responsible, meanwhile, Baladi News alleged that the Syrian government was responsible. The remaining eight sources reporting the incident did not make any claims as with…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1124
Location
مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian male was killed in airstrikes on the village of Mrat, in eastern Deir Ezzor, however it was not clear who was responsible. One source, JP News, alleged that the Coalition was responsible. Meanwhile, three sources alleged that Russian warplanes were behind the airstrikes. Seven sources did not make any claims about responsibility or…
Summary
Published
29 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Codes
CS1118 RS2305
Location
دبلان, Dablan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 60 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Dablan, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the event, with allegations against the Coalition, Russia and the Syrian regime. The pro-regime source, Damas Press, put the death toll at 40 and blamed the…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
21–60
Civilians reported injured
12–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1119
Location
الصور, Al Soor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Eight civilians, including a child, were killed and “many” others were wounded in Al Soor in northern Deir Ezzor following airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Coalition, local sources reported. Sharqiya Voice and Al Jisr TV reported that the strikes hit a shopping area of the city, which were believed to have targeted the “consumer…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1120
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian male was killed following a cluster bomb attack on Al Mayadin, Euphrates Post reported. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and reported that the attack was carried out after midnight. The source added that the man died from his injuries. No further details are available.
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2306
Location
السخنة, Al-Sokhna , Homs, Syria
An unspecific number of civilians were killed and wounded in an airstrike on Al-Sokhna - according to local media. Only one source blamed Russia, and the others blamed unidentified warplanes for the raids. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "the warplanes bombarded areas in the northern outskirts of the city of Sokhna in the…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2307
Location
المربعات, Al-Marba'at, Nabi’ al Sakher, Quneitra, Syria
Between four and eight civilians were killed - reportedly from one family - and others were wounded, when airstrikes struck Al-Marba'at town, local media said. According to sources, up to three children, a woman, and a man were killed in the raids. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the strikes. Some…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1110
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An August 2017 Amnesty International report initially stated that a civilian casualty incident occurred in Raqqa on June 8th, killing 6 to 9 civilians – including 1 or 2 women and 3 to 5 children. This was later corrected to June 28th – with the Coalition accepting responsibility for eight deaths 13 months later. Amnesty…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1111
Location
الصالحية, Al Salhiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to four people were reportedly killed and several others (believed to be four) were injured in the rural areas of Al Soussa, Al Salhiya and Ghranij in Deir Ezzor following alleged Coalition airstrikes over several days, local sources reported. Airstrikes on Al Soussa are believed to have taken place on June 25 and airstrikes…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Codes
CS1112 RS2304
Location
Al Lattoum village, Homs, Syria
One child died and several members of his family were injured in an airstrike on Al Lattoum village, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US-led Coalition (against which there was just one allegation), Russia or the Syrian regime. Alsoukhnaalhadath reported the death of…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1113
Location
كسرة عفنان, Kasrat Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, including a man and a woman, were reportedly killed by mortar fire in the village of Kasrat Afnan, south of Raqqa, however it was not clear who was responsible. Jisr TV, Shahba Press and the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that ISIL were responsible for the deaths whereas Al Hasaka Arabea stated…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1114
Location
كسرة عفنان, Kasrat Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians were allegedly killed in Coalition airstrikes in the village of Kasrat Afnan, local sources reported. Sharqiya Voice and Al Hasaka Arabea reported that three males were killed as they returned from inspecting their property in Al Dahmoush village after they believed they may have been damaged in airstrikes there. Both sources also reported…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1115
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local media. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported “The martyrdom of “Ali Abdul-Ali al-Jasha’am” after the coalition aircraft targeted his car while he was transporting wounded civilians following the bombardment of the city of Raqqa.” According to the Syrian Network for…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1116
Location
ﻣﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﺍﻻﺩﺧﺎﺭ ﻭﺻﻮﺍﻣﻊ ﺍﻟﺤﺒﻮﺏ, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
According to Al Hassaka Rasd, “The International Alliance Aviation targeted the area of al Idkhar and the grain silos with several air raids this morning. The death of a pharmacist was documented in the coalition raids on the city of Raqqa”. The Syrian Press Center and @Raqqa24 both also reported the incident and alleged that…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1117
Location
الطيانة, Al Tayyana, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one civilian male, but possibly as many as two, died in airstrikes on Al Tayyana, according to local media – though it was initially unclear whether the Coalition or Russia was responsible. The US-led alliance accepted responsibility in September 2017. Five sources reported that only one fatality was caused by the airstrikes, however…
Summary
Published
28 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CI789
Location
الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources reported that a family of five was killed and one of the sons – a 4-year-old boy – severely injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes on their house in West Mosul (exact location presently unknown). Iraqi Spring Media Center quoted MP Riabar Taha of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who reported the…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1103
Location
جامع الحني, Al Hinni mosque, Raqqa, Syria
An 80-year-old man was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on or near the Al Hinni Mosque in Raqqa, local sources reported. The male was a resident of Al Mu’taaz Street where the mosque lies and where the strike took place. Four of five sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible.…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1104
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian male was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, local sources reported. Both sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. No further details were available.
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1105
Location
حي القادسية, al Qadissiya, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, including a boy, were reportedly killed and 11 others were injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes near the Al Zahra Private School, west of Al Jazra junction in Raqqa. The source, Al Hasaka Arabea, also identified the wounded as Hana, who is the wife of the deceased man, their son Subhi and their three…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
RS2303
Location
السخنة, Al-Sokhna , Homs, Syria
An unspecific number of civilian casualties were reported in airstrikes on Al-Sokhna, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Syrian News reported that "Russian aircraft launched air raids Tuesday [Tuesday 27th] on the city of Al-Sokhna and the outskirts of Homs in eastern Homs". But the Syrian Observatory for Human…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1106
Location
نهر الفرات, Euphrates river, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 14 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes targeting vehicles traveling near the Euphrates River in Raqqa, where civilians were trying to gather drinking water. However it was not immediately clear whether sources were reporting on previously documented incidents or new occurrences. Three civilians were previously alleged killed in similar circumstances on…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1107
Location
بلدة الطيبة, Al Tayba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian female was indirectly killed following a heart attack said to be caused by hearing airstrikes on Al Tayba in Mayadeen, local sources reported. Sharqiya Voice reported that the airstrikes hit the houses of Hassan al Hanan, Bashar al Hanan, Sufian al Hanan and Ghassan al Hanan and reported that a number of people…
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1108
Location
ﺟﻨﺎﺓ, Janat, Al Hassakah, Syria
A family of six civilians were reportedly killed in airstrikes in Janat village, however assertions as to who was responsible were contested. Five sources who reported the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. However @KhabourNews claimed that Russia was to blame.
Summary
Published
27 June 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 June 2017
Incident Code
CS1282a
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Seven civilians died in air or artillery or mortar shelling of Raqqa, according to local media – though it was unclear who was responsible for their deaths. However, Hasaka Rasd also reported that mortars fell on Raqqa neighbourhoods on this day, meaning that these deaths may have been caused by SDF actions, for although Airwars…
Summary
Published
27 July 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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