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Incident Date

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS882

Location

SSE of Ratla, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near Raqqa. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured when he entered the target area after…

Summary

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

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS883

Location

القورية, Qorya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to three civilians including a woman and her two children died in an airstrike on Qorya, according to local media. While most sources attributed the incident to the Coalition, two reports alleged that Russia carried out strikes in the area, leading to the injury of several non-combatants. Euphrates Post and other sources blamed the…

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
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

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS885

Location

الحسو, Hiso, Al Hassakah, Syria
Eight members of one family were killed by Coalition strikes in Hasaka province, according to local sources. SRG, Aleppo Media Center and several other outlets reported the death of 8 people following what was described as a Coalition bombardment. Step News said the fatalities were all from the same family, and the pro-regime site Alkhabarts…

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS886

Location

زملة, Zemla, Raqqa, Syria
Two people were killed by Coalition strikes, according to local reports. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered said that two people were killed in a Coalition attack in the town of Zemla, south of Mansoura in Raqqa governorate. It listed the victims as Faisal al-Assaf and an unidentified woman. Other sources, including Tabaqa Media Centre, also…

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS887

Location

الغراوي, Gharawi, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians including a mother and her child were reportedly killed by Coalition strikes, according to local reports. Several outlets, including Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported that four civilians were killed in Gharawi amid Coalition airstrikes and artillery fire from Kurdish forces. RBSS named the victims. Tabaqa Media Center reported that a mother and…

Summary

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

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS888

Location

حطين, Huteen, Raqqa, Syria
At least two people were killed in Coalition raids on Huteen, according to local reports. Shaam News Network reported Coalition raids claimed the lives of 6 civilians and wounded others in two locations: “Shukri Busan station, North Al-Sekka and Mazra’at Hittin” Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported the death of a man named Yasser al-Kalu…

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS889

Location

جعيدين, Jaidin, Raqqa, Syria
Between one and three civilians were killed in Coalition strikes at Jaidin, according to local reports. The Syrian Network reported the deaths of 3 civilians including a child in Coalition raids on the village of Jaidin. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported 1 victim, who it identified as Sultan Hammad Al-Obeid Al-Alous. Orient News also…

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 May 2017

Incident Code

CS890

Location

الرقة‎, Shukri Buzan gas station, Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians died and an unspecified number were injured by alleged Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling by either the US or the SDF, local media said. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently blamed Coalition raids and “artillery of Kurdish militias”, as did @Raqqa_SL , @salal_mftah_ , Radioalkul and other sources. According to Shaam and Sdusyria, “The…

Summary

Published
29 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2255

Location

سرج,, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
On April 28th, Alhuralhalabi reported "the death of a woman injured by a previous Russian air raid on the village of Sarja in the southern countryside of Idlib." According to RFS Media Office, "Huda Ahmed Haj Musa was martyred from the town of Sarja in Jebel al-Zawia in rural Idlib because of the injuries she…

Summary

Published
28 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CS877

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Six named civilians from the Ashram family – displaced from Deir ez-Zor – died in a casualty event in Raqqa, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether they were killed by Coalition airstrikes or shelling by the US or SDF. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Euphrates Post were…

Summary

Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CS878

Location

الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians including a woman and her child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamman village, according to local media. The victims included Hayat of Mustafa al-Saguri (daughter of Hayaof Sajur) and her unnamed child. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: "Coalition aircraft conducted a strike on a suspected Daesh…

Summary

Published
28 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CS879

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
Up to three civilian men died as a result of a Coalition airstrike on Mansoura, local media said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on May 30th, “two men died following injuries they had sustained in shelling by the International Coalition’s warplanes on areas in al-Mansoura town in the western countryside of al-Raqqa”.…

Summary

Published
28 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CS880

Location

حارة البدو, Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians died and one named civilian was injured in airstrikes and/or an artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Bado neighbourhood, according to local sources. Mohammed Amiro was named as injured when an artillery shell fell behind the Directorate of Water in the Bado neighbourhood – though sources didn’t identify the culprit. RFS reported…

Summary

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

28 May 2017

Incident Code

CI736

Location

المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources and eyewitnesses reported that 15 civilians were killed, including children and women, and more than 20 others were injured after airstrikes hit their homes in Farouk Street in Old Mosul. Most sources blamed the Coalition for the shelling. Witnesses had told Al Jazeera that the civilians had died after raids hit popular…

Summary

Published
28 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
8–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CI735

Location

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that ten civilians were killed, among whom an entire family, after heavy shelling in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said it was the work of the Iraqi government, while Yaqein Agency did not say who was responsible. Presently no further details are known.

Summary

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

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS870

Location

المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died and eight were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Al Mashlab neighbourhood, according to two local sources. No further details are presently known. In its December 2017 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition acknowledged that on “May 27, 2017 near Raqqah, Syria via media report. During a Coalition strike which destroyed…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
8
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

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS871

Location

حطين, Hitteen, Raqqa, Syria
More than a dozen outlets reported suspected Coalition strikes on Hitteen farm, near Raqqa City, with vague claims of civilians harmed. Sadaalsham said the farm was located to the north of the city. Syrians News reported “a number of civilian casualties.” Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered also reported “news of civilian casualties” but did not…

Summary

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

27 May 2017

Incident Code

RS2253

Location

عقيربات دكيلةالعلباويجروح, Jarouh, Al-'Albawi and Dikila, Hama, Syria
Between four and five civilians were killed and several others were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes in eastern Hama Governorate, according to sources on the ground. Smart News reported that the warplanesshelled the villages of Jarouh, Al-'Albawi and Dikila, in the area of ​​Aqirbat.’ The strikes also resulted in the burning of…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS872

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria
At least two detainees were reportedly killed in a suspected Coalition air raid. Local reports said that a group of prisoners being held by ISIL in Mansoura were killed or injured by Coalition airstrikes on the prison. Several outlets, including Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered (RBSS) put the death toll at two. Al Araby said…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS870a

Location

الرقة‎, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
In a previously unreported incident, in the US-led Coalition's December 2017 report, it conceded it had killed three civilians in near Raqqa. Without a more accurate location, Airwars cannot determine if the Coalition's assessment matches any of the five locally reported civilian events which occurred in the area on that day, including incident CS870.

Summary

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

27–28 May, 2017

Incident Code

RS2254

Location

القسطل, al Qastal village, Hama, Syria
Three civilians were killed and four others wounded in an aerial ‘bombardment’ of the village of Al Qastal in Hama Governorate on the 27th or 28th of April 201, according to local media The wounded sought treatment at hospitals in Deir Al-Zour. The casualties included women and children, but their identities are unknown. Sources laid…

Summary

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

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS873

Location

رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, Syria
At least 17 civilians – reportedly displaced persons – were killed when buses transporting them were hit by Coalition airstrikes according to local reports. The Syrian Observatory reported that 18 people were killed in Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of al-Kasrat, of whom at least 10 members of ISIS. The Observatory said that some attacks…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
8–20
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2017

Incident Code

CS874

Location

الرقة‎, Multiple neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria
Thirteen named civilians including two children died in airstrikes and/or artillery shelling across multiple locations in Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports blamed both Coalition airstrikes and shelling by the SDF. Al Raqqa Truth reported that 78 shells were dropped on the city while planes circled the skies. It added that Kurdish units…

Summary

Published
27 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
15–20
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

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

CS864

Location

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 12 civilians died in a fresh round of Coalition airstrikes on Al Mayadeen, according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported that “the warplanes launched five air strikes at approximately 2 am today [May 26th], a time difference of nearly three hours from the first raids that left three martyrs and a number of…

Summary

Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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