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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS865
Location
الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian male died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hamam village, according to multiple local sources.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
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
CS867
Location
رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria
One woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Raqqa al Samra on the eastern outskirts of Raqqa city, according to local sources.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS868
Location
الطريق بين الرقة و دير الزور, Ar Raqqah - Al Mansoura road, Raqqa, Syria
At least two civilians were killed in a Coalition strike along the road between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, according to local reports. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported the death of a man along with two others “following a Coalition raid on the main road between Raqqa and al Mansoura.” Radiokull reported a higher figure…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
CS869
Location
Ar Raqqah - Deir Ezzor road, Raqqa, Syria
A taxi driver was killed by an airstrike, according to local reports. The Syrian Human Rights Committee reported that a man was killed by unidentified warplanes on a road near Deir Eizzor. The report said he was a driver. HRO also named him, as did Euphrates Post, which identified him as a taxi driver. That…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2250
Location
العقيربات حمادة عمر, Hamada Omar near Al Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Three civilian deaths and several injuries were reported as a result of airstrikes on the village of Hama Omar in Hama Governorate on the 26th of May 2017, an area under the control of the Islamic State (Daesh). It is unclear who was to blame for these airstrikes; sources pointed at the Russians and the…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2251
Location
الخضيرة, Al-Khdeira, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly killed in the village of Al-Khdeira in an ‘aerial bombardment’. It is unclear which belligerent was responsible for the airstrikes; the Syrian Press Monitor blamed the Russians, while the others accused the Syrian regime. The identity of the victims remains unknown.
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 May 2017
Incident Code
LQ045
Location
درنة, Derna, Darnah, Libya
According to local sources and the Egyptian government, Cairo carried out four ‘retaliatory’ air raids in Derna. Babak Taghvaee reported the Egyptian Air Force had targeted the “al Qaeda affiliated Shura Council” in Derna. The Egyptian Foreign Minister confirmed strikes, reporting it had targeted “terrorist organizations in Derna” – in response to the killing of…
Summary
Published
26 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
CS863
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 15 and 40 civilians including two to five children and one to three women died, and up to 15 more were injured, in airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Mayadeen. Local sources were initially conflicted as to whether this was the work of the Coalition, Iraqi warplanes or Russia. However, in April 2018 the…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
15–40
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2248
Location
الترن, al Tarn, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in three alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the village of al Tarn near the village of Dibsi Faraj in the western Tabaqa countryside of Raqqa, according to local sources and activists. Conflicting reports were given as to who was responsible for the airstrikes.…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2249
Location
دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
Between two and three civilians were killed and a woman was wounded in two alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the town of Debsi Afnan in the western Raqqa countryside, according to local activists and sources. In reporting the estimate of two killed, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently acknowledged that it was the initial…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2247
Location
الفار, Al Far, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes against the town of Al Far in the eastern Aleppo countryside, sources on the ground reported. According to multiple local sources, the air bombardment on the town included the use of cluster bombs. The majority of sources, including Step News Agency…
Summary
Published
25 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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
CS854
Location
دبسي عفنان, Dibsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria
One woman and one girl were reportedly killed in Dabsi Afnan in Raqqa governorate, roughly 30km west of Tabaqah, but it was contested who was responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and the Syrian Network for Human Rights alleged that the Coalition was responsible for the airstrikes, while Mohab Nasser, Euphrates Post and several…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 May 2017
Incident Code
CS855
Location
حي الدرعية, Al Dar'iya, Raqqa, Syria
At least 4 civilians including 3 children and their father were killed and up to eight others were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Dir’iya, west of Raqqa city, local sources reported. Ahmad al Shibli, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights all alleged that the Coalition was responsible.…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2246
Location
محيميدة, Mheimediya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between three and five civilians, including one to two children and one woman, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the village of Mheimidiya in the western suburb of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. Three of the civilians killed were reportedly from the Mohammed al-Abar family and…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 May 2017
Incident Code
CS856
Location
الرومانية, Romaniya, Raqqa, Syria
Two or three civilians including one child and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Romania neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources. The Smart News Network reported: “Two others were also killed in the al Romania neighborhood, including a child and a woman following warplane raids believed to be by…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 May 2017
Incident Code
CS857
Location
حمرة ناصر, Hamra Nasser, Raqqa, Syria
At least 10 civilians were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Hamra Nasser village, according to local source Ahmad al Shibli. Al Hassaka Rasd reported that “international coalition planes carried out a massacre in Hamra Nasser killing the family of Hamoud al Ali al Issa in its entirety”. According to RFS, “The SDF forces took…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 May 2017
Incident Code
CS858
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least 14 civilians, including four women and five children from entire families were killed in airstrikes targeting Al Mayadin, 45km southeast of Deir Ezzor city, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Coalition or the Assad regime or even Iraqi warplanes were responsible. Ahmad al Shabli and the…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
12–24
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
CS860
Location
المراقة, Al Mraka, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported the death of “Mohammed Al-Thiab and his entire family and the old woman Sabha Al-Hajji” in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their home in Al Mraka village. According to Alaraby, “A man and a woman were also killed and others injured after a raid by the International Coalition in Al Mraka village…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
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
24 May 2017
Incident Code
CS862
Location
Raqqah, Tashih, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of a self-reported civilian harm claim “near Raqqa, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “ 110. May 24, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was…
Summary
Published
24 May 2017
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
23 May 2017
Incident Code
CS852
Location
البارودة, Al Barouda, Raqqa, Syria
Sixteen civilians including six children and seven women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Barounda village, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) – who blamed the Coalition – initially reported the death of three non-combatants. Step News Agency also put the death toll at three – however, a subsequent…
Summary
Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
16
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 May 2017
Incident Code
CS853
Location
الدوير, Al Duweir, Raqqa, Syria
One 30-year-old civilian died after his motorbike was struck at Al Duweir checkpoint between al Salhiya and al Qouriya, according to local sources. In February 2019, the Coalition conceded this death, noting: "Coalition forces had intelligence on an ISIS member traveling via motorcycle in Mayadin. Coalition aircraft struck the motorcycle. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally…
Summary
Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 May 2017
Incident Code
CI729
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition reported that it did not carry out strikes in the area of where civilian casualties were alleged in social media reports. This allegation was previously unknown to Airwars. The report stated as follows: “May 23, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media: The report contained insufficient…
Summary
Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–1
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
CI730
Location
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that six civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered the target area after the munition was…
Summary
Published
23 May 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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