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| US CENTCOM probing civilian deaths in new Manbij, Syria strike; rolls out ‘confirmed’ 2015 toll | |
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| US Central Command is looking into new claims that US-led coalition air strikes recently killed civilians in Syria’s Manbij, where Damascus says more than 120 non-combatants died. It also published a 10-month civilian body count, listing 14 deaths. | US Central Command is looking into new claims that US-led coalition air strikes recently killed civilians in Syria’s Manbij, where Damascus says more than 120 non-combatants died. It also published a 10-month civilian body count, listing 14 deaths. |
| The latest CENTCOM statement quoted by Reuters and Guardian reporter Spencer Ackerman says that the military is investigating reports that civilians were killed in a Thursday airstrike in Manbij.The announcement comes a day after a formal investigation into the July 19 coalition bombing, in which dozens of civilians allegedly perished, was finally opened by the Pentagon after it decided “the information was credible enough to warrant a formal investigation.” | The latest CENTCOM statement quoted by Reuters and Guardian reporter Spencer Ackerman says that the military is investigating reports that civilians were killed in a Thursday airstrike in Manbij.The announcement comes a day after a formal investigation into the July 19 coalition bombing, in which dozens of civilians allegedly perished, was finally opened by the Pentagon after it decided “the information was credible enough to warrant a formal investigation.” |
| Earlier in the day, CENTCOM released“results of several civilian casualty assessments,” which confirmed civilian casualties had taken place in six separate US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. | |
| The data covered the period from July 28, 2015 to April 29, 2016 and did not include an assessment of the Manbij incident. | |
| The US military said 14 civilians were killed in total, and another was injured in the incidents described. | |
| “We deeply regret the unintentional loss of life and injuries resulting from our airstrikes and express our sympathies to those affected,” the statement said. | |
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