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US admits it killed multiple civilians in Syria air strikes days before fall of ISIS in 2019
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US acknowledged for the first time that previously undisclosed airstrikes in Syria carried out days before the fall of ISIS in 2019 killed multiple civilians, including women and children, according to US Central Command.
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U.S. Military Confirms 2019 Syrian Airstrike Killed Civilians
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US admits it killed multiple civilians in Syria air strikes days before fall of ISIS in 2019
The March 2019 attack was the subject of a recent New York Times investigation that alleged the Department of Defense concealed the attack because some believed it could be a war crime.
Newspaper says back-to-back airstrikes near town of Baghuz that killed up to 64 women and children was ordered by a classified American special operations unit tasked with ground operations in Syria
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US acknowledged for the first time that previously undisclosed airstrikes in Syria carried out days before the fall of ISIS in 2019 killed multiple civilians, including women and children, according to US Central Command.
The U.S. military has acknowledged a March 2019 drone strike in Syria that killed dozens of people, including civilians, for the first time this weekend.
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