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May 3, 2024 · By The Associated Press. A U.S. airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qa e da leader killed an innocent civilian instead, U.S. Central Command said Thursday, confirming early...
May 2, 2024 · 7 min. A U.S. drone strike in Syria last year killed a 56-year-old shepherd after confusing him for a terrorist leader, an internal investigation concluded, underscoring the Pentagon’s...
May 2, 2024 · Updated on: May 2, 2024 / 12:11 PM EDT / CBS News. Almost a year later, the U.S. military has concluded that an airstrike last May in northwestern Syria killed a civilian, instead of a senior...
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May 2, 2024 · U.S. targeters “misidentified” a civilian in Syria in late 2023 as a senior Al Qaeda leader, a mistake which led to them being killed by a U.S. air strike, Pentagon officials said Thursday....
May 2, 2024 · Updated 1:01 PM PDT, May 2, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qaida leader killed an innocent civilian instead, U.S. Central Command said Thursday, confirming early reports from residents and family members shortly after the attack.
May 2, 2024 · 2 May 2024. The United States Department of Defense has acknowledged that a drone strike in Syria, initially said to have successfully targeted an al-Qaeda leader, actually killed a farmer.
May 2, 2024 · The US military has finally acknowledged that it mistakenly killed a civilian man in an air strike in Syria nearly a year ago after misidentifying him as a senior al Qaeda leader, according...
