US-led air strikes on ISIS have killed 352 civilians, says the Pentagon as it admits ‘regret’ – but critics claim the number is at least THREE THOUSAND
‘At least 352 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria since 2014, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
The Combined Joint Task Force said they were still assessing 42 reports of civilian deaths in their monthly assessment of air attacks targeting the jihadists.
Senior officials added that 45 civilians were killed between November 2016 and March 2017.
It reported 80 civilian deaths from August 2014 to the present that had not previously been announced. The report included 26 deaths from three separate strikes in March.
But monitoring group Airwars said more than 3,000 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes.’
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