US failed to take precautions to avoid civilian casualties in Syria mosque airstrike – Human Rights Watch

‘US authorities failed to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian casualties in a recent attack on a Syrian mosque, a report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) states, adding that such measures are a requirement under the laws of war.
The report, released Tuesday, notes that although US officials claimed the building targeted on March 16 was a partially-constructed community hall, “information from local residents, photographs, and video footage of the building before and after the attack” show that it was also a mosque.’

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