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CENTCOM: US Airstrike May Have Killed Civilians near Raqqa

CENTCOM: US Airstrike May Have Killed Civilians near Raqqa
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The US Central Command [CENTCOM] said that American warplanes targeting a Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] weapons facility in Syria's Raqqa might have killed an unknown number of civilians on Tuesday.

CENTCOM: US Airstrike May Have Killed Civilians near Raqqa

The statement posted on the Central Command's website indicated that "CENTCOM's internal assessment of possible civilian casualties in this incident has been deemed credible."

It further added that the incident will be reviewed "at the joint task force level at which point officials will decide whether an investigation is needed."

US bombers were targeting a "weapons facility" outside of Raqqa, CENTCOM said.

According to CENTCOM's statement, "Reports indicate that what appeared to be a non-military vehicle drove into the target area after the weapon was released from the aircraft," referring to Tuesday's airstrike. "The vehicle's occupants may have perished as a result of the strike."

Raqqa, under control of Takfiri militants since March 2013, was declared the capital of the self-proclaimed Caliphate in January 2014.

In October that year, Washington launched a campaign against Daesh, eventually named "Inherent Resolve." The US war effort is coordinated by CENTCOM, from its headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

Source: USCENTCOM, Edited by website team

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