{"id":41692,"date":"2016-07-28T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T12:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/news_and_analysis\/centcom-confirms-six-new-civilian-casualty-events\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T12:36:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T12:36:44","slug":"centcom-confirms-six-new-civilian-casualty-events","status":"publish","type":"news_and_analysis","link":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/news\/centcom-confirms-six-new-civilian-casualty-events\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTCOM confirms 14 new civilian deaths in ISIL war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research by Latif Habib and Kinda Haddad<\/strong><\/p>\n

CENTCOM has conceded 14 additional civilian deaths<\/span> <\/a>from US military actions in\u00a0the war against so-called Islamic State, in both Iraq and Syria.\u00a0The admission\u00a0brings to 55 the official tally of civilian dead, from more than 10,700 declared US airstrikes.<\/p>\n

The newly-admitted deaths relate to six events between July 2015 and late April 2016. Public reports suggest the toll from these incidents could be as high as 27 civilians killed – including eight children.<\/p>\n

“We deeply regret the unintentional loss of life and injuries resulting from our airstrikes and express our sympathies to those affected<\/em>“, CENTCOM noted in a statement issued to media.
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Contrasting starkly with US claims of 55 deaths, Airwars estimates that at least 1,521 to 2,308 non-combatants have likely died in Coalition strikes across Iraq and Syria since August 2014. Iraq Body Count<\/a><\/span> says up to 2,554 civilians have been killed by the US and its allies in Iraq alone. And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights<\/a><\/span> reports that 594 civilians had died up to July 23rd in the Coalition’s 22-month Syria campaign.<\/p>\n

None of the US’s 12 partners in the Coalition has so far declared any civilian casualties from their own actions – despite more than 3,200 additional airstrikes between them.<\/p>\n

Targeted killing
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Five of the newly declared US incidents took place during 2016 in Iraq. For February 15th<\/strong>, CENTCOM now says that “near Al Qaim, Iraq, during a strike on an ISIL staging area, it is assessed that three civilians were killed<\/em>.” Reports from the time said up to nine non-combatants were killed in that attack.<\/p>\n

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