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September 26, 2017

HRW Report: U.S. Airstrikes on School and Market Killed 84 Civilians in March
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A new report by Human Rights Watch says the U.S. military killed at
least 84 civilians in Syria in March, when it bombed a school and a
marketplace in two towns outside Raqqa. On March 20, U.S. airstrikes hit
a school where displaced people were taking shelter in the village of
Mansoura. Two days later, U.S. airstrikes hit a crowded market and
bakery in the city of Tabqa. Local residents told Human Rights Watch the
death toll from the two attacks is likely far higher than 84 civilians,
because bodies were still buried underneath the rubble.


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