The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 2, 2018 Pentagon Admits to Killing 40 Civilians in Bombing in Raqqa, Syria, Last Year ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, in more news on Syria, the Pentagon has admitted a U.S. airstrike on the Syrian city of Raqqa last March killed 40 civilians. The bombing struck a school where displaced civilians were taking refuge. .