While the US
has presented the area north of the ISIS capital of Raqqa as
virtually all “liberated” by Kurdish forces, that doesn’t mean
US warplanes aren’t still launching airstrikes against the villages
in the region, often with horrific results.
Overnight,
US warplanes attacked the village of al-Salihiya, just north of
Raqqa, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding several others.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least four
of the slain were children.
The
Pentagon, as usual, says they cannot confirm or deny the incident,
though the US and its coalition partners are the only ones with
warplanes active in the area north of Raqqa, strikes which are mostly
meant to support the Kurdish YPG in its advance on Raqqa itself.
The
Pentagon’s refusal to comment when such incidents happen is part of
a concerted effort to keep the official number of civilians slain far
lower than the real figure. According to media reporting and NGO
assessments, US warplanes have killed thousands of civilians across
Iraq and Syria, though the official death toll is only a tiny
fraction of this.
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