The head of US forces in the Middle East, Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, briefed US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday about a 2019 airstrike in Syria that the US military admitted for the first time this week had killed civilians.
Austin requested the briefing after The New York Times revealed Saturday that military officials had serious concerns that dozens of civilians had been killed in the bombing during the final battle against the Islamic State (IS), Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby revealed.
