Pentagon inquiry finds no fault in 2019 Syria strike that killed civilians

Internal investigation blamed Syrian Kurdish forces for failing to mention the presence of civilians when calling in US airstrike.
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Smoke rises behind destroyed vehicles and damaged buildings in the village of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province on March 24, 2019, a day after the Islamic State (IS) group's "caliphate" was declared defeated by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). - DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images
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An internal Pentagon investigation into a March 2019 airstrike that killed several civilians during the final battle against the Islamic State in Syria found no violation of the military’s rules of engagement.

Instead, the inquiry blamed local Kurdish-led Syrian fighters for relaying faulty information while requesting US air support.

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