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This photo, taken Oct. 27, 2019, the day after the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound in Syria, shows the van that was targeted by U.S. airstrikes. Photos of the van prompted questions about who was targeted.

Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid

3:07pm July 21, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.

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Shattered glass is on the ground following a rocket attack in Irbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Feb. 15. On Thursday, the U.S. launched airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria in response to recent

U.S. Launches Military Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Militants In Syria

10:26pm February 25, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The Thursday strikes targeted Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria in response to rocket attacks against Americans in Iraq.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured on Monday, said the U.S. airstrike in Iraq on Thursday targeted Kata-ib Hizbollah weapon storage facilities.

U.S. Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes In Iraq After Missile Attack

9:11pm March 12, 2020

The strikes were "defensive, proportional and in direct response to the threat posed by Iranian-backed Shia militia groups," Pentagon officials said on Thursday.

The U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve coalition says it currently has nearly 700 open cases of strikes that were reported to have killed civilians. A coalition airstrike is seen here in Mosul, Iraq, this past July.

Coalition Strikes Killed More Than 800 Civilians In Fight Against ISIS, U.S. Says

5:35pm November 30, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Operation Inherent Resolve forces have carried out more than 28,000 air and artillery strikes between August of 2014 and October, backing fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Syrian government soldiers walk in the damaged government-held side of Aleppo on Sept. 16. Initially, U.N. officials had observed calm in war-ravaged Aleppo during the recent cease-fire, but Saturday's violence in the country's eastern regions spells ill

U.S. Says Coalition Airstrike Accidentally Hit Syrian Army Positions

8:09pm September 17, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

The attack was halted after Russia told coalition forces that dozens of regime soldiers had been killed. U.S. officials say the strike, which came during a cease-fire, was aimed at ISIS militants.