Mosque in Syria destroyed by US missiles

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mosque bombed by the US is CONFIRMED: southeast of Al-Jīnah, w-Aleppo, #Syria.

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What? America is actually attacking Islam now? It must have been some kind of mistake. Maybe the congregation wasn't radical enough.

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Exclusive: US Says it Carried Out Deadly Strike that Hit an Aleppo Mosque

Written by Samuel Oakford on March 16, 2017
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Military officials have confirmed to Airwars that a strike in rural Aleppo which reportedly left dozens dead in and around a mosque was carried out by US aircraft.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said that at least 42 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a strike that “targeted a mosque in al-Jinah village” in the western countryside of Aleppo on March 16th. “The death toll is expected to rise,” said the monitor.

Video posted by the White Helmets showed men being dug out from rubble at the site. Local activists told al Jazeera that the attack took place during evening prayer, when the mosque was full of “up 300 people.” Other accounts put the death toll far higher.

Initial reporting was conflicting, including assertions that Russian forces or the Assad regime were to blame. Photographs reportedly from the site and posted on social media also appeared to depict weapons fragments similar to those found at previous US drone strikes in Syria.

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Airwars was initially told by US Central Command (CENTCOM) that a strike was carried late on March 16th, but in Idlib governorate. That is where the bulk of US strikes against alleged al Qaeda-linked targets have taken place since 2014. The unilateral American campaign exists in parallel to operations conducted by the anti-ISIS Coalition. Strikes and reported civilian casualties from both have risen significantly since last fall.

However, a US official later clarified that the US raid in fact took place in the vicnity of al-Jinah village, which is located in western Aleppo governorate, just a few kilometers from the border with Idlib. CENTCOM spokesperson Maj. Josh Jacques the target was “assessed to be a meeting place for al Qaeda, and we took the strike.”

“It happened to be across the street from where there is a mosque,” said Jacques. He said the mosque was not the target, and that it wasn’t hit directly. Both CENTCOM and the Pentagon told Airwars that they were further investigating the attack.

Videos identified by researchers at the citizen journalism outlet Bellingcat appeared to show parts of the mosque destroyed, while others remained upright.

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The death toll, which could not immediately be confirmed, appears to be at least the second largest ever from US strikes aimed at alleged al-Qeada targets in Syria. On January 19th, more than 100 fighters gathered at a training camp in Idlib reportedly were reportedly killed. Most of those killed were said to belong to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham

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OOPS. i did it again...

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This kind of acts help nothing but feed pro-ISIS sentiment in Syria/Iraq.