At Least 13 Civilians Killed in US Airstrike in Western Mosul

Rasa - A US-led coalition airstrike in Western Mosul claimed the lives of 13 civilians, an Iraqi air force pilot said.

News ID: 428874

Date: 13 April 2017 - 21:43

RNA - The strike targeted several civilian homes in a residential area of Mosul’s al-Yarmouk neighborhood, which was recently liberated from ISIL, Anadolu reported.

"The strike also left 17 people injured, mostly seriously," the news agency quoted Yazan al-Duberdani, the Iraqi pilot, as saying.

The latest civilian causalities came just a day after three members of one Iraqi family were killed in a US airstrike in the city.

The United States and some its allies have been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq since June 2014 allegedly targeting ISIL terrorists. The raids, which have done little to dislodge the terror group, have on numerous occasions claimed many civilian lives and inflicted damage on the country’s infrastructure.

On March 17, Iraq's Kurdish-language Rudaw television network reported that 237 people had been killed in US-led coalition airstrikes on a ISIL-held neighborhood in Western Mosul.

Last month, Amnesty International voiced its concerns over the number of civilian casualties in Mosul, suggesting the US-led coalition may not be doing enough to avoid such casualties.

The UN also expressed “profound concern” over the increase of civilian casualties in the Iraqi city and called on all parties engaged in anti-terror operations in the country to avoid “indiscriminate use of firepower.”

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