Brothers Taha, left, and Hasul are treated at a field hospital after being injured by a car bomb explosion during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in eastern Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 25. (Felipe Dana/Associated Press)Air and artillery strikes by the U.S.-led coalition in the Iraqi city of Mosul appear to have killed more than 80 civilians since a major operation there began last month, a watchdog group said Friday. The U.S. military conducts its own investigations of civilian casualty reports, sometimes confirming the allegations and sometimes finding they are unjustified. Centcom says that American strikes against the Islamic State have killed at least 119 civilians in Iraq and Syria since they began in 2014, an estimate that some advocacy groups say is too low. He said U.S. and allied strikes had destroyed dozens of car bombs and tunnels that militants have used to attack encroaching forces.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 21:11 UTC