WASHINGTON — The American-led military coalition in Iraq said Saturday that an initial review of recent airstrikes in Mosul, the Islamic State’s last stronghold in Iraq, had confirmed that the strikes hit a site where scores of civilians were killed. The inquiry, military officials said, found that a building had collapsed a few days after strikes by American forces. The Pentagon had acknowledged on Friday that it was investigating reports that its airstrikes had caused deaths in Mosul. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyCapt. On the eastern side of the city, which was declared liberated in January after months of fighting, 2,190 civilians were killed, the group said.

Source: New York Times March 25, 2017 17:14 UTC