Eight more civilians killed in 2015 anti-IS strikes: US

January 15, 2016 22:50

Eight civilians were killed and three others injured in a series of US air strikes carried out from April to July last year against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, the US military said today.

US Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, said the deaths came during three strikes in Syria and two in Iraq, bringing to 12 the total number of civilians the US-led coalition has acknowledged killing in the two countries in 2015.

"We deeply regret the unintentional loss of life and injuries resulting from those air strikes," CENTCOM said in a statement revealing the results of their investigations.

Two of the victims died April 12 near Hawijah in Iraq during a strike on an IS "tactical unit," CENTCOM said, and three others were killed in another strike near Suluk in Syria on June 11.

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