US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a review into United States military bombings in Syria in March 2019 that the New York Times recently reported killed dozens of civilians during the battle for the final stronghold of ISIL (ISIS).Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby announced the probe on Monday, saying it would be led by General Michael Garrett, who commands of US Army Forces Command.Earlier this month, the US military acknowledged that civilians may have been killed in the bombings in Baghouz, near the Iraqi border in 2019. At the time, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were leading the fight on the ground with American air support.
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