SDF forces announced on March 23 they had fully captured the Islamic State group's last bastion in eastern Syria and declared the total elimination of the ISIS territory. AFP
The National: Anti-ISIS coalition admits 1,257 civilians killed since 2014
The coalition's Operation Inherent Resolve has reclaimed all ISIS territory.
The US-led coalition battling ISIS in Syria and Iraq admitted on Thursday that at least 1,257 civilians had been killed in air strikes since Operation Inherent Resolve began in 2014.
The international coalition said it had conducted 34,038 strikes between August 2014 and the end of February this year.
"At least 1,257 civilians have been unintentionally killed by Coalition strikes since the beginning of Operation Inherent Resolve," it said.
The coalition also announced that it had received 147 reports of possible civilian casualties and reviewed only one, in February, which it found to be credible.
That report refers to a September 13, 2017 bombing on a munitions factory near Rawa, Iraq. Two civilians were wounded, the coalition said.
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Update: US-led coalition: 1,257 civilians killed in anti-IS strikes (FOX News/AP)
WNU Editor: No one knows for sure on how many civilians have died.
