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They did not specify the evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4250480.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Residents walk through rubble trying to gain access to other portions of a local neighborhood in Raqqah, Syria, March 19, 2018. Since the defeat of ISIS in Raqqah, the Coalition is supporting the Raqqah Civil Council\u2019s priorities to restore critical infrastructure and services throughout the city and surrounding area. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Jones)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One previously close case was reevaluated and assessed again as \u201cnon-credible\u201d finding there was insufficient evidence that civilians were harmed in the strike. And one new allegation is currently under assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement did not provide details of the exact incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 70-page report from Amnesty, titled \u201c\u2018War of Annihilation\u2019: Devastating Toll on Civilians, Raqqa \u2013 Syria,\u201d alleges that coalition forces destroyed the city and killed hundreds of civilians in the process. The report details four families that lost 90 relatives and neighbors, nearly all killed by coalition strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Coalition\u2019s claims that its precision air campaign allowed it to bomb IS out of Raqqa while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny,\u201d said Donatella Rovera, senior crisis response adviser at Amnesty International. \u201cOn the ground in Raqqa we witnessed a level of destruction comparable to anything we\u2019ve seen in decades of covering the impact of wars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OIR officials noted in their statement that the task force carried out 29,596 strikes from August 2014 to May 2018 and documented at least 939 civilians killed unintentionally by coalition strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More reports, including 321 open reports from previous months and 269 new reports received through the end of May, are part of those numbers. Out of 276 civilian casualty reports reviewed in that total, five were determined to be credible, according to the coalition, which amounted to 62 unintentional civilian deaths, five were duplicate reports and 266 reports were determined to be non-credible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 314 reports of coalition-caused civilian deaths are still open, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u2018Senseless murder\u2019 of hostages <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a separate release, officials with OIR condemned the killing of eight Iraqi hostages, whose remains were found on the Kirkuk-Diyala road in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraqi Security Forces discovered the remains on June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe join our Iraqi partners in mourning the brutal and senseless murder of these men, and together we remain steadfast in our commitment to destroy the remnants of Daesh,\u201d said Lt. 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