U.S.-led anti-IS coalition assessing 695 reports of civilian casualties

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Thu, 30 Nov 2017 - 10:49 GMT

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Smoke rises after an U.S. airstrike, as the Iraqi army pushes into TopZawa village during an operation against Islamic State militants near Bashiqa near Mosul, Iraq October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Smoke rises after an U.S. airstrike, as the Iraqi army pushes into TopZawa village during an operation against Islamic State militants near Bashiqa near Mosul, Iraq October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

BAGHDAD - 30 November 2017: The U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition said on Thursday it was still assessing 695 reports of civilian casualties from strikes it carried out in Iraq and in Syria.

"We continue to hold ourselves accountable for actions that may have caused unintentional injury or death to civilians," it said in a statement.

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