An investigation by a nonprofit reveals that the UK Airstrikes death toll in Iraq and Syria was at least 26 people. Evidence suggests at least nine civilians were killed by RAF attacks between March 2016 and March 2018, according to Action on Armed Violence (AOAV).
A military spokesperson has claimed that after every UK airstrike, all available information is analyzed, including mission data.
AOAV, which studies the results of wars worldwide, analyzed the effects of UK airstrikes. The organization estimates that between March 2016 and March 2018, a total of at least 26 and perhaps as many as 32 people were killed as a result of UK Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the BBC reported.
🧵New analysis by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has found that at least 29 civilians were killed in nine Royal Air Force (RAF) airstrikes in Iraq and Syria between 2016 to 2018.
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The British Ministry of Defense (MOD) maintains that RAF attacks have killed just one civilian in 54 months of operations in Iraq and Syria while killing and injuring an estimated 4,315 enemy fighters between September 2014 and January 2019, according to the AOAV report.
UK Airstrikes Iraq, Syria Were Part of "Perfect" Battle Against IS
For years, the British government and military have maintained that they conducted a "perfect" battle against Islamic State (IS) extremists in Iraq, at least in terms of protecting ordinary Iraqis.
Washington and other members of the US-led coalition have confessed to murdering hundreds of Iraqi civilians while providing ground assistance to Iraqi soldiers after 2014.
British soldiers did not kill or hurt people in Iraq, the Ministry of Defense insists. It neither confirmed nor denied whether its forces were responsible for the UK airstrikes in question.
One UK military spokesperson remarked, "There is no evidence or indication" that civilian fatalities were caused by attacks in Syria and Iraq," per The Guardian.
The official added that the UK conducts a thorough review of the operation data for each UK airstrike, among other measures, to "minimize the risk of civilian casualties."
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