The United States is reviewing allegations from an independent group in Syria after the group said a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria killed nearly 60 people, many of them believed to be civilian prisoners.
Col. Joe Scrocca, a spokesman for the coalition, told Reuters the mission had been “meticulously planned” to avoid potential harm to non-combatants, but the allegation would be assessed by the coalition’s civilian casualty team.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday a coalition airstrike on the IS prison in the eastern Syrian town of al-Mayadeen killed 57 people.
As the de-facto IS capital of Raqqa has come under increasing pressure in recent days, Islamic State reportedly has moved most of its leadership to al-Mayadeen.
Scrocca said the jail was targeted to disrupt “ISIS's ability to facilitate and provoke terrorist attacks against the coalition, our partner forces and in our homelands.”
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