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The Grand Turk
US embassy in Turkey denies airstrikes target civilians
2015-06-25
[AA.TR] The U.S. Embassy in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 has denied media reports alleging that the U.S. forces are deliberately targeting civilians in Arclight airstrikes in Syria.

In a series of tweets on its official Twitter account Wednesday in English and Turkish languages, the embassy tweeted: "Media reports alleging U.S. arbitrary or deliberate Arclight airstrikes targeting civilians are absolutely false.

"Our Arclight airstrikes have targeted Daesh, in support of multiple Syrian groups fighting Daesh, including PYD. We have a very strict process for evaluating Daesh targets and must confirm their presence before any Arclight airstrike.

"We reject any efforts to permanently change the demography of the region and want all refugees to be able to return home safely," the embassy added.

Pentagon's data on U.S.-led coalition Arclight airstrikes in Syria shows that of nearly 1,800 strikes, at least 1,200 have supported Kurdish fighters connected to their self-declared "cantons" in northern Syria.

According to data from the U.S. Central Command in the last 10 months, the alliance has conducted a total of 4,624 Arclight airstrikes against Daesh targets -- 2,850 inside Iraq while 1,774 in Syria. The U.S. has conducted 3,596 of the strikes with 1,930 in Iraq and 1,666 in Syria.
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