A Pentagon investigation of the 2019 U.S. military airstrike in Baghuz, Syria, has concluded that U.S. troops did not violate any laws of war.
The strike on March 18, 2019, had been launched in support of Syrian partner forces who were under fire from the ISIS terrorist group near Baghuz.
Civilians, including women and children, died as a result of the strike, but U.S. troops did not deliberately cause the casualties, the Pentagon concluded.
No one, including the ground forces commander, was disciplined over the operation, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
The investigation, however, found that the military made procedural mistakes in the aftermath of the airstrikes….