U.S. Drone Strike Inside Syria Reportedly Killed 50 Civilians / Sputnik US - News, Opinion, Radio In the report by McClatchy DC, eyewitnesses claimed that on the evening of December 28, the U.S.-led coalition leveled Al Saraya, a government building in the town of Al-Bab.
U.S. Central Command confirmed Saturday that there was an airstrike in late December, but that only nine deaths were reported.
“Coalition aircraft did strike and destroy an ISIL headquarters building in Al-Bab on Dec. 28,” CENTCOM spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder said in an email in response to McClatchy’s inquiries regarding the alleged deaths. Col. Ryder went on to say that, in a review of the airstrike, no civilian casualties were found, but that the investigation would continue.

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