United States kills thousands of civilians in air strikes under the pretext of terrorism

London, (ST) – A new report revealed that the United States has killed more than 22,000 civilians in attacks and air raids launched on several countries around the world since 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism.

The report, prepared by the British organization “Air Wars” to monitor civilian damage and published by the Guardian newspaper, indicated that the US military has carried out nearly 100,000 air strikes since 2001, during which 22,679 civilians have been killed, noting that this number is likely to be much greater and reach up to 48 thousand and 308.

According to research prepared by the London-based organization, the deadliest year in the past two decades for civilian victims of US air attacks was 2003 when official statistics were reported for the deaths of at least 5,529 people, almost all of them during the US invasion of Iraq that year.

The organization pointed out that, the estimates reached by the organization indicate that the actual number of civilian casualties who were killed as a result of the US air strikes, under the pretext of fighting the terrorist organization (ISIS), amounts to about 19,644.

The year 2017 was also one of the bloodiest years when at least 4,931 civilians were killed, the vast majority of whom were as a result of the raids launched by the so-called “international coalition”led by the United States on Syria and Iraq under the pretext of combating the terrorist organization (ISIS).

Since the so-called “international coalition” establishment by Washington in August 2014, outside the framework of the United Nations, it has attacked hundreds of times on villages, cities and towns in Deir Ezoor, Raqa, Hasakah and its countryside, killing thousands of civilians, mostly children and women. This coalition has also committed massive violations and attacks against Syrians.

The Russian Human Rights Democracy Research Organization confirmed last February that the “international coalition” committed brutal crimes and massive violations against Syrian citizens, women and children.

Raghda Sawas