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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison Sanjana Varghese and Julia Nueno

Multiple civilian deaths linked to 2016-17 British airstrikes against IS in Mosul

Iraqi families fleeing Mosul
Iraqi families fleeing Mosul in October 2016 during an operation to retake the city from Islamic State militants. Photograph: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

Multiple airstrikes that killed civilians during the campaign against Islamic State in Iraq are probably linked to UK forces, despite longstanding claims British weapons did not harm a single non-combatant there, a Guardian investigation has found.

Britain’s government and military have for years stood by the claim that in terms of protecting ordinary Iraqis, the UK fought a “perfect” war against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq.

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