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Al Jazeera

US probes whether attack killed civilian, not al-Qaeda leader

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mark Milley speaks with his country's forces at a military base in northeast Syria on March 4 [File: Phil Stewart/Reuters]

The United States government is investigating whether an air raid in Syria killed a civilian instead of the “senior al-Qaeda leader” initially identified as its target.

Shortly after the May 3 attack, the brother of the man killed denied that the victim had any links to al-Qaeda. On Friday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it continues to investigate those allegations.

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