room of the united states led coalition had missed again bombing a house packed with civilians in raca leaving dozens and dozens of innocents dead and many more buried under the rubble one thing to know more travel for hospital and right here and you know a witness and survivor testimonies anything to go by these things happen regularly was that enough second was it we would drain he told by the coalition it was very clear that they would no insurgents in the area there were children playing in the streets and we were carrying water from a tap on house and civilly and homes were directly targeted on a system of we heard that the coalition used white phosphorus near iraq it was dropped by the warplanes who else could have done it it had to be the planes they were targeting a civilian neighborhood. regardless of what public relations folks will tell you there is no such thing as a pinpoint accurate bombing campaign especially not over a city a tightly packed been area a bomb doesn't discriminate doesn't care whether it falls in a house full of isis fighters or civilians and in raca those

discriminate it doesn't care whether it falls on a house full of isis fighters or civilians and in raca those bombs have been falling on the wrong people all too often or humanitarian colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by airstrike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours yesterday unconfirmed reports indicate that over thirty people were reportedly killed in the us a so chini neighborhood well eight internally displaced people from the same family were killed in a separate attack in another part of the city these attacks if confirmed are shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of syria she got in touch with the u.s. led coalition we wanted to hear their side of the story and we got a template response there as always taking everything very seriously and as always investigating perhaps soon enough we'll get another template response about his regrets and condolences but nothing will change the ad blitz over raca will continue the bombing has also expanded in iraq

isis in syria and the united states led coalition and the allies local allies in syria have besieged raca for months now and not a week goes by without without reports of mass civilian casualties and this last week has been no exception there's been a report that the united states led coalition has killed forty civilians in an airstrike in raca and that's a conservative estimate there are more people believed to be still buried under the rubble we've we've contacted the united states led coalition asked them to comment and they said they take the matter very seriously and that they're investigating more than that if confirmed we can we can probably predict the reaction official reaction from the united states led coalition will be regrets apologies condolences and more as strikes not a lot will change. of course syria's neighbor iraq where you are now concerns are also being raised of the safety of civilians that is a new military operation is now under way what can you tallis about what's happening there right now. ok we seem to have lost connection with our correspondent in iraq we will

just to bring everyone up to speed raca as it was capital in syria is very symbolic of the u. u.s. coalition as well as its allies in syria on the ground the s.d.f. they've besieged for months now and slowly making progress dislodging isis from the city but a tremendous course not a week goes by without new reports of an ass strike going wrong another house being hit and killing dozens of civilians with more buried under the rubble of course reminded of what happened in mosul and the rent discourse that civilians that paid for the city's liberation this talk of up to twenty thousand civilians killed during the liberation of mosul and indeed that the united states kept on apologizing saying it was worried about the civilian deaths that took them seriously yet the airstrikes never ended and that is now beginning again in a thought of which is an area eighty kilometers west of mosul where the u.s. led coalition the iraqi military have now launched another operation to clear the area of isis which has held it for three years there leveling tremendous firepower as strikes tag jets many

room of the united states led coalition had me state again bombing a house packed with civilians in raca leaving dozens and dozens of innocents dead and many more buried under the rubble one thing to know more travel to a hospital in iraq and you know if witness and survivor testimony is anything to go by these things happen regularly is that the finish second was we were directly targeted by the coalition it was very clear that they would new insurgents in the area. locations that have capacity to absorb them every once in so everyone's sorry regretful when civilians die but nothing changes it's the same exact scenario playing out over and over again civilians made to bear the brunt of liberation to pay its cost with their lives all for nicholas davis who's written about the invasion of iraq believes the us doesn't take responsibility for civilian casualties they are not taking responsibility for the truth scale of civilian casualties in two thousand and seven the un said very clearly the bombing of. civilian areas is a violation of international human rights law and that the presence o

casualties very many artists are gassed you have looked at the heavy price civilians are paying in raca as well as a similar operation in neighboring iraq. well just to bring everyone up to speed racket was once considered the capital of isis in syria and for many months now it has been besieged by the u.s. led coalition and its local allies in syria and it has been a brutal siege not a week goes by without reports of nice civilian casualties and this last week has been no exception the u.s. led coalition is accused of killing forty civilians in an airstrike and that's a conservative estimate there are more people believed to be still buried under the rubble we've contacted the coalition asking them to comment on this matter and they said that they take reports of civilian casualties very seriously in the they're investigating but you know if confirmed then if their previous responses are anything to go by we'll hear more apologies some regret condolences and we'll see what. will change we all remember the horrendous price paid by civilians in mosul during the city's liberation this tal