US denies striking mosque in Syria amid high death toll
By BASSEM MROUE AND LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press | Published: March 17, 2017
BEIRUT — The United States struck an al-Qaida gathering in northern Syria killing dozens of militants, and is investigating reports that civilians were killed, U.S. officials said Friday.
Syrian opposition activists said around 40 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a mosque in the area, accusing the U.S.-led coalition of carrying out the airstrike Thursday evening.
Friday prayers were cancelled across rebel-held parts of northern Syria Friday after the airstrike that opposition activists and paramedics said struck the crowded Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque in the Jeeneh district in Aleppo province, killing and wounding dozens of people, some of whom were left trapped under the rubble.
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