| | The U.S. military in investigating reports that more than 100 civilians were killed in a coalition airstrike last week in Mosul, where U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are clearing the city of Islamic State militants. If confirmed, it would be the largest civilian casualty incident in the coalition air campaign in Iraq and Syria, which is more than two years old. The coalition said in a statement Saturday that the assessment is focused on a March 17 airstrike made at the request of Iraqi security forces in the area where the allegations surfaced.
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