Thread by @bellingcat

Could U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in 2018 have hit hospitals or makeshift medical facilities in Syria?

@extranjerotruth and @soph_timmermann reviewed monitoring reports, gathered UGC and analysed satellite data to try and answer this question. bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020…

@ExtranjeroTruth @Soph_Timmermann A number of local media reports, and international monitoring groups, previously suggested coalition strikes were responsible for damaging medical sites in Deir ez-Zor Governarate in 2018.

@ExtranjeroTruth @Soph_Timmermann But this has been contested by the coalition. When contacted by Bellingcat with details of the strikes in question, they said the reports were “not credible.”

@ExtranjeroTruth @Soph_Timmermann Still, this investigation sought to shed more light on precisely what happened with each alleged strike

@ExtranjeroTruth @Soph_Timmermann There were no straightforward answers, and it was not possible to conclude whether reports of coalition responsibility were correct.

@ExtranjeroTruth @Soph_Timmermann Yet the investigation raised more intriguing questions about the strikes highlighted, the limits of open source research and how the coalition responds to allegations of civilian casualties.

Read the full article here: bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020…