Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation
Al-Jinah Mosque Strike: US Bombs Hit a Religious Gathering in Syria, Killing 38; UN Finds the US Failed to Take Feasible Precautions (March 2017)
A US strike on a mosque complex in northern Syria during a religious lesson killed 38 people. The US said it was targeting al-Qaeda; the UN Commission of Inquiry and Human Rights Watch found no evidence of that, and the UN found the US failed to take feasible precautions. The US investigation admitted a 'preventable error' in missing the building's religious use.