Ultimatum by US-backed forces comes days after coalition strikes allegedly killed 56 civilians in the northern city.
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Al-Abdah strongly condemned the “massacre” and held the worldwide coalition totally responsible for what he called “the crimes that took place in Manbij”.
A BBC report from Manbij released today shows Kurdish-led fighters backed by US air support encircling the area.
Amnesty International said in a statement today that since June, more than 100 civilians have been reportedly killed in suspected attacks by the us -led coalition in the Manbij area.
USA military officials are looking into claims that an American-led airstrike targeting militants in a terrorist stronghold in northern Syria this week haphazardly killed dozens of civilians. Chief spokesman Col. Christopher Garver told The Guardian that ISIS is using civilians as “human shields” in the Manjib area, possibly explaining for any civilian deaths.
According to The Daily Mail, airstrikes took out five terrorist targets at once, plus one moving vehicle near Manbij, Syria.
The US-backed opposition umbrella group the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has issued a statement today calling for the US to immediately suspend all airstrikes against Syria for the duration of investigations into this week’s airstrikes around the city of Manbij.
French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday he had no immediate information on whether French planes were responsible for the air strike.
The Pentagon has yet to confirm the accuracy of SOHR’s report.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry however said the attack was carried out by French forces. News stories displayed here appear in our category for worldwide and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
Still other reports put the bombing in Manbij as well as al-Tukhar, a nearby village, with a higher number of deaths.
The raids drew global condemnation including from the U.N.’s children agency, UNICEF.
After a Wednesday meeting with defense ministers from nations engaged in the anti-ISIS military action in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said he was aware of reports about civilians killed in Manbij.
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The raids also drew condemnation from the UN’s children agency, which said that “more than 20 children were reportedly killed” in the raids on Al-Tukhar.
