International Outrage Ensues after US-Led Airstrikes Hit Civilian Area in Syria

Investigators are looking into the airstrikes which targeted the besieged Daesh-held city of Manbij in northern Syria.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the 56 dead included 11 children and that dozens more people were wounded.

Tuesday’s airstrike is not the first time the US targeted a civilian area.

Last year an Afghan hospital was bombed, resulting in deaths of 13 staff at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) facility and 10 patients - three of whom were children.

#PrayForSyria was trending on Twitter on Thursday as thousands reacted to the civilian deaths.

Many people lambasted the alleged “mistake” made by the US-led coalition, with some reporting that civilian casualties from the strike had reached 85.

Rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a statement that the US-led coalition must do more to prevent civilian deaths.

“Anyone responsible for violations of international humanitarian law must be brought to justice and victims and their families should receive full reparation,” Amnesty’s interim Middle East director Magdalena Mughrabi said.

Many people drew parallels between the deaths in the Syrian city of Manbij and those killed in Nice last week, the Huffington Post reported.

The terror attack in Nice resulted in the deaths of 84 people, with scores more being hospitalized.

The lack of global attention on the Syria has led some to question how much “value” the world puts on the lives of those outside the West.

Powerful images were shared depicting the focus of the world’s attention.

The observatory said at least 104 civilians have died from air strikes since the start of the Manbij offensive in late May.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recently voiced concern for the roughly 70,000 civilians believed to be trapped between warring parties in Manbij.