The Pentagon commented on reports about the US attack on the mosque in Syria
Moscow. March 17. INTERFAX.RU — US aircraft launched strikes not at the mosque in the North of Syria, and the nearby building where there were dozens of militants of the terrorist group al-Qaida, said Friday the official representative of the Pentagon, USA Jeff Davis.
“The mosque is still standing and relatively intact,” he said, promising to publish photographs from the scene.
Earlier it was reported that the airstrikes of the coalition led by the United States, on Thursday evening, on the border of the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib have killed civilians in the village of al-Jin. As specified, the result of the air strike on a mosque killed at least 46 Syrians.
Syrian Observatory for human rights said that the bombing took place during evening prayer, when, according to local activists, the building could be up to 300 people, so the number of victims still can increase.
According to the representative of the defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov, “unexpectedly found a photograph found at the scene of the explosion fragment aircraft missiles of “air-land” AGM-114 Hellfire”.