Excerpt: "The U.S.-led international alliance against the Islamic State group announced Friday that nearly 500 civilians have been killed as a result of Operation Inherent Resolve, a campaign which has launched over 21,000 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria."



Residents of Mosul, Iraq, remove the bodies of Iraqis who were killed in an airstrike targeting the Islamic State (ISIS). (photo: Aris Messinis/Getty Images)