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States military. so yes. >> the white house is attempting to frame this mission as one in a series of recent military successes. >> another successful event. >> but there have been challenges in the larger fight against isis. just this week, the u.s.-led coalition in syria killing 18 of its own allies from the syrian democratic forces. but u.s. central command said was actually requested by the syrian democratic forces who thought the target was an isis fighting position. >> sn. >> >> there's been more scrutiny. in the past month there are two other u.s.-led air strikes killing allies. one in ...

Becomes. u.s. central command confirms an american-led coalition mistakenly killed 18 syrian allies in described as a misdirected airstrike. an opposition group target supported by the u.s. in the fight against isis, military officials say the target they hit was wrongly identified as an isis fighting position. the incident now under investigation. >> so unfortunate. vice president mike pence addressing the growing tension. he will sit down with the -- of south korea, there are growing concerns this holiday may be marked with another nuclear test. let's go to cnn correspond alexandria, she...

Pentagon says 18 anti-assad fighters were mistakenly killed by a u.s. air strike earlier this week. it took place on tuesday. the defense department said our allies in the fight identified the target as an isis fighting position. it turned out to be a fighting position for the syrian democratic forces. joining me now, hagar, who served during the obama administration as a spokesperson to the united mission. and before that, on the national security council. on the left, laura, a co-founder and executive editor of syria deeply, a website covering the six-year-old civil war in syria. and ellen i...

Stairs. the father, mother, and their children. one of the boys is screaming. their kitchen is a fighting position. the wounded are scattered on their living room floor. after 28 hours, reinforcement finally arrived and we are able to leave. but the people we're with, the soldiers, the families, this is their life. this is their reality. mosul is their home. it would be two months until we would know exactly what happened to them. how about adding a third? we think there's a bajillion ways to measure success. and whether you have hundreds or millions... we think you deserve the financial freed...

Did it. my initial assessment is that we probably had a role in these casualties. here is what i don't know. what i don't know is were they gathered there by the enemy. we still have some assessments to do. i would say this. it sure looks like they were. the iraqis firmly believe that they were gathered there by the enemy. the people we're talking to say that they were gathered there. whether that was attempting to lure us deliberately or using them as human shields to protect their fighting position, we know they were fight frg that position, from that building. there were people you really c...