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"If this version of events is true, it is a bitter irony for the villagers. It
would mean their brave opposition to the Islamic State resulted in a
brutal attack by American aircraft," USA Today wrote.
The operation started on September 22. Two warships, one in the Red
Sea and one in the Arabian Gulf, launched 47 cruise missiles, most
of them targeting Daesh position in Iraq and Syria. The other eight were
meant for Khorasan group, an Al Qaeda affiliate. One of those missiles
apparently hit the Kfar Derian village.
"The explosions were very big. When the people saw this they said the
missiles came from the sea," a resident of the neighboring village Abu
Mohammed told the newspaper.
On the next day, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that a
missile hit a building occupied by Nusra, killing many of the group's
fighters. But the explosion was so big that the blast wave also
demolished a house 100 yards away. According to the activists, there
were 13 bodies of civilians in the house, including five women and five
children. But Abu Mohammed denied there were armed men in the
village and claimed that the attack killed "six families".