U.S. Coalition Strikes Killed Hundreds of Syrians in May and the Antiwar Left Has Hardly Responded

Civilians in Syria are trapped between a rock and a hard place. If not from U.S. strikes, they are dying at the hands of Assad and his various allies, or being executed at the hands of ISIS.

On May 26, 2017, a slew of airstrikes killed up to 106 civilians in the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, including forty two children, according to Al Jazeera. Led by the United States and sixty-eight coalition members, these strikes are part of the ongoing campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Quoting reporter Patty Culhane, Al Jazeera …