CENTCOM Admits 2023 Airstrike Killed Civilian Farmer, Not Top Al Qaeda Leader
In 2023, the U.S. military conducted an airstrike in northwest Syria, claiming to have targeted a senior Al Qaeda leader. However, a subsequent investigation revealed that the strike had actually killed a civilian farmer, Lotfi Hassan Misto (also spelled Lutfi Hasan Masto), not an Al Qaeda operative as initially believed.
