On 18 March 2019, the Talon Anvil special operations force of the United States Armed Forces carried out an airstrike using an F-15E attack jet in Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria, leading to the deaths of 80 people, 64 of which were civilians, marking one of the largest civilian casualty incidents of the war against the Islamic State. The incident was concealed by the U.S. military[1] and it was reported by The New York Times for the first time on 14 November 2021.[3]