Rights group calls for probe into Iraqi airstrike
An international rights group is calling for an investigation into an Iraqi airstrike near a school housing displaced families that killed 31 civilians, including 24 children.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch says in a statement Sunday that three survivors from the Sept. 1 airstrike said there were no militants in the area at the time. The airstrike hit the town of al-Alam, just outside the northern city of Tikrit, which was captured by the Islamic State extremist group in June.
