US denies striking Syria mosque amid high death toll
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BEIRUT -- The United States struck an al-Qaida gathering in northern Syria killing several "terrorists," and is investigating the number of civilians killed, a U.S. official said Friday amid reports that some 40 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a mosque in the area.
Friday prayers were cancelled across rebel-held parts of northern Syria after an airstrike that opposition activists and paramedics said struck the crowded Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque in the Jeeneh district in Aleppo province, killing and wounding dozens of people, some of whom were left trapped under the rubble.
U.S. Army Maj. Josh Jacques, a U.S. Central Command spokesman, said the U.S. did not target or strike a mosque.
"We targeted an al-Qaeda gathering across the street from a mosque. The mosque
