U.S. Central Command acknowledged on Thursday that troops targeted and killed a Syrian civilian who had been “misidentified” as an al Qaeda target a year ago.

U.S. forces carried out the strike in northwest Syria on May 3, 2023, and shortly thereafter, there were reports that the individual who had been killed was a civilian, quickly identified as Lufti Hasan Masto, a father of 10. CENTCOM initially said the strike had targeted a “senior al-Qaeda leader,” but later commenced an investigation.