The US military said it accidentally killed a civilian in a drone attack in Syria around a year ago. The actual aim of the May 3, 2023 strike in north-west Syria was to kill a high-ranking leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist militia, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Thursday. However, an internal investigation revealed that the target had been misidentified and a civilian had been killed instead. The Washington Post first reported last year that there were doubts about the outcome of the operation to kill the militant leader. The newspaper reported that the civilian was a 56-year-old shep…