BARAKAT AHMED BARAKAT: (Through interpreter) There was nothing suspicious at all. We kept moving normally. There was nothing ahead of us on the road. Suddenly, I felt something hit us.

Barakat Ahmad Barakat, 39, poses in front of his house in the Syrian village of Hatan on June 24. Barakat sustained injuries from U.S. airstrikes during the 2019 raid on the hideout of ISIS leader ...

A photo taken on Oct. 27, 2019, shows the inside of the van that Syrian Barakat Ahmad Barakat says he was in when it was targeted by U.S. forces the night of the raid on an ISIS compound, in ...

BARAKAT AHMAD BARAKAT: (Through interpreter) There was nothing suspicious at all. We kept moving normally. There was nothing ahead of us on the road. Suddenly, I felt something hit us.

Barakat was eliminated in an aerial attack in March. A teacher and a doctor, both of whom were on their way to work in the city, were among seven people killed, PA authorities said.

A photo taken on Oct. 27, 2019 shows the inside of the burned-out van that Barakat Ahmad Barakat and two other men were in when it was targeted by U.S. forces the night of the raid on ISIS leader ...

Barakat Ahmad Barakat is pictured on June 24, 2023, in the village of Barisha, in northwestern Syria. In 2020, the Pentagon investigated and dismissed the accounts reported by NPR.

Then, Barakat's van passed through that spot and drove in the direction of ground troops further down the road. The report says a U.S. aircraft fired warning shots about 50 feet in front of the van.