Report : Obama Failed to Report Lethal Airstrikes in Iraq , Syria , Afghanistan . 
Various analysts have found that the number of airstrikes and associated civilians deaths under Obama reached unprecedented levels , particularly in 2012 and 2016 . 
The U.S. military under former President Barack Obama quietly hid "potentially thousands of lethal airstrikes" from the American public that likely killed hundreds of civilians in war-ravaged Iraq , Syria , and Afghanistan , the Military Times has found . 
The government may have been hiding airstrike data from the war on terror since before the Obama administration , concedes the Military Times , noting that CENTCOM is "unable to determine how far back the Army 's numbers have been excluded from these airpower summaries ." 
Moreover , the Military Times notes that the Pentagon 's public summaries of operations in Iraq and Syria , current as of the end of January , exclude nearly 6,000 strikes dating to 2014 when Obama launched the campaign against the Islamic State -LRB- ISISISIL -RRB- . 
According to data from the Britain-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism , "there were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama 's presidency than under his predecessor , George W. Bush ." 
"A total of 563 strikes , largely by drones , targeted Pakistan , Somalia and Yemen during Obama 's two terms , compared to 57 strikes under Bush .
Various analysts have found that the number of airstrikes and associated civilians deaths under [TGT] reached unprecedented levels , particularly in 2012 and 2016 . 
The U.S. military under former President Barack Obama quietly hid "potentially thousands of lethal airstrikes" from the American public that likely killed hundreds of civilians in war-ravaged Iraq , Syria , and Afghanistan , the Military Times has found . 
The government may have been hiding airstrike data from the war on terror since before the [TGT] administration , concedes the Military Times , noting that CENTCOM is "unable to determine how far back the Army 's numbers have been excluded from these airpower summaries ." 
Moreover , the Military Times notes that the Pentagon 's public summaries of operations in Iraq and Syria , current as of the end of January , exclude nearly 6,000 strikes dating to 2014 when [TGT] launched the campaign against the Islamic State -LRB- ISISISIL -RRB- . 
According to data from the Britain-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism , "there were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama 's presidency than under his predecessor , George W. Bush ." 
"A total of 563 strikes , largely by drones , targeted Pakistan , Somalia and Yemen during [TGT] 's two terms , compared to 57 strikes under Bush .