16 May,2017 05:39 AM IST | Beirut | Agencies
Dawn air strikes on a Syrian border town in the Islamic State-held eastern province of Deir al-Zor killed 23 people, most of them civilians, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday
A member of the Syrian pro-government forces stands on rubble near Damascus. Pic/AFP
Dawn air strikes on a Syrian border town in the Islamic State-held eastern province of Deir al-Zor killed 23 people, most of them civilians, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday. The war monitoring body said jets thought to belong to the US-led coalition hit Al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq.
The warplanes struck near a residential area and a mosque, wounding dozens more, the monitor said. A spokesman for the US-led coalition against Islamic State could not immediately be reached for comment.
