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U.S. coalition says it hit Islamic State fighters in Syria mosque after reports of civilian deaths
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 21, 2018 / 10:26 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
U.S. coalition says it hit Islamic State fighters in Syria mosque after reports of civilian deaths
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition said on Sunday it had killed militants in eastern Syria by striking a mosque that Islamic State used as a base, after reports of dozens of civilian deaths.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes killed 41 people, including 10 children, in al-Sousa village and its environs on Thursday and Friday. Many were Iraqi relatives of Islamic State fighters, the UK-based monitor said.
The coalition raids, which hit a mosque and houses, also killed 22 jihadists around the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border, one of the last Islamic State enclaves in Syria.
Syria’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that coalition warplanes had “committed a crime”, killing at least 62 civilians in al-Sousa and a nearby village in Deir al-Zor province.
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U.S. coalition says it hit Islamic State fighters in Syria mosque after reports of civilian deaths
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition said on Sunday it had killed militants in eastern Syria by striking a mosque that Islamic State used as a base, after reports of dozens of civilian deaths.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes killed 41 people, including 10 children, in al-Sousa village and its environs on Thursday and Friday. Many were Iraqi relatives of Islamic State fighters, the UK-based monitor said.
The coalition raids, which hit a mosque and houses, also killed 22 jihadists around the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border, one of the last Islamic State enclaves in Syria.
Syria’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that coalition warplanes had “committed a crime”, killing at least 62 civilians in al-Sousa and a nearby village in Deir al-Zor province.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-strikes/u-s-coalition-says-it-hit-islamic-state-fighters-in-syria-mosque-after-reports-of-civilian-deaths-idUSKCN1MV0MM