Strikes on east Syria's last Islamic State pocket kill 25 civilians
The strikes were around the village of Al-Shaafah on Sunday
A wounded man is carried following an air strike on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 2, 2018 PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIRUT:
Air strikes on the last pocket of Islamic State militants in eastern Syria have killed at least 25 civilians, including seven children, a monitor said Monday.
Rebel groups in Syria enclave welcome ceasefire call
The strikes were conducted on Sunday on and around the village of Al-Shaafah, north of the former IS bastion of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Air strikes on the last pocket of Islamic State militants in eastern Syria have killed at least 25 civilians, including seven children, a monitor said Monday.
Rebel groups in Syria enclave welcome ceasefire call
The strikes were conducted on Sunday on and around the village of Al-Shaafah, north of the former IS bastion of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.