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Strikes on east Syria's last Islamic State pocket kill 25 civilians

The strikes were around the village of Al-Shaafah on Sunday

Afp February 26, 2018 Less than a minute read

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

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.

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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.

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