(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Nine civilians, including a woman, were killed in a Syrian government air raid yesterday on the city of Raqa, stronghold of the Islamic State jihadist group, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four women and a child were among 16 civilians wounded in the bombing in Raqa, which has also been the target of air strikes by a US-led coalition.
The regime has this week stepped up air raids on areas across war-torn Syria held by jihadists and other rebel groups.
According to the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on activist and medical sources on the ground, government aircraft have carried out almost 1,600 raids since October 20, killing 396 civilians, including 109 children.
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