US led strikes kill 15 more civilians in northeast Syria
Date
2/18/2016 7:11:14 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) The number of civilians reported killed in US-led strikes in Hasakeh has risen to 38 since Tuesday
The strikes hit four IS-controlled villages in Hasakeh province the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said saying the toll could rise. It said nine IS fighters had also been killed in the strikes on the four villages. The Britain-based monitor said the latest civilian casualties came after two days of civilian deaths in US-led strikes in Hasakeh. It reported another eight civilians including one woman were killed in US-led strikes on another IS-controlled village in the province on Wednesday. Strikes elsewhere in the province also killed 26 IS fighters on the same day it said.And on Tuesday 15 civilians were killed in US-led strikes on the town of Al-Shadadi the group said. That brought the number of civilians reported killed in US-led strikes in Hasakeh to 38 since Tuesday. Read More
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