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Friday, July 13, 2018

Report: Air Raid Kills 54 IS Fighters and Civilians in Eastern Syria

An airstrike killed at least 54 people, including Islamic State fighters and 28 civilians in Syria's eastern province Deir Ezzor, a human rights monitor said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack late Thursday hit an ice factory near the Iraq border, in an area controlled by the Islamic State group, where dozens of civilians had taken shelter.

The monitor said it was not immediately clear whether planes from Iraq or the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS carried out the raid.

The Syrian government news agency SANA blamed the U.S.-led coalition for the airstrike, saying that it killed 30 people and wounded many others.

The Reuters news agency reports the U.S.-led coalition said that it or partner forces “may have conducted strikes in the vicinity” of the area where the Observatory said the killings occurred.

The coalition has carried out attacks against areas held by IS in Syria in the past and has been supporting Kurdish-led fighters battling the extremist group.Iraqi warplanes also have carried out strikes in eastern Syria recently.

IS has lost control of most of its territory in Syria, but still retain some pockets, including Deir Ezzor.

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