BEIRUT, Nov 9, (APP/AFP) – A US-led coalition air
strike killed 20 civilians, including two children, overnight
in a village near the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold
of Raqa, a monitor said Wednesday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said dozens of people had also been wounded in the strikes on
Tuesday night on the village of Al-Heisha, some 40 kilometres
(25 miles) north of Raqa.
“The toll has risen to 20 civilians, including nine
women and two children,” Observatory chief Rami Abdul Rahman
said.
The monitor had earlier given a toll of 16 dead.
Abdul Rahman said 32 people had also been injured in the
strikes, adding that all the casualties were civilians.