Syria War Crimes/ill-conceived airstrikes: Air strike on ISIS prison in Mayadeen 'kills dozens'

Almost 60 people have been killed in a suspected US-led coalition air strike on a prison run by so-called Islamic State in eastern Syria, activists say.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [so-called] said 42 prisoners and 15 "militants" died when the facility in the Mayadeen area was hit early on Monday.

The activist-run Deirezzor24 website said the prisoners included civilians and Syrian rebels opposed to IS.

A coalition spokesman told Reuters news agency it was looking into the reports.
 BBC
27/6/17
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