Syria War Crimes/ill-conceived airstrikes: 472 civilians dead in month of US-led Syria strikes

U.S.-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting militants have killed 472 civilians over the past month, a monitor said Friday, more than double a previous 30-day toll.


The "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights"[so-called] said the period between May 23 and June 23 saw the highest civilian death toll in coalition raids for a single month since they began on September 23, 2014.

Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said 222 civilians, including 84 children, were killed in the largely ISIS group-held province of Deir Ezzor.

Another 250 civilians, including 53 children, were killed in Raqa province, where US-backed forces are trying to oust ISIS militants from their bastion Raqqa city.
  [dailystar.com.lb/AFP]
23/6/17
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