US-led coalition strikes kill 26 civilians in east Syria: monitor

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AFP Beirut
Last Updated : Nov 10 2018 | 1:10 AM IST

US-led coalition air strikes killed 26 civilians including 14 children Friday in a holdout of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said.

Those killed in the eastern town of Hajin near the Iraqi border were relatives of IS fighters and also included 9 women, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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First Published: Nov 10 2018 | 1:10 AM IST

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