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56 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria

The US-led anti-terror coalition has been backing the rebel's Syrian Democratic Forces to capture Manbej since last year

Islamic State opens fire at Syrian warplane in the predominantly Kurdish Syrian city of Hassakeh, Syria

IANS Damascus

At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday morning in US-led airstrikes in Manbej town of Syria, a monitor group said.

The "massacre" targeted Manbej, a town controlled by the Islamic State militant group, in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The US-led anti-terror coalition has been backing the rebel's Syrian Democratic Forces to capture the town since May last year.

Capturing Manbej has a strategic importance to the US-backed rebels due to its location and depriving the IS from a key stronghold near Turkey.

 

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First Published: Jul 19 2016 | 6:00 PM IST

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