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Russian, US-led strikes kill 28 civilians in Syria's Deir

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AFP Beirut
Separate Russian and US-led coalition air strikes today killed 28 civilians in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, where rival offensives against the Islamic State group are under way, a monitor said.

"Coalition air strikes killed 12 members of a single family, among them five children, in a village on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Russian air strikes in support of a separate Syrian government offensive against IS killed 16 civilians, including five children, northwest of Deir Ezzor city, he said.

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First Published: Sep 12 2017 | 4:28 PM IST

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