More Civilians Killed, Wounded in US Air Raids in Eastern Syria

The US-led coalition air raids on residential areas in Deir Ezzur province in Eastern Syria left a number of civilians dead or wounded on Wednesday.

News ID: 70566

Date: 07 June 2018 - 15:00

TEHRAN (Defapress)- At least 10 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the US-led airstrikes on the village of al-Baqouz in Deir Ezzur province near the borders with Iraq, local sources said.

Many more civilians were also wounded in the US-led air raids on residential areas in Deir Ezzur province.

In a relevant development last Friday, the sources reported that the warplanes bombed the village of Zeib Hadaj in Southeastern Hasaka, killing eight members of a family and wounding several more.

In the meantime, other fighter jets of the US-led coalition struck the village of al-Baqouz Foqani near the town of Hajin in Southeastern Deir Ezzur, killing at least eight civilians, including three children, the sources said, adding that some of the injured are in critical condition.

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