BEIRUT: Russian air strikes on Sunday killed 34 civilians, among them 15 children, in a village held by the Daesh group in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit the village of Al-Shafah, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Russian strikes kill 34 civilians in Syria’s Deir Ezzor
Russian strikes kill 34 civilians in Syria’s Deir Ezzor
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