This Article is From Jun 22, 2016

25 Civilians Killed In Raids On Syria ISIS bastion Raqa: Monitor

25 Civilians Killed In Raids On Syria ISIS bastion Raqa: Monitor

The air strikes came after ISIS dealt a significant blow to Russian-backed government forces. (File Photo)

Beirut, Lebanon: Air strikes on the ISIS group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa killed 25 civilians, six of them children, a monitoring group said today.

"Dozens more were wounded, some of them critically," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding it was not immediately able to determine who carried out the Tuesday raids.

The air strikes came after ISIS dealt a significant blow to Russian-backed government forces, driving them out of Raqa province after they came within just 20 kilometres (12 miles) of the Euphrates River and the country's largest dam.

Damascus lost more than 40 troops and militia in the terrorist counter-attack on Sunday and Monday, the Britain-based Observatory said.
 
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