BFF-41 Anti-IS coalition raids kill 36 civilians in east Syria: monitor

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Anti-IS coalition raids kill 36 civilians in east Syria: monitor

BEIRUT, Nov 17, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Coalition air strikes Saturday killed at
least 36 civilians related to the Islamic State group in a jihadist holdout
in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a Britain-based monitor said.

Seventeen children were among the family members killed in Abu Hassan
village of Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

BSS/AFP/ARS/1851 hrs