Monitor says most of those killed were
Moroccan and Syrian nationals who had fled
from ISIL-controlled Raqqa.
At least 106 civilians, including 42 children, have been
killed in a series of air strikes by the US-led coalition on an ISIL-held town in eastern Syria, according to a monitoring group.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
(SOHR) says the deaths resulted from air strikes
targeting Al Mayadeen in the province of Deir Az Zor.
"There were two rounds of strikes: one at Thursday
night and the second after midnight, targeting buildings housing families of [ISIL] fighters," Rami Abdel Rahman, the SOHR's head, told DPA news agency.
Abdel Rahman said most of those killed were
Moroccan and Syrian nationals who had fled to Al
Mayadeen from ISIL's de- facto capital, Raqqa, in northeastern Syria.
The first round of air strikes reportedly killed 35 civilians .
The SOHR tracks developments in Syria's conflicts via a
network of contacts on the ground.
Colonel Ryan Dillon, spokesperson for the 68-member
coalition against ISIL, told Al Jazeera that any loss of
civilian life in the battle against ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, is a "tragedy".
"The coalition goes through very significant and deliberate
processes to make sure that we can mitigate the human
suffering and the human casualties as we continue our fight
to defeat [ISIL]," he said.
"The faster we can defeat [ISIL], the quicker human
suffering can stop."
The US-led coalition is backing two ground offensives
against ISIL's last remaining strongholds: Raqqa in northern Syria and Mosul in neighbouring Iraq.
A source reporting from DC, said the latest air strikes may relate to the so-called December Directive - a memo sent by Barack Obama before the end of his presidency changing the command structure enabling commanders on the ground to bypass the Pentagon and order air strikes, while also easing the restrictions on when they could fire.
President Donald Trump has maintained this directive.
"They used to have to have 'near certainty' that no
civilians would be killed," our correspondent said. "It's
a much looser rule now.
Moroccan and Syrian nationals who had fled
from ISIL-controlled Raqqa.
At least 106 civilians, including 42 children, have been
killed in a series of air strikes by the US-led coalition on an ISIL-held town in eastern Syria, according to a monitoring group.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
(SOHR) says the deaths resulted from air strikes
targeting Al Mayadeen in the province of Deir Az Zor.
"There were two rounds of strikes: one at Thursday
night and the second after midnight, targeting buildings housing families of [ISIL] fighters," Rami Abdel Rahman, the SOHR's head, told DPA news agency.
Abdel Rahman said most of those killed were
Moroccan and Syrian nationals who had fled to Al
Mayadeen from ISIL's de- facto capital, Raqqa, in northeastern Syria.
The first round of air strikes reportedly killed 35 civilians .
The SOHR tracks developments in Syria's conflicts via a
network of contacts on the ground.
Colonel Ryan Dillon, spokesperson for the 68-member
coalition against ISIL, told Al Jazeera that any loss of
civilian life in the battle against ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, is a "tragedy".
"The coalition goes through very significant and deliberate
processes to make sure that we can mitigate the human
suffering and the human casualties as we continue our fight
to defeat [ISIL]," he said.
"The faster we can defeat [ISIL], the quicker human
suffering can stop."
The US-led coalition is backing two ground offensives
against ISIL's last remaining strongholds: Raqqa in northern Syria and Mosul in neighbouring Iraq.
A source reporting from DC, said the latest air strikes may relate to the so-called December Directive - a memo sent by Barack Obama before the end of his presidency changing the command structure enabling commanders on the ground to bypass the Pentagon and order air strikes, while also easing the restrictions on when they could fire.
President Donald Trump has maintained this directive.
"They used to have to have 'near certainty' that no
civilians would be killed," our correspondent said. "It's
a much looser rule now.
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