There were also fresh airstrikes on Aleppo at the weekend as the Russian-US ceasefire fell apart Karam al-Masri/Getty ImagesA British drone was involved in a botched airstrike that Syria claimed killed more than 60 government troops during a fragile ceasefire. Yesterday that truce collapsed. The Ministry of Defence said that Britain was co-operating with an investigation into the US-led coalition attack near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zour on Saturday. An RAF Reaper was operating alongside aircraft from the US, Australia and Denmark. “We can confirm that the UK participated in the recent coalition airstrike in Syria,” the MoD said.

Source: The Times September 19, 2016 16:02 UTC