Air strikes on the last pocket of Islamic State jihadists in eastern Syria have killed at least 25 civilians, including seven children, a monitor said on Monday. The head of the Britain-based Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the air strikes were carried out by the US-led coalition. “Twenty-five civilians, including seven children, were killed in the village of Al-Shaafah and in surrounding desert areas in coalition strikes all through Sunday,” he said. Abdel Rahman could not say how many IS combatants were taken out by the latest wave of air strikes. Meanwhile, the UN rights chief on Monday slammed a lack of action to rein in increasingly brutal conflicts around the world, describing places like Syria, Yemen and Myanmar as “prolific slaughterhouses”.

Source: Hindustan Times February 26, 2018 11:48 UTC