US-led coalition raids kill 15 civilians in SyriaAt least 15 civilians were killed and dozens wounded in air strikes by a US-led coalition in Syria on Thursday, a monitor said. The main Syrian opposition group had urged the US-led coalition to suspend its bombardments following the strikes. The strikes hit a northern town controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to an Observatory toll, around 600 Syrians including 136 children have been killed in coalition air strikes since September 2014. “Airstrikes by international coalition fighter jets after midnight (Thursday morning) on the town of Ghandoura killed at least 15 civilians and wounded dozens,” said the monitoring group’s head, Rami Abdel Rahman.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 29, 2016 03:22 UTC