Nearly a dozen civilians were killed in northeastern Syria in US airstrikes targeting Daesh militant positions, a monitoring group says.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the airstrikes took place in the Khozemah village, which is located on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Raqqa.
Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based group, confirmed that the fatalities were eight children and three women.
More than 300 civilians, including over 80 children, have been killed in similar aerial raids since summer 2014, according to figures provided by SOHR, which has extensive sources inside the country.
Syria has been gripped by a civil war backed by rival regional powers for nearly five years. More than 250,000 have lost their lives and millions displaced as a result of the crisis.
