US-led airstrikes kill 910 in Syria

Published November 23rd, 2014 - 05:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

The US-led airstrikes in Syria have killed 910 people since the US-led coalition launched its aerial campaign against the ISIL terrorists and other militants two months ago, an observatory group says.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Saturday released the figures based on information from what it said was a network of contacts in Syria.

According to the group, among those who were killed were 785 members of the ISIL and 72 members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, while the remaining belonged to other unnamed militant groups.

The US and its allies started their air campaign in Syria in September.

Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein has said that more than 200,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict since March 2011.

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