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7 Sep, 2014

Airstrikes kill 53

Airstrikes by the Syrian military targeting ISIS in its stronghold city of Raqa kill at least 53 people. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman:

We have documented the deaths of 31 civilians, among them five women and three children, in Raqa and its surroundings.

Another 15 militants are confirmed dead in a string of eight air strikes, as well as seven other unidentified people. Eight of the civilian victims are from one family.

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