Syrian children killed in missile attack on school
Syrian air raids targeted several civilian sites in an area outside the ceasefire zone, killing nine children and 14 others, local activists have reported.
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Airstrikes in IS-held areas have caused a high rate of civilian casualties in east Syria
Missile strikes on schools and urban areas killed 23 Syrian civilians on Thursday, activists reported on Friday morning.
Airstrikes hit a school, a bakery and a castle in the small town of al-Mayadin, near Deir az-Zour, an area outside the agreed ceasefire zone, tweeted the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Regime aircraft were believed responsible for the attacks on the area believed to be held by Islamic State group fighters.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) referenced seven local sources, saying the majority of casualties occurred when regime forces attacked a school being used as a shelter for families displaced by the fighting.
A spokesperson for the UK-based monitor said the organisation no longer collected photographic evidence after IS militants killed one of their activists for taking photos.
The Syrian regime withdrew a number of fighter planes from its airbase in al-Qamishli, north east Syria, on Monday, after the United States issued "serious threats" to Damascus.
Airstrikes hit a school, a bakery and a castle in the small town of al-Mayadin, near Deir az-Zour, an area outside the agreed ceasefire zone, tweeted the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Regime aircraft were believed responsible for the attacks on the area believed to be held by Islamic State group fighters.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) referenced seven local sources, saying the majority of casualties occurred when regime forces attacked a school being used as a shelter for families displaced by the fighting.
A spokesperson for the UK-based monitor said the organisation no longer collected photographic evidence after IS militants killed one of their activists for taking photos.
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The Syrian regime withdrew a number of fighter planes from its airbase in al-Qamishli, north east Syria, on Monday, after the United States issued "serious threats" to Damascus.
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