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| Human rights monitor says nine children were among victims, who were trying to cross Euphrates river to escape fighting | |
| Agence France-Presse in Beirut | |
| Wed 4 Oct 2017 17.37 BST | |
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| A Russian airstrike has killed 38 civilians as they tried to cross the Euphrates river to escape fighting in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, a monitor has said. | A Russian airstrike has killed 38 civilians as they tried to cross the Euphrates river to escape fighting in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, a monitor has said. |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, said nine children were among those killed as they tried to cross the river aboard rafts, escaping from areas where Russian-backed regime forces are battling the Islamic State group. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, said nine children were among those killed as they tried to cross the river aboard rafts, escaping from areas where Russian-backed regime forces are battling the Islamic State group. |
| The monitor, which earlier gave a toll of 20 in the strikes, said the dead included an Iraqi family. | The monitor, which earlier gave a toll of 20 in the strikes, said the dead included an Iraqi family. |
| Deir ez-Zor borders Iraq and civilians have fled into the province to escape the battles against Isis in their own country. | Deir ez-Zor borders Iraq and civilians have fled into the province to escape the battles against Isis in their own country. |
| Two campaigns are being fought against Isis in east Deir ez-Zor, with the one on the western side of the Euphrates river, which slices diagonally across the province, led by Syrian troops and backed by their ally Russia. | Two campaigns are being fought against Isis in east Deir ez-Zor, with the one on the western side of the Euphrates river, which slices diagonally across the province, led by Syrian troops and backed by their ally Russia. |
| The second is being fought by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, on the eastern bank of the river. | The second is being fought by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, on the eastern bank of the river. |
| The Observatory relies on a network of sources inside Syria, and says it determines whose planes carry out raids according to type, location, flight patterns and munitions used. | The Observatory relies on a network of sources inside Syria, and says it determines whose planes carry out raids according to type, location, flight patterns and munitions used. |
| The group has reported hundreds of civilians killed in operations against Isis in Deir ez-Zor and neighbouring Raqqa province, where the SDF is fighting with US support to capture the former jihadist bastion of Raqqa city. | The group has reported hundreds of civilians killed in operations against Isis in Deir ez-Zor and neighbouring Raqqa province, where the SDF is fighting with US support to capture the former jihadist bastion of Raqqa city. |
| On Tuesday, the Observatory said a US-led coalition strike in Raqqa had killed at least 18 civilians. | On Tuesday, the Observatory said a US-led coalition strike in Raqqa had killed at least 18 civilians. |
| The coalition says it takes all measures possible to avoid civilian casualties and that it investigates each credible allegation. | The coalition says it takes all measures possible to avoid civilian casualties and that it investigates each credible allegation. |
| Last month, it acknowledged the deaths of more than 700 civilians in its strikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014. | Last month, it acknowledged the deaths of more than 700 civilians in its strikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014. |
| Russia has not acknowledged any civilian deaths from its strikes since its intervened in Syria’s war in 2015, and dismisses the Observatory’s reporting as biased. | Russia has not acknowledged any civilian deaths from its strikes since its intervened in Syria’s war in 2015, and dismisses the Observatory’s reporting as biased. |
| The deaths in Deir ez-Zor on Wednesday prompted outrage from the opposition Syrian National Coalition, which described the incident as a “heinous crime”. | The deaths in Deir ez-Zor on Wednesday prompted outrage from the opposition Syrian National Coalition, which described the incident as a “heinous crime”. |
| More than 330,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests. | More than 330,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests. |
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