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At least 30 civilians were killed in Syria Wednesday in separate bombing raids by the US-led coalition and pro-regime warplanes on militants held territory. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, fifteen of the victims died in coalition air strikes on a village near the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqa.
The US-led coalition is providing air support to Arab and Kurdish fighters battling to oust IS from Raqa and the wider province.
To the southeast, Syrian government forces backed by their Russian allies are fighting IS in the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor. Suspected Russian air strikes killed another 15 civilians – mostly children – in an IS-held village in that province.
More than 330,000 people have died since Syria’s conflict erupted in 2011 with anti-government protests that have evolved into a complex proxy war.