(AhlulBayt News Agency) - 29 civilians, including children and women, were killed or wounded in the US-led coalition airstrikes on the town of Debsi Afnan West of Raqqa city, the self-proclaimed capital of ISIS in Northeastern Syria, a medical source disclosed Saturday.
The medial source in al-Tabaqa town said that seven civilians, including three children were killed and 22 more civilians, including women and children, were injured in the coalition air raid on Debsi Afnan.
"The buildings that were targeted in the air raids were the houses of civilians and were not bases of ISIS," the source further underlined.
Earlier this month, the US-led coalition and the Turkish air force pounded the residential areas in the two provinces of Raqqa and Aleppo in Syria, killing at least 10 civilians.
The Turkish fighter jets targeted the residential areas in al-Bab city in Northeastern Aleppo which killed at least 7 civilians, wounded several others and destroyed many houses, according to the local and media sources.
The sources added that the number of civilian casualties might rise as a number of wounded people are in critical conditions.
Meantime, the US-led coalition warplanes launched airstrikes against civilian targets in al-Tabaqa city in Western Raqqa, killing 3 civilians and smashing their houses and the city's infrastructures.
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31 December 2016 - 19:12
News ID: 801954
29 civilians, including children and women, were killed or wounded in the US-led coalition airstrikes on the town of Debsi Afnan West of Raqqa city.
