Airstrike Targets Syria’s Deir Az Zor, Killing 26
MEP: An airstrike killed at least 26 people and injured many others in Syria’s Deir Az Zor province, activists and a monitoring group has said.
According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack on Monday targeted a busy market in the suburbs of Deir Az Zor city.
Women and children were also among those killed.
The market in Shaara town, is considered one of the main markets in the area and provides resources to several other towns in the suburbs.
The attack comes as the Syrian army crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against ISIL, the observatory reported on Saturday.
