published september 15 2016 twenty-three civilians including nine children were killed in air strikes on a town in eastern syria held by daesh on thursday a monitor said. the syrian observatory for human rights said it did not know whether syrian regime or russian warplanes carried out the strikes on al-mayadin in the eastern province of deir ezzor. a us-russian brokered truce in force since monday does not include areas where daesh is present.
air strikes kill 23 civilians in daesh-held syria town monitor