russia regime strikes kill 47 in east syria monitor afp saturday 25 jun 2016 russian and regime air strikes killed 47 people most of them civilians and wounded dozens more on saturday in a militant-held town in eastern syria a monitor said. the syrian observatory for human rights said the raids hit the town of al-quriyah controlled by the islamic state (is) group in syrias oil-rich deir ezzor province. observatory head rami abdel rahman said 31 civilians were identified among those killed but that it was not immediately clear whether the 16 others were civilians or is fighters. "is fighters have now set up a security perimeter around the residential area where the towns mosque is located" said abdel rahman. the britain-based monitor - which relies on a network of sources inside syria for its information - says it determines what planes carried out raids according to their type location flight patterns and the munitions involved. russian warplanes have been carrying out an air war in support of president bashar al-assad since september 2015. more than 280000 people have been killed since syrias conflict erupted in march 2011 after a widespread protest movement evolved into a complex multi-front war that has drawn in global powers.
russia regime strikes kill 47 in east syria monitor