Airstrikes have killed at least 11 people – seven of them children – as they fled fighting between US-allied Syrian forces and Islamic State militants in Syria’s northern Raqqa province, witnesses and local activists said.
The strike appeared to have been launched by a US-led coalition, according to local activists.
Al-Qaida’s leader meanwhile urged his followers and other militants in Syria to unite and prepare for protracted jihad, or holy war, against what he called an ‘international satanic alliance,’ apparently referring to the Syrian government, its ally Russia, and the US, all of which are targeting the group.
Among the dead is a family of eight who were fleeing fighting in the northern Syrian town of Tabqa when their vehicle was struck, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said the five children were between six months and 15 years old.
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