At least 8 civilians have been killed in suspected Russia air strikes on eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Wednesday.
The strike hit a van in al-Quriya village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
The Syrian Kurds, Iraqi militias and the regime forces backed by Russia and US-led airstrikes have stepped up attacks on ISIS-held areas in eastern Syria that left dozens of people killed and wounded in the last few weeks.
On Tuesday, the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have killed 20 ISIS fighters in the town of Albukamal on the Iraqi border.
The U.S. strikes have intensified along the Syrian border with Iraq to cut supply routes and to encircle ISIS in small pockets facilitates the battle to end the self-declared an Islamic Caliphate in Mosul and Raqqa.
Clashes, also, have intensified between ISIS and the regime army in eastern Deir Ezzor city on Tuesday as the extremist group pressed advances in the southern neighborhoods of the city, sources said.
In return, ISIS has rocked the regime-held neighborhoods of al-Joura and al-Qusour with RPG and mortar rounds
