At least 12 people from the same family were killed Sunday in the U.S.-led coalition air strikes in Hasaka province, the Islamic State’s news agency said.
Amaq, ISIS media wing, said most of the victims were women and children in the attack on Tel al-Shayer village near the Iraqi border as the U.S. steps up aerial bombing on ISIS-held areas in support of the Iran-backed Shiite militias.
Al Hashed al-Sha’bi, the Popular Mobilization forces, which reached the Syrian border last week, said it had killed 8 ISIS fighters on Sunday.
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Intensified coalition air strikes have killed at least 300 civilians in eastern Syria since March, as U.S.-backed forces close in on the stronghold of Islamic State forces, U.N. war crimes investigators said.
Also in Hasaka, Islamic State fighters launched surprise attack on Kurdish militia in the southern countryside, local activists said Sunday.
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Ahmed al-Ali, Hasaka-based activist, said ISIS suicide bombers had started the attack on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near al-Shadadi town, leaving several troops killed and wounded.
The SDF said they thwarted the attack and killed 14 ISIS fighters, according to statement posted online
Al Shadadi town fell to SDF control months ago after fierce fighting with ISIS but skirmishes are still reported
