11 civilians, including 5 children, martyred in a new US-led coalition attack in Raqaa

The US-led coalition committed a new massacre in the countryside of the northern Raqqa province, leaving over 10 civilians martyred.


Identical local and media sources said warplanes of the coalition launched in the past 24 hours airstrikes on areas in the northern and western countryside of Raqqa.

The sources confirmed that two people were martyred in Aghdban village and 9 others, including 5 children, were also martyred in al-Sweidiyeh al-Kabira village, SANA reported.

• According to the sources, the death toll from the attacks is likely to rise as a large number of people were also reported injured due to the strikes, some of them being seriously wounded.

 On December 21, three civilians were martyred in al-Tabqa city in airstrikes launched by the coalition aircrafts. Earlier on the 8th of the same month, the coalition committed another massacre leaving 20 civilians dead after targeting houses in al-Msheirfeh area in the western countryside of Raqqa.

The US coalition aircrafts have also been systematically targeting infrastructure in Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS terrorist organization, destroying several strategic bridges in Raqqa and the eastern Deir Ezzor province.
 [syriatimes.sy]
7/1/17