U.S.-Led Airstrikes Killed 865 People In Syria, Including 50 Civilians

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Several air strikes by the U.S.-led forces in Syria since the start of the campaign against Islamic State militants in late September have killed up to 865 people, including 50 civilians, a group monitoring the war has said. Huff’ Post World has more.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the majority of the deaths, 746, were Islamic State fighters and that the actual figure could be much higher. Islamic State has seized tracts of territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq, where it has also been targeted by U.S.-led forces since July.

Eight of the civilians killed were children, the Observatory said. It said 68 members of al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front were also killed in the air strikes, which started early on Sept. 23.

Coalition strikes have hit the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Deir al-Zor, Hasaka, Raqqa and Idlib, the Observatory said.

The United States has said it takes reports of civilian casualties seriously and says it has a process to investigate each allegation.