US air strike kills more than 30 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor

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At least 30 civilians were killed when the US-led coalition carried out airstrikes in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr on Friday.

The raid late Thursday hit a “gathering of civilians” at an ice factory near the village of Al Soussa near the Iraqi border, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

It was not immediately clear if the strike was carried out by an Iraqi plane or by one of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, the monitor said.

Iraqi warplanes have recently carried out strikes in eastern Syria, while coalition aircraft have been supporting Kurdish-led fighters battling the militants, SANA reported.

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