The
number of civilians killed in air strikes by the US-led coalition in
Syria over the past month was the highest monthly toll since it began
its campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group in 2014, a
monitoring organization said on Tuesday.
The
UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that at least 225
civilians including 44 children and 36 women had been killed in the
month between 23 April and 23 May.
At
least 122 IS militants and fighters loyal to the Syrian government
were also killed, the Observatory said.
“The
past month of operations is the highest civilian toll since the
coalition began bombing Syria,” Observatory head Rami Abdel
Rahman told the AFP news agency. “There has been a very big
escalation.”
The
figure appears to suggest that coalition air strikes in Syria are now
causing more casualties than air attacks on rebel-held territory by
Syrian government forces.
The
Observatory said on Saturday that 146 civilians had been killed in
the previous month in attacks carried out by Syrian government
warplanes and helicopters.
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