In Syria, an air strike killed at least 35 civilians, including family members of Islamic State fighters, in al-Mayadin, a town held by the jihadists near Deir al-Zor in Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that yesterday evening air strike deaths bring the total number of people killed in two days of aerial bombardment in al-Mayadin to 50. Islamic State is losing ground in both Syria and Iraq under assault from an array of sometimes rival forces in both countries.
Many of its fighters who have retreated from other fronts are amassing in Syria’s Euphrates basin area.
