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Syria

American-led strikes kill civilians

US-led coalition airstrikes on Thursday killed at least 35 civilians in a town held by the Islamic State group, monitors said. They said the strikes hit a series of residential buildings in Mayadeen, a town in Syria's oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Thursday's toll brought the known deaths from two days of coalition bombing raids on Mayadeen to 50, after 15 people were killed in US-led strikes on the town on Wednesday.