Russian air strikes killed 24 civilians on Wednesday in a village held by Islamic State near the Euphrates River in eastern Syria, a monitor said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombing raids hit the village of Al-Jerzi on the eastern bank of the river, which cuts across Deir Ezzor province.
“More people died and more bodies were found,” Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said. “Ten children and four women are among the dead in the Russian air strikes targeting residential buildings in Al-Jerzi.”
The monitor relies on a network of sources inside Syria and says it determines whose planes carry out raids according to type, location, flight patterns and munitions used.
It says IS, which used to control swathes of Deir Ezzor province, has been ousted from all but eight per cent of the oil-rich region.
