US-led coalition air strikes pound ISIL's Raqqa
The US-led coalition "successfully engaged multiple targets" in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group's de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria, US officials said.
Coalition jets conducted at least 16 raids on Sunday, which destroyed ISIL-controlled structures and transit routes in Syria, Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (Iran and Iraq) said on Late on Saturday.
At least 23 people were killed in the attack, including six civilians and one child, the rest were ISIL fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Dozens of people were also injured.
ISIL released a video of the aftermath, which showed children were among those injured in the US-led air strikes.
"Tonight, July 4th, coalition forces launched the most sustained set of air strikes to date against ISIL terrorists in Syria," McGurk said.
"Sixteen precision air strikes in Raqqa will further restrict ISIL's ability to operate from its self-proclaimed capital (Raqqa)".
A report released online by the Combined Joint Task Force said the operation focused on "mobility corridors used by ISIL to project their fighters and military equipment, and to destabilise the region".
Coalition jets conducted at least 16 raids on Sunday, which destroyed ISIL-controlled structures and transit routes in Syria, Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (Iran and Iraq) said on Late on Saturday.
At least 23 people were killed in the attack, including six civilians and one child, the rest were ISIL fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Dozens of people were also injured.
ISIL released a video of the aftermath, which showed children were among those injured in the US-led air strikes.
"Tonight, July 4th, coalition forces launched the most sustained set of air strikes to date against ISIL terrorists in Syria," McGurk said.
"Sixteen precision air strikes in Raqqa will further restrict ISIL's ability to operate from its self-proclaimed capital (Raqqa)".
A report released online by the Combined Joint Task Force said the operation focused on "mobility corridors used by ISIL to project their fighters and military equipment, and to destabilise the region".