dozen children, a war monitoring group said on Monday.
The Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said jets thought to belong to the U.S.-led
coalition hit the town of Al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq. They struck
near a residential area and a mosque, wounding dozens more, the Britain-based
monitor said.
The Islamic
State-linked media outlet Amaq said coalition strikes killed 15 people and
wounded 35 others in Al-Bukamal.
A spokesman
for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State did not immediately respond to
a request for comment.
Islamic
State holds most of Deir al-Zor province, apart from an enclave at the center
and a nearby air base controlled by Syrian government forces. The province
links territory Islamic State militants control in Syria and Iraq.
The United
States military has said it makes "extraordinary efforts" to avoid
civilian deaths in its air strikes in Syria and Iraq.
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