Beirut: At least 82 people including 58 civilians were killed in Russian and regime air strikes in eastern Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.
“Three Russian and Syrian regime air raids on the region of Al Quriyah, southeast of Deir Al Zor city, killed 58 civilians,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
It added that 24 other people were killed, without specifying wether they were civilians or rebels.
The Britain-based Observatory, which has a network of sources in Syria, initially reported that 47 people including 31 civilians died in the raids around Al Quriyah.
Russian warplanes have been carrying out an air war in support of President Bashar Al Assad since September 2015.
Daesh holds around 60 per cent of Deir Al Zor city, the capital of the province of the same name, which is next to the Daesh-held Raqqa province.
More than 280,000 people have been killed since Syria’s conflict erupted in March 2011, after a widespread protest movement evolved into a complex, multi-front war that has drawn in global powers.
