Beirut, AFP, 24 Jan 2016 – Suspected Russian raids killed 47 civilians in war-ravaged eastern Syria on Saturday, amid reports US forces are building up an air base to bolster their fight against jihadists further north.
In eastern Syria, the 47 civilians were killed in air strikes suspected to have been carried out by Russian warplanes on a jihadist-held village.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine children and two women were among the dead in Khasham.