More Civilians Killed in US-Led Coalition Airstrike in Eastern Syria

The warplanes pounded residential units in the village of Albu Khater Southeast of the town of Hajin, killing 17 civilians, including children and women and wounding several more.

The death toll is likely to rise as some of the injured are in critical conditions.

Tens of children and women have been killed or wounded in recent weeks as the US fighter jets intensified attacks on the town of Hajin and its nearby villages on the pretext of war on terrorism, field sources said, adding that infrastructures and residential units have been damaged in large scale too.

According to local sources, the US-led coalition fighters also pounded a hospital in a small town in Southeastern Deir Ezzur last week.

They added that a sum of 8 civilians was killed and several more were wounded in the US air raid on residential areas in the province in the last week bombing.

The warplanes fired several missiles on the town of Hajin in Southeastern Deir Ezzur, leveling a medical center to the ground.

In the meantime, 8 members of a family, including 2 children and 3 women, were killed and several more were sounded in another case of airstrike on residential areas in Hajin.