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Beirut – An airstrike on one of the last traffickers of the Islamic State group in Syria killed 54 people, more than half of whom are civilians, said Friday an observer of the war
. Jihadists said that their allies or themselves had conducted air raids in the area and were investigating the alleged civilian deaths.
The raid Thursday night in an ice factory near the village of Al-Soussa near the Iraqi border. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, the attack on the eastern province of Deir Ezzor was conducted by an Iraqi aircraft or by the coalition.
In a written statement, the alliance led by the United States said: "The coalition or our partner forces may have led attacks in the vicinity of Al-Soussa and Baghour Fukhani ",
" We forward the report to our Civilian Loss Cell for further badessment Iraqi fighter jets have recently carried out strikes against ISIS in eastern Syria, while coalition aircraft supported Kurdish fighters fighting against jihadists
IS fighters were Syrians and Iraqis, Observatory
The official SANA news agency reported the strike last Thursday, stating that more than 30 civilians had been killed and accusing the coalition of having implemented.
IS fighters swept Syria and Iraq in 2014 They have since lost most of this territory to various o ffensives, but still retain pockets of land in Syria, including in the vast desert of Badiya and Deir Ezzor
. Separate offensives at Deir Ezzor on either side of the Euphrates River that runs through the province.
The forces of the Russian-backed regime repulsed the jihadists on the western side of the Euphrates, while the United States
Al-Soussa lies to the east of the country. Euphrates, in a pocket of territory still occupied by jihadists.
ISF fighters were expelled from most of the country's urban centers. Syria, but badysts say they have retained their ability to leap from the desert
Last month, an IS incursion into the city of Albu Kamal in the west of the Euphrates made dozens of pro-regime fighters dead
After the evacuation of the jihadists from their last bastion outside Damascus in May, many were heading to the Badiya Desert , according to the Observatory.
IS also present in the northwestern province of Idlib and in the province of Daraa.
The government and rebels last week announced a ceasefire agreement as the regime regains control of the entire province, but IS is excluded from the deal.
Jihadists occupy a corner of territory in Daraa on the border with Jordan and the Golan Heights occupied by Israel.
From Wednesday to Thursday, they seized from the nearby village of Heet rebels who had agreed to hand over their heavy weapons to the regime after deadly clashes.
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