The US coalition claims that it has "maybe" launched a strike in Syria that killed dozens of civilians, according to Monitor

The US-led coalition against the militant group of the Islamic State (ISIL) said Friday it had led a strike that left dozens dead in eastern Syria.

Syrian Observatory of Human Rights According to sources close to the Syrian opposition, "at least 54" people were killed in US-led coalition air strikes against a factory of ice at the junction of Muzan, east of the city of Al-Soussa in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. The witness said the victims "included 28 civilians, most of them Iraqi nationals" who had fled to Syria earlier in the war against the jihadists who had taken half of the two countries in 2014. [19659002Thespokesmansaidthat"theCoalitionorourpartnerforcesmayhaveledstrikesinthevicinityofAlSoussaandBaghourFukhaniyesterday"accordingtoastatementissuedbyReuters

. (19659002) A US Navy fires a M777A2 howitzer in support of Syrian democratic forces as part of Combined Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS in early morning in Syria, June 3, 2017. Syrian army and its allies are also involved in the battle against jihadists in eastern Syria. Sergeant Matthew Callahan / US Marine Corps / Department of Defense

The small pocket of jihadist control targeted Thursday lies at the border not only of Syria and Iraq, but several anti-ISIS campaigns. The US-led coalition and its Syrian democratic forces have launched a major offensive against the latest ISI rebels on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the man said the air strikes were accompanied Shooting forces near the cities of Al-Shafa, Al-Soussa and Hajin

Just on the other side of the river, the Syrian government has conducted his own campaign against jihadists with the help of Russia and Iran. Before forming a coalition to defeat ISIS in 2014, the United States supported a 2011 uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and offered help to rebels trying to overthrow the Syrian leader. As a result, the Syrian government considers the presence of the US-led coalition illegitimate and the US-led coalition does not coordinate directly with Assad, although it maintains a line of deconfliction with its Russian ally .] By registering now

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Iraq, which considers itself an ally of the two rival factions, has also launched airstrikes against ISIS in the east. from Syria. The Iraqi government has been coordinating closely with the US-led coalition in the battle to defeat ISIS in Iraq, and Baghdad has sought to expand this fight in Syria to protect the mbadive border shared by both countries. However, since the intervention of Moscow in Syria in 2015, Iraq has also maintained a joint operations room with Iran, Russia and Syria. Israel has also launched airstrikes in Syria, often against military positions that it badociates with its main enemy, Iran.

Overcrowded control lines and areas of operations have sometimes led to clashes between different ISIL fighting forces. The US-led coalition has repeatedly hit pro-Syrian government fighters, including a clash in February that reportedly killed hundreds of militiamen – including Russians – fighting on behalf of Assad at Deir. Ezzor. On other occasions, however, the identity of the aggressor was less clear and last month, the United States and Israel were blamed for deadly strikes that killed pro-government fighters -syrian to Deir Ezzor.