MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) -Airstrikes, carried out by the United States against the so-called Nusra Front insurgents in northwestern Syria, have killed 11 civilians, including four children, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday, citing an undisclosed Syrian opposition source.
Al Jazeera quoted local opposition activists as saying that the civilians were killed as US aircraft hit a residential building in the city of Idlib near Aleppo. The building was located near the headquarters of the Nusra Front, or Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
The Pentagon said the attacks near Aleppo targeted the facilities of the Khorasan militant group, composed of al-Qaeda veterans, who were allegedly plotting strikes on US soil, and actively recruiting Westerners.
Earlier, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the attacks, carried out by Washington and its Arab allies, killed 31 civilians.
The US has formed a multinational coalition to fight various terrorist groups, in the Middle East after arguably the most notorious of them, the Islamic State (IS) seized large parts of Syria and Iraq, proclaiming a caliphate. The rapid advance of the IS prompted the White House to authorize airstrikes against IS fighters on Iraqi territory in August.
The US-led coalition performed the first series of airstrikes, drone attacks and Tomahawk missiles launches targeting insurgents in Syria on Tuesday, which reportedly continued on Wednesday.
Credit to RIA Novosti
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