WORLD_ Syria air strikes kill 40 civilians in rebel-held town of Darkush; US-led forces bomb Islamic State targets

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Syria air strikes kill 40 civilians in rebel-held town of Darkush; US-led forces bomb Islamic State targets

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Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace have killed at least 40 civilians in a rebel-held town near the border with Turkey, a monitoring group says.

The strikes on Darkush on Sunday came a day after rebels seized Jisr al-Shughur, another town located in the province of Idlib.

"At least 40 civilians were killed in regime air strikes on a market in the town of Darkush," Rami Abdel Rahman, from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said.

"Among the dead were nine women and eight children."

Mr Rahman said the toll was expected to rise "because there are dozens of people injured and many in a serious condition".

Jisr al-Shughur was one of the regime's last remaining strongholds in the north-western province, and its fall has left government-held territory elsewhere in neighbouring Latakia and Hama provinces open to new attack.

Earlier on Sunday, Syrian warplanes carried out dozens of strikes on Jisr al-Shughur, which was captured by a coalition of Islamist groups including Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front.

The same coalition captured the city of Idlib last month, making it only the second provincial capital to fall from government control.

The Britain-based Observatory also reported fierce fighting in the north-eastern province of Hasakeh between Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamic State (IS).

It said 16 IS militants and two Kurds were killed near Tal Tamr close to Syria's border with Turkey.

Meanwhile, the US military said coalition forces targeted IS militants in Syria with three air strikes and conducted 17 strikes against the group in Iraq on the weekend.

In Syria, the air strikes hit IS positions near Al Hasakah, Dayr Az Zawr and Kobane, according to a US military statement.

In Iraq, five strikes hit IS targets near Fallujah, Al Hawayjah, Baiji, Mosul and Ramadi, the statement said.

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