Raqqa: At least of 32 Islamic State fighters were killed and 40 more were wounded in Syria’s Raqqa province on Sunday, in a continuous Airstrikes, which was believed to be carried out by US-led coalition targeting the Jihadists, according to a monitoring group. Raqqa is Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold.
The Britian- based Syrian Observatory for Human Right said, ‘over 15 explosions hit Islamic State positions in the countryside of Raqqa area and near its capital, Raqqa city’.
The coalition said it hit Raqqa and other areas of northern and eastern Syria on Sunday. In central Syria, at least 45 air strikes, probably carried out by Russia, hit the city of Palmyra, which is also under Islamic State’s control, the observatory said. Injuries were reported, but no details on the casualty toll were available.
Britain joined the effort this week after lawmakers approved bombing Islamic State targets in Syria. Hours after the vote, British bombers struck oilfields the government says are being used to fund attacks on the West. They made a second round of strikes on Friday.
