Warplanes pounded ISIS's de facto Syrian capital Raqqa on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including 13 militants, activists said.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that either Syrian or Russian warplanes are believed to have carried out the strikes.
"Thirteen members of the Islamic State group and 10 civilians were killed in at least 16 air raids on the group's positions and premises in several parts of Raqqa city," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
He said the toll relied on information from only one hospital in the area because of security restrictions and that the number of dead could be higher.
ISIS seized Raqqa in January 2014, expelling various rebel groups that had seized it from the government the previous year.
Since then it has become the de facto Syrian capital of the territory controlled by the group, which it dubs an Islamic "caliphate".
The town has been targeted by Syrian government airstrikes and raids launched by Russia since its air campaign began in late September.
A U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS has also bombed the city in the past.
In Syria's second city Aleppo, at least 10 people were killed in airstrikes on a southern neighborhood currently under rebel control, the Observatory said.
It said all 10 were civilians and that the dead included three children, but was unable to determine if the raids were by Syrian or Russian aircraft.
Elsewhere, the Observatory said a Kurdish-Arab alliance had advanced against ISIS in the northeastern province of Hassakeh.
The Observatory said at least seven ISIS fighters had been killed in clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces and airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Tuesday.
The SDF said Saturday it had begun its first offensive since announcing the coalition last month against ISIS in Hassakeh province.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that either Syrian or Russian warplanes are believed to have carried out the strikes.
"Thirteen members of the Islamic State group and 10 civilians were killed in at least 16 air raids on the group's positions and premises in several parts of Raqqa city," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
He said the toll relied on information from only one hospital in the area because of security restrictions and that the number of dead could be higher.
ISIS seized Raqqa in January 2014, expelling various rebel groups that had seized it from the government the previous year.
Since then it has become the de facto Syrian capital of the territory controlled by the group, which it dubs an Islamic "caliphate".
The town has been targeted by Syrian government airstrikes and raids launched by Russia since its air campaign began in late September.
A U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS has also bombed the city in the past.
In Syria's second city Aleppo, at least 10 people were killed in airstrikes on a southern neighborhood currently under rebel control, the Observatory said.
It said all 10 were civilians and that the dead included three children, but was unable to determine if the raids were by Syrian or Russian aircraft.
Elsewhere, the Observatory said a Kurdish-Arab alliance had advanced against ISIS in the northeastern province of Hassakeh.
The Observatory said at least seven ISIS fighters had been killed in clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces and airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Tuesday.
The SDF said Saturday it had begun its first offensive since announcing the coalition last month against ISIS in Hassakeh province.
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