(Zaman Al Wasl- Anadolu)- At least 160 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition planes in the ISIS-held town of Manbij in northern Syria, activists and the group's Amaq new agency said.
The deadly air strikes targeted a group of civilians trying to flee clashes in Tukhar village in Manbij, one of the sources told Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity due to security concerns.
“Whole families have been killed in the attack,” said the source, adding that the air strikes injured at least 100 people.
Alt least 28 people were killed on Monday in the U.S.-led strikes in Manbij and more than 700 people died since the offensive begun weeks ago.
In June, the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters, launched an offensive to retake Manbij from ISIS.
Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests -- which erupted as part of the "Arab Spring" uprisings -- with unexpected ferocity.
Since then, more than a quarter of a million people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced across the war-battered country, according to the UN.
The Syrian Center for Policy Research, however, put the death toll from the six-year conflict at more than 470,000 people.
The deadly air strikes targeted a group of civilians trying to flee clashes in Tukhar village in Manbij, one of the sources told Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity due to security concerns.
“Whole families have been killed in the attack,” said the source, adding that the air strikes injured at least 100 people.
Alt least 28 people were killed on Monday in the U.S.-led strikes in Manbij and more than 700 people died since the offensive begun weeks ago.
In June, the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters, launched an offensive to retake Manbij from ISIS.
Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests -- which erupted as part of the "Arab Spring" uprisings -- with unexpected ferocity.
Since then, more than a quarter of a million people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced across the war-battered country, according to the UN.
The Syrian Center for Policy Research, however, put the death toll from the six-year conflict at more than 470,000 people.
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