(Zaman Al Wasl)- A barrage of US-led coalition airstrikes and Kurdish militia artillery killed 48 people and wounded 40 more in Raqqa province, local monitoring group said Thursday.
Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the aerial and ground bombing of ISIS-held Raqqa city left about 90 people killed and wounded.
In its turns, ISIS said in statement that 60 fighters from the U.S.-backed Syrian democratic Forces killed in an attack on al-Karama town in the eastern countryside, started with four suicide bombings.
On Wednesday, U.S.-led airstrikes killed 29 civilians, including 8 childen in Raqqa, said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
Backed by the US-led coalition, the SDF have waged a months-long offensive on Raqqa and have successfully captured half the city.
With Thursday's deadly raids, at least 373 civilians, including 51 children, have died in the city since the SDF penetrated Raqqa less than two months ago, according to the Observatory.
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled the escalating violence in recent months, but the United Nations estimates that up to 50,000 people remain trapped inside the city.
Those who have managed to escape have told harrowing tales of dodging sniper fire and mines or paying smugglers to lead them out.
Last month, the emergency coordinator for northern Syria for the group Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Puk Leenders, said the battle in Raqqa had created a humanitarian crisis.
"There is supply but it's very, very limited and the needs of the population are very high," Leenders said. (With agencies)
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