Air strikes kill 400 civilians

04 August 2015 - 10:29
By ©The Daily Telegraph

International coalition air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are believed to have killed more than 400 civilians, according to a new report. For a year the US-led air campaign has tried to halt the spread of Islamist militancy in the two countries, targeting thousands of positions linked to Islamic State and the Khorasan group, a smaller group affiliated to al-Qaeda that officials say is plotting attacks in Europe and the US.

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