The death toll from an inaccurate airstrike yesterday by United States-led forces on the northern Syria province of Aleppo has risen to 52 -- including seven children -- the VOA (Voice of America) News website reports today (May 2, 2015).
Rami Abdulrahman -- who runs the British-based Observatory for Human Rights -- said the death toll from the airstrike was the highest civilian loss in a single attack by U.S. and Arab forces since they started the air raids last September against hardline Islamist militant groups in Syria such as Islamic State (IS).
American-led forces are also conducting airstrikes against the IS group in Iraq.
The Britain-based Observatory said the raid had mistakenly struck civilians in a village on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Aleppo province, killing members of at least six families. It also said at least 13 people were still missing from yesterday's raid.
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