By Mohamad Misto and Adham Kako
ANKARA (AA) – At least 20 civilians were killed on Tuesday as a result of ongoing airstrikes in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zour province, according to a local source.
The U.S.-led coalition forces pounded the Daesh-held Heccin area in the eastern outskirts of Deir ez-Zour with ground and airstrikes.
At least 20 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed during the attacks.
Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected ferocity.
