Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed at least 43 people, including 17 children, in the last territory controlled by the Islamic State in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the airstrikes first took place around 3:30 a.m. Saturday and at least 36 of the dead were civilians, including 12 women. Another seven victims had not yet been identified as either civilians or Islamic State fighters, it said.