BEIRUT -- Airstrikes killed at least 23 civilians Tuesday in one of the last pockets of Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria, Syrian state media outlets and an opposition-linked monitoring group said, as U.S.-backed forces in the area announced they have resumed their campaign against the extremists. “We don’t know for the moment if the US-led international coalition or Iraqi forces carried out the strike” on the village of Al-Qasr in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, the Britain-based monitor said.—AFP In February, US-led coalition air raids killed 25 civilians including seven children in the village of Shaafah in Deir Ezzor province and surrounding areas, according to the Observatory. US-led coalition’s air strikes kill at least 25 civilians in Syria

The US-led coalition’s air strikes have killed at least 25 civilians in the Syrian province of Al-Hasakah, leaving dozens wounded, TASS with reference to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Tuesday. [THE ISLAMIC STATE: Timeline of group’s rise, fall; details on campaign to fight it]

The U.S. State Department, using an acronym to refer to the Islamic State, said the days of the militants controlling territory in Syria "are coming to an end" and that the renewed operations are intended to "liberate the final ISIS strongholds in Syria."
At least 23 civilians die in a airstrike near Shadadi, Al-Hasakah Governorate. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has stated it is not clear who carried out the attack, listing Iraq and US-led coalition as two possibilities. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency claims the US-led coalition is responsible.