Airstrikes on IS-held town in northern Syria kill 20

July 21, 2015 01:20

More than 20 people have been killed, many of them children, and dozens of others wounded today in airstrikes that targeted a town in northern Syria held by the Islamic State group, activists and the IS group said.

The airstrikes that targeted the town of Manbej in Aleppo province were most likely carried out by Syrian army warplanes, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said the death toll was likely to rise because many of the wounded suffered critical injuries.

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