At least 40 militants with the so-called
Islamic State have been killed in air strikes in
Syria, a British- based monitoring group reports.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a
convoy of 16 vehicles was hit as it drove through
an eastern part of Hama province overnight.
The
Observatory's head said the planes could be
Russian or Syrian but were not from the US-led
coalition. Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP charred
bodies of fighters were at the scene.
The
Observatory, which monitors the conflict in Syria
using a network of sources on the ground, said
the convoy was travelling from the IS de facto
capital of Raqqa when it was attacked.
Russia
began its air strikes over Syria at the end of last
month, saying they were targeting IS and other
militant groups opposed by the regime of
President Bashar al-Assad.
The US-led coalition,
which has been carrying out its own air strikes
against IS - has said it will not be cooperating
with Russia's mission.
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