U.S. air strikes in Syria have left over 100 people – including more than 40 children – dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) told Reuters.
On May 25 and 26, anti-ISIS coalition warplanes dropped missiles on the homes of ISIS members and their families in the jihadist-held town of al-Mayadin, according to Reuters. SOHR head Rami Abdul Rahman told The Los Angeles Times that most of the adult victims were women. "By what right does the coalition kill women and children, even if they are family of Islamic State fighters?" he said.
"The forklifts are still removing the rubble and finding corpses in the area," an activist in al-Mayadin told the paper. "The fire after the strike was so powerful that it spread to school buildings nearby. They only managed to put it out today."
Trump said during his campaign that he would "would knock the hell out of ISIS... [and] when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families." This isn't the first time he's lived up to that promise. He launched 59 missiles in Syria on April 6.
Anti-ISIS coalition spokesperson Colonel Ryan Dillon told Al Jazeera that the group does its best to avoid civilian casualties, but many consider the strikes excessive. The United Nations has condemned the campaign, and a joint statement from Russia, Iran, and Syria declared that it "blatantly violated the principles of international law."
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