US-Led Coalition Confirms Strikes In Eastern Syria, Says No Civilians Dead - Spokesman

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published November 16, 2018 | 08:26 PM

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) terrorist group confirms that it carried out strikes in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province but insists that no civilian casualties resulted from the operations, spokesman Sean Ryan told Sputnik on Friday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th November, 2018) The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) terrorist group confirms that it carried out strikes in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province but insists that no civilian casualties resulted from the operations, spokesman Sean Ryan told Sputnik on Friday.

"We have confirmed Coalition strikes in the area of Deir ez-Zor province on Thursday and no civilian casualties are associated with the strikes in question," Ryan said when asked about reports that at least 17 non-combatants died in a strike on Bu-Badran, Syria. "The Coalition takes great measures to identify and strike appropriate ISIS targets in order to avoid non-combatant casualties."