French and Russian air strikes in northern Syria have killed at least 33 jehadists with the Islamic State group in the last 72 hours, a monitoring group said today.
Dozens of IS fighters were also wounded in the raids on weapons depots, barracks and checkpoints in the jihadists’ de facto Syrian capital of Raqa, said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
France intensified strikes on Raqa following last week’s attacks in Paris that left 129 dead, with warplanes carrying out dozens of raids on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Russia also pounded Raqa with long-range bombers.