Syrian regime aircraft on Friday carried out at least 25 strikes on jehadi-controlled Palmyra, the country’s famed ancient city, with eight civilians among the dead, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the raids killed “at least
eight civilians and many members” of the ISIS
jehadi group.
The aerial barrage was “one of the strongest attacks by Syrian warplanes against positions in Palmyra since ISIS captured it” on May 21, according to observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
He said most residents had fled in the wake of the ISIS takeover, leaving only a few of the original
inhabitants and the families of militants.