Death toll from U.S. retaliatory airstrikes in E. Syria rises to 23
DAMASCUS, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from U.S. airstrikes on areas controlled by the Syrian government forces and Iranian militias in eastern Syria has risen to 23, a war monitor reported on Saturday.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 13 fighters, nine of whom were from Syria, were killed in the city of al-Mayadeen, Deir al-Zour Province. The rest of the victims were reported in the na