According
to reports, several Islamic State group militants were killed in the
attack, but the remainder were civilians and workers.
A non-governmental organization says at least 30 people
were killed Sunday during a U.S.-led airstrikes on an Islamic State
group-controlled oil refinery in northern Syria.
According to reports from the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, several militants were killed in the attack. However, the rest of the victims were civilians and workers. Syrian authorities have not yet made an official statement.
The Islamic State group controls some of the oil-producing regions of Syria, and the U.S.-led coalition regularly targets the oil infrastructure there, saying the extremist organization smuggles oil for part of its funding.
However, critics say the attacks are also destroying the only civilian economic infrastructure in those regions.
The U.S. and its Gulf allies began their bombing campaign against the Islamic State group last summer and since late September its forces have been conducting airstrikes against the extremist organization's positions in Syria and Iraq without authorization from the Syrian government or the U.N. Security Council.
The coalition has conducted more than 2,300 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria so far, according to data from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. According to international organizations on the ground, more than 191,000 people have been killed in over the last three years, mostly in fighting between the Syrian army and western-backed armed opposition groups looking to oust the government of President Bashar Assad
According to reports from the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, several militants were killed in the attack. However, the rest of the victims were civilians and workers. Syrian authorities have not yet made an official statement.
The Islamic State group controls some of the oil-producing regions of Syria, and the U.S.-led coalition regularly targets the oil infrastructure there, saying the extremist organization smuggles oil for part of its funding.
However, critics say the attacks are also destroying the only civilian economic infrastructure in those regions.
The U.S. and its Gulf allies began their bombing campaign against the Islamic State group last summer and since late September its forces have been conducting airstrikes against the extremist organization's positions in Syria and Iraq without authorization from the Syrian government or the U.N. Security Council.
The coalition has conducted more than 2,300 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria so far, according to data from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. According to international organizations on the ground, more than 191,000 people have been killed in over the last three years, mostly in fighting between the Syrian army and western-backed armed opposition groups looking to oust the government of President Bashar Assad
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