U.S. Led Airstrikes Have Killed 1,600 In Syria In The Past Five Months

An explosion following an air strike is seen in central Kobani in Syria, November 17, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Osman Orsal

The Telegraph/AFP: US-led air strikes in Syria 'kill 1,600 - mainly jihadists - in five months'

More than 1,600 people, mainly jihadists, have been killed by coalition air strikes in Syria, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

US-led air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (Isil) in Syria have killed more than 1,600 people, mainly jihadists, since they began five months ago, a monitor said on Monday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said almost all of those killed were jihadists from Isil and al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front, though it also documented the deaths of 62 civilians.

The Britain-based monitor said the strikes that began on September 23 had killed 1,465 members of the Islamic State group, most of them non-Syrians.

WNU Editor: I am always skeptical of these reports .... but it is what they are reporting. In the meantime the U.S. is continuing their airstrikes .... U.S., allies stage 25 air strikes on Islamic State: joint task force (Reuters).

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