DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th March, 2019) Several civilians were killed and some were injured in the southeastern Syrian village of Baghuz as the US-led coalition used shells with white phosphorus in its new attacks on what remains the last stronghold of the Islamic State terror group (IS, banned in Russia) in the region, local media reported.
According to the Ikhbariya broadcaster, the attacks hit farms in Baghuz, Deir ez-Zor province, with women and children among the casualties.
Over the recent months, the Kurdish-led SDF has been carrying out operations against IS militants in Syria, with support from the US-led coalition. Numerous reports have been emerging in Syrian media about civilian casualties and use of white phosphorus, which is prohibited under international conventions.
The United States, in the meantime, denies using white phosphorus in its airstrikes.
The US-led coalition, which consists of over 70 countries, is conducting military operations against the IS in Syria and Iraq. The coalition's operations in Syria are not authorized by the Syrian government or the UN Security Council.
