(MENAFN)A war monitor declared that more than 105 people have died within a week in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour in U.S.-led air attacks targeting Islamic State (IS) positions.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that up to 80 children and women have died in the heavy U.S.-led air attacks which were aimed at the last IS-held pocket in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour.
The London-based watchdog expected the fatality number to surge as more people remain trapped under the debris.
Air attacks on the last IS-held pocket on the eastern bank of Euphrates River have stepped up as the U.S-backed Kurdish militias were plotting a second series of offences on the IS after an unsuccessful attempt on Sept. 10.
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