International coalition airstrikes kill 40 ISIL members

At least 40 member of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been killed in the a series of air raids carried out by international coalition warplanes on the northern Syrian city of Al-Raqqah.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a statement on Friday that the airstrikes, carried out on Tuesday-Wednesday night, targeted a number of the ISIL residential buildings and a training camp in the city.
It noted that nearly 13 of the 40 killed ISIL members are Syrians and the residue are foreigners. Meanwhile, the SOHR documented, in a separate statement, 474 air raids carried out by the regime aircraft and helicopters during the last three days, the highest rate of airstrikes.
The regime aircraft carried out 267 raids at least targeting areas in the provinces of Damascus, Rif Dimashq, al- Hasakah, Aleppo, al- Qunaytera, al- Raqqa, Deir Ezzor, Homs, Hama, Idlib, Daraa and Lattakia.
It added that the helicopters dropped more than 207 barrel bombs on areas in the cities, towns and villages in the provinces of al-Qunaytera, Daraa, Idlib, Aleppo, Lattakia, Homs and Hama .
The air raids resulted in death of 115 civilians at least, including 26 children and 14 women while 420 other people were injured, dozens of them were seriously injured. They also resulted in huge material damage in properties, it said.