Activists: US-led Syria strikes kill at least 860

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian activist group says U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State group and other extremists have killed more than 860 people, including civilians, since they began in mid-September.

The Britain -based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the vast majority those killed — 746 people — have been Islamic State militants. It says another 68 people killed were members of al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate known as the Nusra Front .

The Observatory also said on Wednesday that at least 50 civilians, including eight children and five women, have been killed in the airstrikes.

The U.S.-led coalition’s aerial campaign in Syria began on Sept. 23 . The Islamic State group has been the primary target, although on at least two occasions the United States has carried out strikes targeting the Nusra Front as well.

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