SYRIA: 30 dead in attack on displaced people”s camp

More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants near Syria’s north-eastern border with Iraq. They targeted a makeshift camp for displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees at Rajm al-Salibi, near the town of Shaddadi in Hassakeh province. The militants also clashed with members of the Syrian […]

More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants near Syria’s north-eastern border with Iraq.

They targeted a makeshift camp for displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees at Rajm al-Salibi, near the town of Shaddadi in Hassakeh province.

The militants also clashed with members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stationed at a nearby checkpoint.

IS said the attack was one of several targeting “apostates” around Shaddadi.

The jihadist group is coming under mounting pressure in northern Syria from the SDF’s Kurdish and Arab fighters, who are supported by the US, and from pro-government forces in neighbouring Iraq.