Iran has denounced as “unacceptable” the recent airstrikes by the French jets on a Syrian village : U.S. Coalition to probe report

Iran has denounced as “unacceptable” the recent airstrikes by the French jets on a Syrian village that killed dozens of civilians.

  

   
    “Bombing and killing defenseless people, especially women and children, with any aim or under any pretext is unacceptable, condemned and against international law,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, said on Wednesday.

French warplanes targeted the village of Tukhar near the city of Manbij in the province of Aleppo, killing at least 120 civilians, according to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, which added that scores of other civilians remain unaccounted for following the attack.

According to the ministry, the fatalities came a day after a US airstrike killed at least 20 civilians in Manbij.

Following the raids, the Syrian Foreign Ministry sent a letter to the UN, calling for a Security Council resolution to condemn the deaths, state-run news agency SANA reported.
[iran-daily.com]
 20/7/16
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The U.S.-led coalition to defeat Islamic State in Iraq and Syria will investigate reports of civilian casualties in an air strike near Manbij, in northern Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.

Carter was speaking to reporters after a meeting with defense ministers of around 30 countries on the campaign to defeat Islamic State. Some of those countries, Carter added, had indicated their intent to contribute more to the campaign, which is seeking to wrest away the militant group's control of parts of Iraq and Syria.
[reuters.com]
20/7/16