The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK based activist group, has come out and claimed that airstrikes carried out by a coalition that the United States heads has killed at least 52 civilians in their most recent airstrike of Birmahle. Though 1,922 Islamic State fighters were killed in the attack, the unintended consequences of civilian casualty seems to be tying in more people to support the IS through mutual dislike of those who are bombing them. The village that was bombed lays very close to where the IS is currently fighting the Kurds and other rebel forces against the Assad regime in Syria. The US had no comment on the civilian casualties, which included seven children, but has vowed to keep carrying out bombing campaigns against the Islamic State to hopefully stop it's current spread throughout the Middle East.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32563662
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