US-led air strikes kill at least 42 civilians in so-called caliphate’s capital of Raqqa while Syrian and Iraqi armies squeeze jihadist strongholds of Deir Ezzor and Tal Afar Civilians are bearing the brunt of the last stages of the fight to destroy Isis’s self-described “caliphate” across Syria and Iraq, with dozens of people killed in US-led coalition bombing and ground fighting, … Continue reading Syrian civilian death toll mounts as Isis comes under increased pressure on all sides