[Al Jazeera] Syria's SANA state news agency says an ISIS boom-mobileing has killed at least 20 people and maimed 30 others at a site where displaced families are camped near the city of Deir Az Zor in eastern Syria.It says the bombing occurred between al-Jafra and al-Koniko areas, which is located in the countryside south of Deir Az Zor city and is controlled by the Syrian government.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 12 children were among a total of 26 victims of Friday's attack in Deir Az Zor province, where ISIS, or the Islamic State
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Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and the Levant group, also known as ISIS, is losing ground to two separate offensives.
Also on Friday, the SOHR, a Britannia-based monitor, said six children were among at least 19 civilians killed in shelling by the Syrian government in the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus.
In another incident in Eastern Ghouta, six people were killed in government air strikes, according to the SOHR.
Reports said that in retaliation for the government's assault, rebels fired rockets into Damascus city on Friday, killing three civilians.
SANA said four civilians, including a child, were killed when the rockets struck al-Zablatani and al-Dwaila areas of Damascus, in which it called a new violation of a de-escalation deal.