Russian Air Strikes Kill 53 Civilians in Syria, Says Report

A fighter jet flies over the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on September 11, 2017 as Syrian government forces continue to press forward with Russian air cover in the offensive against ISIS across the province. Syrian army reinforcements arrived in Deir Ezzor for a new push against the Islamic State. George Ourfalian/AFP/Getty Images

At least 53 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in a village in east Syria, according to a Syrian monitoring group.

Twenty-one or more of those killed on Sunday, Nov. 26 were children, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) told AFP.