IS attack near refugee camp in Syria leaves at least 38 dead
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| Publication Date | 2 May 2017 |
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Last Updated: May 02, 2017 18:31 GMT
A member of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces removes an Islamic State group flag in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometers west of Raqqa, on April 30.
A Syria monitoring group says an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants near a refugee camp in northeastern Syria killed at least 38 people.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 30 people also were wounded in the May 2 attack, which targeted a checkpoint at Rajm al-Salibi, the location of a refugee camp near the border between Syria and Iraq.
The predawn attack was in territory controlled by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Monitors say IS fighters sneaked into the village of Rajm al-Salibi, located along a front line that separates the Kurdish-controlled Hasakeh Province and IS-held areas further south.
Some militants reportedly blew themselves up at the Kurdish checkpoint while others attacked sleeping civilians in a temporary camp sheltering hundreds of displaced people who've fled IS-controlled territory.
The SDF, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab militias, has seized large swaths of northern Syria from IS during the past year, and is now waging a campaign to drive the extremist group from its de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria.
Based on reporting by Reuters and AP
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