MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SHORT CUTS – UPDATE SYRIA – BBC REPORT + VOA
UN Calls for Probe Into Suspected Russian Strikes in Syria
At least forty-seven civilians, including a first responder, were reportedly killed in an attack last week on the rebel-held town of Zardana (BBC), north of Idlib. Moscow said the reports on the strikes have “nothing to do with reality.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44437718
IRAQ/SYRIA: The U.S.-led coalition fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State carried out 225 air strikes in May (VOA), a 300 percent increase from two months earlier. The coalition has estimated that there are fewer than three thousand Islamic State militants left in the two countries. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-strikes-syria-iraq-increase-three-hundred-percent/4434734.html