Civilian toll from a US-led strike in Syria rises to 52

The death toll from an air strike by US-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday.

US and Arab forces have been carrying out almost daily air raids against Islamist militant groups in Syria including the Islamic State since last September, and US-led forces are also targeting the group in Iraq.

The British-based Observatory for Human Rights said the air raid on Friday had mistakenly struck civilians in a village on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Aleppo, killing members of at least six families.

The group said at least 13 people remain missing.

The US has previously said it takes reports of civilian casualties from the US-led strikes seriously and says it has a process to investigate each allegation.

Reuters