Thirty US-led strikes hit ISIL in Syria's Raqqa: monitoring group

BEIRUT - Reuters

An image shows smoke rising from burning cars following an alleged air strike by Syrian government forces in the ISIL controlled Syrian city of Raqa. AFP Photo

A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Nov. 29, a monitoring group said.
   
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the air strikes hit ISIL positions in the northern outskirts of Raqqa city, a major stronghold of the hardline Islamist militants.
   
The areas hit by the strikes included the 17th Division, a Syrian army base that ISIL seized in July, the Observatory said.