Death toll of raid on IS prison rises to 57 persons

LONDON - 27 June 2017: The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday that the death toll of the raid launched by the international coalition on Islamic State (IS) terrorist group prison in eastern Syria rose to 57 persons including civilians.

The jets of the US-led international coalition targeted a prison affiliated to security body of Daesh terrorist group in Deir ez-Zor leaving 42 civilian prisoners and 15 Daesh members dead, Al Hadath news channel quoted SOHR Head Rami Abdel Rahman as saying.