Almost 600 killed in Syria after a month of U.S.-led airstrikes

Almost 600 killed in Syria after a month of U.S.-led airstrikes
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More than 550 Islamist fighters and 32 civilians have been killed in Syria during a month of airstrikes by U.S.-led forces.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that of those deaths, 464 of the fighters were from ISIS, while 57 were from the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front. Of the civilians, six were children and five were women.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.