At least 44 civilians have been killed in suspected Russian air strikes in parts of northern and eastern Syria under the control of the Islamic State group, a monitor said Thursday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes on Wednesday had killed 29 civilians in villages in the eastern Deir Ezzor province and its provincial capital, and another 15 civilians in and around the city of Al-Bab, an IS bastion in the northern province of Aleppo.

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