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Monitor: at least 50 air strikes launched in Syria
24 September 2014 08:35 BST
At least 50 air strikes have been launched against militants in Syria, according to the British-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
They included strikes against militants from the al-Qaida linked Al-Nusra Front, a rival group to IS, the Observatory reported.
Airstrikes fell over Syrian town of Abu Kamal and training camps in the province of Deir al-Zor.