DHAKA: Twenty members of the Islamic State (IS) were killed in Syrian air force raids on Wednesday against the jihadists’ bastion in Raqa.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, reports The Straits Times.

The report comes after Syrian rebels killed at least 14 people overnight, among them women, in the village of Khatab in central province of Hama, state media and the Observatory said.

‘At least 20 members of IS were killed and others were injured in air strikes... targeting an IS training base in Raqa,’ said the Observatory.

BDST: 2152 HRS, JULY 09, 2014