DHAKA: Syrian war planes hit a bakery run by Islamic State in the city of Raqqa, killing at least 17 people, in air raids on Saturday that also hit a major training camp used by the group for a second day running.

A group monitoring the war said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The air strikes on Raqqa, Islamic State’s stronghold some 400 km northeast of Damascus, also hit a building used as an Islamic court, and another of the group’s offices, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Quoting activists on the ground, Rami Abdulrahman, founder of the Observatory, said the bakery was run by the militant group. He said those killed included at least eight civilians and an unknown number of Islamic State activists.

BDST: 1923 HRS, SEP 06, 2014