Iraq parliament speaker demands inquiry into deadly Qaim air strikes


  • World
  • Thursday, 08 Dec 2016

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament speaker called on Thursday for a government inquiry into air strikes on a western border town which killed around 60 people, mostly civilians.

Hospital sources and local parliamentarians said three air strikes killed dozens of civilians, including 12 women and 19 children on Wednesday in a market district of the Islamic State-held town of Qaim, close to the border with Syria.

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