Date: Oct 25, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Airstrike on IS in eastern Syria inflicts casualties Associated Press BEIRUT: Syrian state media and a war monitor say an airstrike on a pocket held by Daesh (ISIS) in the country's east has killed several people. State news agency SANA said Wednesday's airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition killed several people without giving a breakdown. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 16 people were killed including nine Daesh fighters. The Observatory said the airstrike in the village of Sousa struck near a mosque. The incident came days after the coalition said an airstrike on a mosque in the area targeted an insurgent command-and-control center killing a dozen fighters. The coalition said that while the law of war protects mosques, the use of the building as a headquarters by Daesh caused it to lose that protected status.