Activists: Syrian Airstrikes on Islamic State Positions Kill 60 Civilians

Syrian government warplanes killed at least 60 civilians including a dozen children in two days of airstrikes on Islamic State-held territory at the weekend, activists said on Monday. President Bashar al-Assad's military has stepped up an aerial campaign over the last three months against Islamic State, an al-Qaida offshoot that controls about a third of Syria's territory, much of it desert in the north and east. The airstrikes have hit a number of Islamic State targets but...

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