Islamic State attack kills at least 38 in northeast Syria: monitor

An Islamic State attack in an area held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria killed at least 38 people on Tuesday including 23 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The SDF battled Islamic State since dawn in nearby areas of Hasaka province, which Kurdish forces largely control, it said.An adviser to the SDF, Nasser Haj Mansour, confirmed that several civilians died, including people escaping Islamic State in Syria's Deir al-Zor and in Iraq.