US looks into claim strikes killed 52 civilians in Syria

The U.S. military said Saturday it was looking into an activist group’s claim that 52 civilians were killed in U.S.-led airstrikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani amid its campaign against the Islamic State.

The strikes happened Thursday and Friday on the Syrian village of Bir Mahli, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The U.S.-led coalition said its strikes destroyed seven Islamic State positions and one of the group’s vehicles. But the activist group said the strikes hit civilians in Bir Mahli, a mixed Kurdish and Arab village.