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Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition air strikes against Isil in Syria and Iraq In one deadly incident, more than 50 people were killed in an Isil-run prison in Al-Bab in Syria 651 169 0 0 820 Email Washington has warned that the jihadists could not be defeated in Syria by air strikes alone Photo: Getty Images By Louisa Loveluck 12:00PM BST 03 Aug 2015 International coalition air strikes in Iraq and Syria are believed to have killed more than 400 civilians, according to a new report. For a year now, the US-led air campaign has tried to halt the spread of Islamist militancy through the two countries, targeting thousands of positions linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) and the Khorasan group, a smaller network affiliated with al-Qaeda that officials say is plotting attacks against Europe and the United States . According to new res