BBC: Syria war: Assad's government accuses US of massacre
Syria has accused the US of carrying out a "brutal massacre" with a bombing attack in Deir al-Zour province.
The overnight air strikes killed an estimated 100 pro-government fighters near the Euphrates river, according to the US.
The Syrian foreign ministry said it had written to the United Nations, demanding international condemnation.
The US claimed a right to self-defence, saying it was responding to an attack on allied Kurdish and Arab fighters.
It happened in the Middle Euphrates Valley, which serves as an informal demarcation line in eastern Syria. The government controls the western side and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) the east.
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