Beirut At least 82 people, including 58 civilians, were killed in air strikes on an Islamic State (IS)-held area of eastern Syria, authorities said on June 26 Three Russian and Syrian regime air raids on the region of al Quriyah killed 58 civilians" the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It added that 24 other people were killed, without specifying whether they were civilians or IS fighters. Russian warplanes have been carry ing out an air war in supportof President Bashar al-Assad since September last year -AFP