At least 82 people,including 58 civilians, were killed in Russian and regime air strikes on an Islamic State-held area of eastern Syria,a monitor said yesterday in a new toll. "Three Russian and Syrian regime air raids on the region of al-Quriyah,southeast of Deir Ezzor city,killed 58 civilians,"the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Itadded that 24 other people were killed, without specifying whether they were civilians or IS fighters. Russian warplanes have been carrving out an air war in support of President Bashar al-Assad since September last year. The IS holds around 60 percent of Deir Ezzor city,Which is next to the jihadist-held Raqa province. More than 280,000 people have been killed and thousands more injured since Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011.AFP