Activists urge protest rallies over deadly US-led airstrikes in Syria

Syrian activists have called for massive demonstrations worldwide to condemn recent US-led airstrikes in Aleppo, which claimed the lives of at least 140 civilians.

According to Press TV, the activists urged people around the world in posts published on their Facebook pages on Thursday to take to the streets to protest the deaths under the banner “Manbij is being exterminated.”

“We ask all Syrians, whatever their affiliations or sects, and all free people of the world and especially the people of Manbij to stand in solidarity with our devastated city on Sunday, July 24,” one page wrote.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in statement on Wednesday that French warplanes had struck the village of Tukhan al-Kubra north of Manbij, killing 120 civilians. Scores of other civilians remain unaccounted for following the attack.

The fatalities came a day after a US airstrike killed 20 civilians in Manbij, the statement further noted.

Activists on the "Manbij News" page demanded protests in several cities of Turkey, including Istanbul and the southeastern city of Gaziantep.

Also on Thursday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces, set a 48-hour deadline for Daesh terrorists to leave Manbij.

“This initiative is the last remaining chance for besieged members of Daesh to leave the city," the Manbij Military Council, which is part of the SDF, said.

On Tuesday, the SDF said its fighters had captured a Daesh “command center and logistics hub” in western Manbij and “provided civilians the opportunity to escape.”

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