The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group says a 17-bus convoy of IS militants and their families is stranded in the Syrian desert.
The coalition issued a statement yesterday saying it has sought an unspecified solution that would save the women and children in the convoy from further suffering.
It says the coalition has not attacked the convoy. But it says it has struck IS fighters and vehicles—including a tank and other armed vehicles—that tried to help the convoy move to the Iraqi border.
The coalition says its officials have contacted Russian counterparts to deliver a message to Syria’s government, which had tried to facilitate the convoy’s movement earlier this week from western Syria to an area near the Iraqi border.