Air strikes have killed 10 civilians including seven children in areas near a town held by the Islamic State group in north Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights yesterday said the strikes came as regime forces had advanced to the jihadist group's bastion of Al-Bab. The Observatory said regime airstrikes killed a child in Tanif yesterday, while Turkish air raids left nine civilians dead including six children in Al-Uraima and Bezaa.<br/><br/>President Bashar al-Assad's fighters have advanced towards Al-Bab from the southwest, seizing three villages since late Friday. Turkish forces, meanwhile, have gathered to the north of the town. Al-Bab has come under heavy assault in recent weeks, with Turkish, Russian and Syrian warplanes carrying out strikes in or around the town.