Airstrikes on a town near Iraq’s western border with Syria have killed dozens of people, according to Reuters.<br /><br /> The agency quotes two parliamentarians and local hospital sources as saying that women and children were among the victims.<br /><br /> The airstrikes hit a busy market in the town of Qaim in Iraq’s Anbar province. <br /><br /> Local hospital sources said 55 civilians were killed, including 12 women and 19 children.<br /><br /> The casualties were also reported by two local politicians, one of whom said some of his relatives were among the victims.<br /><br /> The self-styled Islamic State’s news agency Amaq released footage showing what it said was the aftermath of the strikes, which it blamed on Iraq’s air force.<br /><br /> Iraqi forces have been waging a campaign to crush ISIL in Mosul, nearly 300 kilometres away.<br />
