This attack on Orem al-Kubra came after less than 48 hours of the massacre committed by the US-led coalition warplanes in the town of al-Jineh where at least 58 people were killed in or near the Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque.
All the evidences have proved that the US warplanes carried out the raid on Jineh.
The Pentagon said the US targeted an "al-Qaeda gathering across the street from a mosque", and released footage showing that a mosque next to a destroyed building remained standing. It said the photo was taken less than five minutes after the strike on Thursday.
Pentagon spokesman, Eric Pahon, said US surveillance of the target area indicated evening prayers already had concluded before the attack.
"Initial assessments based upon post-strike analysis do not indicate civilian casualties," Pahon said. He said the Pentagon would investigate any credible allegations it received.
Friday prayers were cancelled across opposition-held parts of northern Syria after the raid.
Resident Abu Muhammed told the AFP news agency that he "heard powerful explosions when the mosque was hit. It was right after prayers at a time when there are usually religious lessons for men in it.
Local sources told Orient Net that as many as 300 worshipers were at mosque at the time of the attack.
Aleppo and Idlib countryside’s towns and villages are targeted by Assad, US, and Russian warplanes without any calming down in the intensity of attacks.
Assad-Russian jet fighters targeted last September an aid convoy in Orem al-Kubra town in Aleppo western countryside, killing 12 aid workers and injuring 18 civilians.
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