The US-Led coalition has conducted airstrikes using white phosphorus munitions in Syria's Deir ez-Zor, the SANA news agency and state-run TV reported on Wednesday.

a US-led coalition's aircraft used internationally banned white phosphorus munitions. The report noted that three civilians were killed and five more injured.

The news comeas a day after report that coalition airstrikes left nine civilians dead the northeastern province Hasaka. Those killed included an Iraqi family of six that had escaped Daesh violence in Mosul, according to SANA. Citing sources, the agency added that the coalition had also launched airstrikes on the villages Hadaj, Huneidis and Hassan Ali near the Iraqi border, which has resulted in "huge material damage".