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The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a
majority of the deaths, some 1,922, were Islamic State fighters.
The hardline group has seized tracts of territory in Syria and
neighboring Iraq, where it has also been targeted by U.S.-led
forces since last July.
Ten of the civilians killed were children and six were women,
the Observatory said. It said 90 members of the al
Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front were also killed in the air
strikes, which started on September 23.
The United States has said it takes reports of civilian
casualties seriously and says it has a process to investigate
each allegation.
Washington justified its action in Syria under Article 51 of the
U.N. Charter, which covers an individual or collective right to
self-defense against armed attack.
Around 220,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict,
which is now in its fourth year, the United Nations has said.
(Reporting by Oliver Holmes; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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