FRENCH President Francois Hollande claimed yesterday that he did not know whether his country’s air force had killed 125 civilians by bombing a Syrian village on Tuesday.

Mr Hollande’s evasions came amid a chorus of protest from opposing sides in the Syrian war and from the United Nations over the actions of the US-led “coalition” bombing Syria — of which Britain is part.

“On the actions of the coalition, I have no exact information on what French planes could have done,” Mr Hollande said.