A UNITED STATES air strike in northern Syria wounded a family of six people, including a 10-year-old child who suffered serious head injuries, it was revealed today.

Farmer Ahmad Qassim and his family were driving back home on Friday morning when an explosion occurred, puncturing their vehicle with shrapnel, the Associated Press found.

The 52-year-old, his wife, two sons and two daughters suffered various wounds in the blast, apparently caused by a missile fired from a US drone.