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16 killed in air strikes on rebel-held Idlib

16 killed in air strikes on rebel-held Idlib

October 26, 2016 | 02:15 PM
Civil defense members and civilians search for survivors under the rubble of a site hit by overnight airstrikes in the town of Kafr Takharim, in Idlib Governorate, Syria October 24
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes killed at least 16 people in the Haas village in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday, six of them children.A report on Syrian state TV quoted a military source as saying a number of militants had been killed when their positions were targeted in Haas.The Observatory, a British-based war monitor, said warplanes struck several locations in the village, including an area near a school, in the northwestern province.
October 26, 2016 | 02:15 PM