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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:34 AM Dec 2016

88 dead in Turkish raids on IS-held Syria town: monitor

BEIRUT (AFP) -
At least 88 civilians have been killed in 24 hours of Turkish air strikes on an Islamic State group bastion in northern Syria, a monitoring group said Friday.

A barrage of raids hit Al-Bab on Thursday, killing 72 civilians including 21 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Bombardment continued on Friday, leaving another 16 civilians dead, including three children.

"Eighty-eight civilians have been killed in 24 hours," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

http://www.france24.com/en/20161223-88-dead-turkish-raids-held-syria-town-monitor

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