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Syrian airstrike kills at least 35 near Damascus
2015-01-24
[BUSINESSWEEK] A Syrian government Arclight airstrike hit an opposition-held suburb of the capital shortly after Friday prayers, killing at least 35 people, scattering bodies and rubble in the streets and setting at least one building on fire, activists said.

An activist based near the capital who goes by the name of Abu Yazan said the air raid struck near a popular market in the town of Hamouriyeh just east of Damascus.

The Local Coordination Committees, an activist collective, said the strike hit people leaving a mosque, killing 35 people. The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the corpse count at 42, including six children. It said the number of dead is expected to rise because many people were seriously maimed.
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