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| Syria activists say 23 killed in government airstrikes |
| 2015-04-23 |
| [Rudaw] Syrian government aircraft bombed rebel-held areas in the capital's suburbs and a northern town and surrounding villages controlled by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, including a strike on a local hospital, killing at least 23 people Wednesday, activists said. The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Activist Abu al-Hassan Marea, who is based near the town, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the Marea said another The discrepancies in the casualty figures could not be immediately reconciled, but such differences are common in the chaotic aftermath of attacks in Syria. Aleppo, once Syria's commercial center, has been carved up into areas controlled by the government and others controlled by an array of rebels since an opposition offensive in mid-2012. Long a stronghold for Syrian rebels, the area, a strategic stretch because of its proximity to the Turkish border, has been a flash point since the Islamic State group advanced into the region several months ago. Also Wednesday, the Observatory said government The Local Coordination Committees, another activist group that tracks the Syrian civil war, also said 11 people from the suburbs Harasta and Douma were killed, including the two women. The government repeatedly has targeted rebel strongholds in the capital's suburbs. The rebels have carried out mortar and rocket attacks that occasionally reach areas near the city center. |
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