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1. Dozens reported killed in Russian strikes in Deir Ezzor and Raqqa

Sat Jan 23, 2016, 01:33 PM

Jan 2016

At least 29 civilians were killed in air strikes suspected to have been carried by Russian warplanes on a village in eastern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven children and one woman were among the dead in the village of Khasham in Syria's oil-rich Deir Ezzor province.

Controlled by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, Khasham lies just 20 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital, also called Deir Ezzor, most of which is now held by IS.

The Observatory said the death toll was likely to rise as "dozens" more people were wounded.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dozens-civilians-killed-air-strikes-over-deir-ezzor-and-raqqa-monitor-1724990279

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