Death toll from Russia strikes on Syria rebels rises to 78: monitor

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BEIRUT, Oct 27, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Air strikes by Damascus regime ally Russia killed 78 Turkey-backed rebels in northwest Syria on Monday, a monitor said giving a new toll.

Russian warplanes also wounded 90 more when they targeted a training camp of the Faylaq al-Sham faction in Syria’s last major bastion of the armed opposition of Idlib, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.