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Russia strikes on Syria’s Idlib heaviest in a month: monitor
BEIRUT, Sept 8, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Russian air strikes on Syria’s last major
rebel bastion Saturday were the “most violent” since Damascus and its ally
Moscow threatened to attack it around a month ago, a monitor said.
Nearly 60 Russian air raids hit the south and southeast of Idlib province
in less than three hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The Russian strikes as well as regime bombardment with barrel bombs killed
at least four civilians, the Britain-based monitor said.
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