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Government shelling at market kills 15 civilians in northern Syria

Name: Government shelling at market kills 15 civilians in northern Syria
Uploaded: 2022-08-20T16:00:44+0100
Description: At least 15 civilians, including five children, have been killed in a government attack that hit a busy market in the Turkish-controlled Syrian city of Al-Bab. The attack comes days after Turkish air strikes killed 17 people at a military post located between Syrian government forces and US-backed Kurdish fighters near the Syrian-Turkish border

Aaya Al-Shamahi

Published date: 20 August 2022 16:07 BST | Last update: 2 years 3 months ago

At least 15 civilians, including five children, have been killed in a government attack that hit a busy market in the Turkish-controlled Syrian city of Al-Bab.

The attack comes days after Turkish air strikes killed 17 people at a military post located between Syrian government forces and US-backed Kurdish fighters near the Syrian-Turkish border

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