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September 17, 2014

Syrian Gov't Airstrikes Kill 48; Islamic State Downs Syrian Plane 
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The conflict among factions in Syria has been intensifying ahead of
possible U.S. strikes against Islamic State fighters there. Two days of
Syrian government airstrikes have killed at least 48 people in Homs
province. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at
least six children are among the dead. Islamic State fighters,
meanwhile, announced they had shot down a Syrian military aircraft in
the northern city of Raqqa.

 

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