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February 5, 2016

Syria: Intensified Violence Drives Up to 70,000 Toward Turkish Border
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The aid group Mercy Corps says intensified fighting and airstrikes have
cut off the main humanitarian supply route to the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Turkey's prime minister warned up to 70,000 people may be fleeing to the
Turkish border. The United States has called for Russia to halt its
bombing campaign in Syria immediately.


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