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April 17, 2017

Syria: 126 Civilians Killed in Bombing on Evacuation Bus
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 126 people were
killed, including 68 children, in a bomb attack targeting a convoy of
buses filled with civilians being evacuated from besieged
government-held areas near Aleppo. No group has claimed responsibility
for the attack so far. The attack occurred during a planned evacuation
in which thousands of civilians trapped in both rebel-held and
government-held areas were supposed to be guaranteed safe passage out of
the besieged towns.


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