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August 17, 2017

Syria: At Least 29 Civilians Die in U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrikes
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In Syria, the journalistic monitoring group Airwars reports U.S.-led
airstrikes on Raqqa killed at least 29 civilians and wounded scores of
others Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the dead were three children-Marwa,
Mariam and Ahmad Mazen Shehab-who were killed along with their mother.
The latest civilian deaths came as displaced residents at a camp north
of Raqqa said extreme summer heat and a lack of resources were making
life unbearable. This is Yousef Faddawi, who fled Raqqa with his family.

Yousef Faddawi: "We get aid packages once a month, and 90 percent of the
people are selling the packages in order to survive. With regards to
healthcare, it is very bad. If someone is bitten by a snake or a
scorpion, they must go to Kobani or Tal Abyad, and they might even die
on the way. There is no first aid here at all."



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