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August 18, 2017

Report: U.S.-Led Airstrikes Kill 59 Since Monday in Raqqa
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In news from Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting
at least 59 civilians have died in U.S-led airstrikes in the city of
Raqqa since Monday. The dead include 21 children. According to the
United Nations, 25,000 civilians remain trapped inside Raqqa, the de
facto capital of the self-proclaimed Islamic State.


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