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           Medical Charity: 70 Killed in Attack on Syrian Marketplace

   The medical charity Doctors Without Borders says at least 70 people
   were killed in an airstrike and shelling on a crowded, rebel-held
   neighborhood near the Syrian capital on Friday.

   The group, known by its French acronym MSF, said Saturday that the
   attack on a marketplace in the Douma neighborhood near Damascus wounded
   another 550 people.

   According to the group, a nearby MSF-supported hospital helped treat
   the first wave of victims.

   In a statement, Doctors Without Borders did not assign blame for what
   it called "an extremely violent bombing."  An MSF spokesman, Tim Shenk,
   told VOA the Douma area has been under sustained attack from Syrian
   forces for years.  Opposition fighters have regularly traded fire with
   the Syrian military in Douma, which lies within a major rebel
   stronghold.

   Turkey flies anti-IS sorties

   In other news, Turkish jets on Saturday launched bombing raids against
   Islamic State targets in Syria. A senior Turkish official told the
   Reuters news agency that American jets were standing by to assist.

   Turkey vowed to take a more active role in combating IS in July, as
   part of a multipronged offensive that also involved Turkey ramping up
   attacks on Kurdish militants.

   The Syrian conflict has killed an estimated 250,000 people since it
   began in 2011.
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