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Airstrikes in Syria Kill at Least 20 Near School, Markets

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   Separate airstrikes in Syria, suspected of being carried out by the
   Syrian government and Turkey, have killed at least 20 people, according
   to activists.

   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said one of the
   airstrikes, believed to be carried out by the Syrian government, hit a
   popular market in the northwestern rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan
   on Monday, killing 13 civilians. The Syrian Civil Defense, comprised of
   first responders, put the death toll at nine civilians.

   A second market in the nearby town of Saraqib was also hit by
   airstrikes, killing several people, according to activists.

   Syria's northwestern region is the last major area controlled by Syrian
   rebels after more than eight years of civil war. The area has become
   home to hundreds of thousands of people who fled other parts of Syria
   during the conflict.

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