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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Russian missile strike kills four children in Syria

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A Russian warplane has struck a house in north-western Syria near the Turkish border, killing seven civilians including four children, according to a monitoring group.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and opposition media outlet Orient TV said the air strike in Idlib’s town of Jisr al-Shoghour was carried out by a Russian plane after four other strikes in a town further north.

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