
Russian strikes kill 45 Syrian rebels: monitor
Beirut (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 - Russian air strikes have killed 45 members of a rebel group in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Sunday.
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