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Violence soars in Syria despite UN-brokered truce

Saturday, 30 April 2016 12:01 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 30 April 2016 11:59 AM ]

People inspect the damage at the al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, Aleppo, northwestern Syria, April 28, 2016. © Reuters

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Survivors of a US airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan call for the trial of those responsible and reject a Pentagon probe which concludes the bombing did not amount to a war crime.
Iraqi officials say a bomb attack targeting Shia pilgrims has killed more than 20 people in northern Baghdad.
Turkish warplanes bomb the positions of Kurdistan workers party in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
In Syria, a truce takes effect near Damascus and in the northern province of Latakia. Meanwhile, the fight against terrorists continues in Aleppo.
Russia slams NATO’s greed for geopolitical space, saying it is NATO that is expanding towards Russian borders, not the opposite.

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