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23 dead as missiles hit three hospitals, school in Syrian towns
Source: Reuters
Business | Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:16pm EST
23 dead as missiles hit three hospitals, school in Syrian towns
AMMAN/BEIRUT | BY SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI AND LISA BARRINGTON
At least 23 civilians were killed when missiles hit three hospitals and a school in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, residents said, as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.
Fourteen people were killed in the town of Azaz near the Turkish border when missiles slammed into a school sheltering families fleeing the offensive and the children's hospital, two residents and a medic said.
Bombs also hit another refugee shelter south of the town and a convoy of trucks, another resident said.
"We have been moving scores of screaming children from the hospital," said medic Juma Rahal. At least two children were killed and scores of people injured, he said.
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23 dead as missiles hit three hospitals, school in Syrian towns
AMMAN/BEIRUT | BY SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI AND LISA BARRINGTON
At least 23 civilians were killed when missiles hit three hospitals and a school in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, residents said, as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.
Fourteen people were killed in the town of Azaz near the Turkish border when missiles slammed into a school sheltering families fleeing the offensive and the children's hospital, two residents and a medic said.
Bombs also hit another refugee shelter south of the town and a convoy of trucks, another resident said.
"We have been moving scores of screaming children from the hospital," said medic Juma Rahal. At least two children were killed and scores of people injured, he said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-missiles-idUSKCN0VO12Y
