Airstrikes in Syria Kill Dozens in Rebel-held Town

Monitors said airstrikes on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria killed dozens of people Saturday, including civilians, fighters and prisoners. But the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not say whether the strikes in Idlib province were carried out by Syrian or allied Russian warplanes, which have both bombed the area in recent weeks. The observatory said at least 39 people were killed in the strikes, which hit a courthouse and an adjoining prison under the control of...

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