Concern Over Syria Grows as Death Toll Rises

A Syrian war monitor says pro-government strikes Tuesday in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have killed more than 100 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 250 people have been killed since late Sunday, the highest 48-hour death toll in the Syria conflict since a 2013 chemical attack on the suburb. Tuesday, Turkish troops forced pro-Syrian government troops to retreat as they were en route to Syria's Afrin region, a Kurdish...

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