Activists: Blast in Northern Syria Kills 42

An early morning explosion at a building thought to be used by an arms dealer killed at least 42 people, including 12 children, in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast occurred in the town of Sarmada near the Turkish border. The group, which monitors the conflict with the help of a network of contacts in Syria, said dozens of people are still missing and the toll was expected to rise. The...

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