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Group: 87 Children Among Over 300 Killed in Aleppo Bombing

HeadlineDec 24, 2013

A week of bombing by the Assad regime in northern Syria has reportedly left over 300 people dead. Syrian government helicopters have been hitting the town of Aleppo with highly destructive barrel bombs –- oil drums filled with explosives and sometimes with nails or scrap metal. The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the death toll includes 87 children. Over 80 people were reportedly killed on Monday.

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