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Report: U.S.-Led Airstrikes Kill 59 Since Monday in Raqqa

HeadlineAug 18, 2017

In news from Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting at least 59 civilians have died in U.S-led airstrikes in the city of Raqqa since Monday. The dead include 21 children. According to the United Nations, 25,000 civilians remain trapped inside Raqqa, the de facto capital of the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

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