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Syria: 22 civilians killed in Russian airstrikes in Daraa

Syria: 22 civilians killed in Russian airstrikes in Daraa

In Syria, at least twenty-two civilians were killed in a barrage of Russian airstrikes on the rebel held areas in Daraa governorate today.

Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said one of the airstrike hit an underground shelter in al-Musayfrah town, killing at least seventeen people, including children.

According to reports, rescuers are still pulling bodies from the underground shelter.

Another five civilians were killed in other rebel-controlled areas of Daraa.

The Observatory said government forces are making a push to gain territory and heading toward southern Daraa and a strategic border crossing with Jordan.

Earlier, the Observatory reported that forty-six people, including children, have been killed in air strikes in the rebel-held parts of Daraa province since yesterday.

AFP