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Air raids on last IS pocket in south Syria kill 26 civilians: Monitor

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Twenty-six civilians were killed in air strikes on areas controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group in southern Syria's Daraa province today, a war monitor said.

Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said 11 children were among those killed in day-long strikes by regime and allied Russian aircraft on the last IS-held pocket in Daraa.

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First Published: Jul 21 2018 | 2:00 AM IST

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