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A war monitor in Syria says an Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus has killed at least 11 people as Israel continues to target Syrian weapons and military infrastructure even after the oust ...

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A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country's capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to this day ...