25 killed in air strikes on ex-Nusra building

This frame grab from video provided By Step News Agency, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows smoke rise from the government forces shelling on Wadi Barada, northwest of Damascus, Syria. Photo: Step News Agency via AP

This frame grab from video provided By Step News Agency, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows smoke rise from the government forces shelling on Wadi Barada, northwest of Damascus, Syria. Photo: Step News Agency via AP

Published Jan 3, 2017

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Beirut - The Syrian Observatory for Human

Rights said on Tuesday air strikes on a building used by an

insurgent group formerly known as the Nusra Front had killed at

least 25 people and wounded dozens more.

The Britain-based Observatory said it was unclear whether

the strikes had been carried out by aircraft belonging to Russia

or to the U.S.-led coalition.

Tuesday is the fifth day of a ceasefire in Syria but its

sponsors, Russia and Turkey, say this excludes Islamic State and

the Syrian Islamist militia Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly

called the Nusra Front. 

Reuters

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