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Air strikes on Syria displaced camp kill 28 as Aleppo truce holds

by Karam al-Masri ALEPPO , Syria (AFP) — Air strikes killed at least 28 civilians Thursday in a camp for the displaced in northern Syria near the Turkish border as a 48-hour ceasefire took hold in Aleppo. The truce came after fierce violence in and around Aleppo and was made possible as President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and rebel forces gave in to mounting diplomatic pressure for a pause. But as relieved civilians went out onto […]