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Syrian government airstrike kills seven in Deraa

Published August 1st, 2016 - 11:00 GMT
Syrians walk past a makeshift hospital in the area of Jasim in the southern province of Deraa on July 31, 2016, after it was hit in an airstrike that killed at least seven. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)
Syrians walk past a makeshift hospital in the area of Jasim in the southern province of Deraa on July 31, 2016, after it was hit in an airstrike that killed at least seven. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)

At least seven people were killed by a regime airstrike in Syria’s southwestern province of Daraa on Sunday, according to a local civil defense source. 

Regime warplanes struck a hospital in the opposition-held Jasim town in the province, the source told Anadolu Agency. 

“Seven civilians were killed in the attack,” the source added on condition of anonymity due to restrictions to speaking to media. 

According to the source, a medic and four medical staffers were among those killed in the regime airstrike. 

“Ten people were also injured,” the source said, adding that the airstrike has caused heavy damage to the hospital and surrounding buildings. 

Since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, more than a quarter of a million victims have been killed and more than 10 million displaced across the war-battered country, according to the UN. 

By Khalid Suleiman

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