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Air raids on market kill 53 in north Syria town: monitor

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Air raids on market kill 53 in north Syria town: monitor 11/13/2017 10:53:40 PM Syrians dig through the debris of a building as they search for survivors following a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Atareb in northern Aleppo province on November 13, 2017 AFP, 13 November 2017  - Air strikes on a market killed at least 53 people, including children, in a town in northern Syria on Monday despite a 'de-escalation zone' in place there, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately clear whether the strikes on rebel-held Atareb had been carried out by Syrian warplanes, or those of Damascus's ally Russia. The monitor said three strikes hit the town's market, adding that five children were among the dead, as well as three policemen. A photographer contributing to AFP saw massive destruction at the scene, with rubble from damaged buildings covering the street and panicked civilians...