Intensifying assaults in Syria spark dual evacuations
Syrian civilians in the last rebel-held pockets of besieged Eastern Ghouta have been urged to flee as Russia-backed regime forces storm into the beleaguered area near Damascus, with intense airstrikes killing dozens and causing thousands more to evacuate. The latest deaths on Friday brought the toll for the nearly month-old offensive to over 1,360, with world powers still unable to stop one of the devastating conflict's worst crises. The Syrian army in a message broadcast on state television urged all residents to use "corridors" it had ...
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