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A Syrian girl who was wounded during airstrikes cries at a makeshift hospital in Ghouta. Ghouta Media Center via AP
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A woman sits in shock at a make-shift hospital in Kafr Batna following Syrian government bombardments on the besieged Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Ammar Suleiman / AFP Photo
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A wounded boy waits for treatment a make-shift hospital. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Smoke rises from buildings in Kafr Batna. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Smoke rises from another regime air strike in the rebel-held enclave of Hamouria. Abdulmonam Eaasa / AFP Photo
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A wounded man is assisted by another at the makeshift hospital. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Wounded Syrians seek treatment at a make-shift hospital in Kafr Batna. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Syrians search for victims under the rubble of a building destroyed by Syrian government forces airstrikes. Ghouta Media Center via AP
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A member of the Syrian Civil Defence group carries a boy away from the shelling. Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP
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A Syrian girl who was wounded during airstrikes cries at a makeshift hospital in Ghouta. Ghouta Media Center via AP
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A woman sits in shock at a make-shift hospital in Kafr Batna following Syrian government bombardments on the besieged Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Ammar Suleiman / AFP Photo
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A wounded boy waits for treatment a make-shift hospital. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Smoke rises from buildings in Kafr Batna. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Smoke rises from another regime air strike in the rebel-held enclave of Hamouria. Abdulmonam Eaasa / AFP Photo
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A wounded man is assisted by another at the makeshift hospital. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Wounded Syrians seek treatment at a make-shift hospital in Kafr Batna. Amer Almohibany / AFP Photo
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Syrians search for victims under the rubble of a building destroyed by Syrian government forces airstrikes. Ghouta Media Center via AP
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A member of the Syrian Civil Defence group carries a boy away from the shelling. Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP
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A Syrian girl who was wounded during airstrikes cries at a makeshift hospital in Ghouta. Ghouta Media Center via AP
US condemns Syrian 'siege tactics' on civilians, calls Assad regime 'deplorable'
300 deaths in Ghouta as the country's north sees a new batch of pro-regime militias join Kurds against Turkey
David Enders
22 February, 2018
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