Death toll of northwest Syria air raids rises to 38 civilians: monitor

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BEIRUT, June 8, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from air strikes thought to
have been carried out by Russian jets on a residential area in northwestern
Syrian has risen to 38 civilians, a Britain-based monitor said Friday.

The toll, which includes five children, increased after bodies were pulled
from the rubble and victims died of their injuries after the raids late
Thursday in the area of Zardana in the northwestern Idlib province, the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.