Hundreds of Civilians Killed by Government Forces in Syria, War Monitors Say

Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria. Here's what we know.

Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Syria in the last 48 hours, according to a war monitoring group, in the deadliest eruption of violence since the fall of the Assad regime in December.

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Hundreds of Civilians Killed by Government Forces in Syria, War Monitors Say

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