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BBC OS: Aleppo Imams Say Friday Prayers Too Dangerous

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Aleppo Imams Say Friday Prayers Too Dangerous

29/04/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Aleppo Imams Say Friday Prayers Too Dangerous

Death toll passes 200 in seven days of air strikes and shelling

Death toll passes 200 in seven days of air strikes and shelling.

A religious council in the Syrian city of Aleppo has for the first time recommended cancelling Friday prayers amid reports more than 200 people have been killed during seven days of government air strikes and rebel shelling. Also, Spanish bullfighter's DNA battle, Ivory wars in Africa and Snapchat in the Philippines.

(Photo: Aftermath of air strikes in Aleppo. Credit: EPA)

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