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26/11/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Syrian government bombs Damascus suburb

Syrian warplanes bomb a rebel suburb of the capital, killing in excess of 20 people

Syrian warplanes have bombed a rebel suburb of Damascus, killing more than 20 people, in an attempt to wrest back control of the last opposition-held enclave near the capital.

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(Photo: A Syrian man inspects the rubble following an airstrike by Syrian government forces, on November 26, 2017, in the town of Mesraba in the eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus. Credit: Hamza Al-Ajweh/AFP/Getty Images)

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