People inspect the damage at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-held city of Idlib, Syria February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Reuters: Air strikes hit Syria's rebel-held Idlib, around 30 dead: residents, monitor
At least 30 people died in air strikes on the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib on Tuesday, in some of the heaviest raids there in months, witnesses and rescue workers said.
Around eight attacks by what witnesses believed to be Russian jets wounded scores of people and leveled several multi-storey buildings in residential areas of the northwestern city, they added.
Russia's Defense Ministry later said media reports that its planes had bombed Idlib were not true, Interfax news agency reported.
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Egypt praises Trump criticism of media coverage of attacks.
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Romanian president says he won't seek to topple government. President backs protest-lashed Romanian government to stay.
Hungary submits plans to EU to detain all asylum seekers.
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