DW: Airstrikes and artillery kill scores of civilians in Syria
Syrian ground troops have been battling to take back the last urban area held by "Islamic State" (IS). Airstrikes and artillery have reportedly killed dozens.
Scores of Syrian civilians at two displacement camps have been killed by artillery fire, an independent monitoring agent reported Sunday.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack began Friday night in the Deir el-Zour region and has killed 50 civilians, including 20 children. The latest casualty figures nearly double the original report of 26 dead on Saturday.
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MIDDLE EAST
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Emirati minister: Iran is a greater threat than al-Qaida, ISIS.
Bahrain says pipeline explosion 'terrorist sabotage' linked to Iran.
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ASIA
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Donald Trump tweets Kim Jong Un 'short and fat' jibe, offers East Asia mediation.
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Rohingya: more refugees flee fearing violence, torture.
Myanmar troops systematically gang-raped Rohingya women: UN envoy.
Putin links Japan-U.S. security alliance to WWII peace treaty with Russia.
Traffic chaos as protesters besiege Pakistan's capital.
AFRICA
Zimbabwe military chief Chiwenga in Zanu-PF purge warning. Zimbabwe army chief warns of intervention over party purge.
U.S., Somali operations kill dozens of militants.
Grenade attack on peace concert in CAR.
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Somaliland votes in presidential election. Vote counting begins after breakaway Somaliland's presidential poll.
African leaders urge support for new security doctrine.
South Sudan lifts siege on ex-military chief's house.
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US woman accused in Zimbabwe of subversion is freed on bail.
EUROPE
European, African ministers vow to better protect migrants.
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Britain must avoid 'fatal' hard Brexit, European business leaders warn.
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AMERICAS
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Trump: 'I'm with our agencies' on Russia election meddling.
Biden says he wouldn’t have stepped in for Hillary Clinton.
NYPD deploying heavily-armed anti-terror squads to major sports, concert venues.
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