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Toll in Russia raids on Qaeda-run Syria prison rises to 39: monitor

Published: 09 Jan 2016 - 04:55 pm | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 08:06 pm
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Maarat al-Numan in the northwest province of Idlib

Beirut: The toll in Russian air strikes Saturday on a prison complex run by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate rose to at least 39 people, including five civilians, a monitoring group said. 

Most of those killed in Maarat al-Numan in the northwest province of Idlib were rebels imprisoned by Al-Nusra Front, according to Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 

AFP