Civilians must be spared in any Turkish military operation in northeast Syria, where the United Nations hopes that displacement and atrocities can be prevented, a senior UN aid official said on Monday. CBC | World News
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Nearly 1 in 4 civilians killed in Syria is a child, Lancet study says
Evidence that aerial bombing has killed more civilians — one quarter of them children — than opposition fighters in Syria has been published in one of the world’s best known medical journals. CBC | World News
Read More »Dozens of dead civilians found in town taken from ISIS
The bodies of at least 67 Syrian civilians, many summarily killed by ISIS, are discovered in a central town in Syria retaken from the extremist group by government troops over the weekend. CBC | World News
Read More »Saudi-led airstrikes kill 14 civilians in Yemen’s capital
Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition targeted Yemen’s capital early on Friday, hitting at least three houses in Sanaa and killing at least 14 civilians, including women and children, residents and eyewitnesses said. CBC | World News
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