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At least 30 civilians have died in Syrian airstrikes on a town north-east of Damascus a day after rebels reportedly killed an air force pilot, a monitoring group and rebels said.
According to their reports, the raids targeted a medical centre, a school and a residential area in Jayrud, a heavily populated area that struck a truce with the army that had spared it from heavy bombing on other rebel-held areas. As a result it had become a sanctuary for thousands of civilians fleeing battles nearby.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said scores of residents were also injured in the aerial strikes on Saturday, as well as shelling from army posts in the area.
A rebel spokesman said the strikes seemed to be in revenge for the killing of the pilot, who parachuted down near the town after his plane crashed on Friday.
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Syrian state media said Friday’s plane crash was due to a technical fault and the pilot had ejected, while the rebel group Jaysh al-Islam said it had shot down the plane, but did not say how.
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eek! the poor civilians… never deserved this. this is pretty gross. R.I.P.
