Syria uses familiar tactic in rebel Idlib: Bombing civilians
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June 7, 2019
BEIRUT (AP) — The father could hardly bear seeing his 18-month-old daughter's panic every time the Syrian government warplanes flew over their home. Every day for a month, she ran to him to hide in his arms, tearful and breathless.
Abdurrahim had refused to flee his hometown throughout years of violence, and he was determined to hold out through the new, intensified government offensive launched in April against Idlib province, the last significant territory held by Syria's rebels.
But now he had his first child, Ruwaida, to think about.
"That look on my daughter's face ... is really what is g...
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