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REBEL shelling killed at least five civilians and injured 25 in Syria yesterday.

Four people were killed and four injured after militants fired a rocket at a building in al-Neel, Aleppo — Syria’s second city.

Rocket fire in the central city of Homs killed a three-year-old child and injured 21 more, including 10 children.

  • Military analysis firm Jane’s said yesterday the number of Isis attacks in Iraq had risen by 40 per cent in the third quarter of this year.
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