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220 dead in IS attacks in Syria

The site of a suicide attack in Sweida, Syria.

The site of a suicide attack in Sweida, Syria. Source: AAP

A string of suicide blasts and raids claimed by the IS group killed more than 220 people in southern Syria on Wednesday.


The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacks hit several areas of the largely government-held southern province of Sweida, where IS retains a presence in a northeastern desert region.


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