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Violence soars in Syria despite UN-brokered truce

In Syria, a truce takes effect near Damascus and in the northern province of Latakia. Meanwhile, the fight against terrorists continues in Aleppo.

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These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Survivors of a US airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan call for the trial of those responsible and reject a Pentagon probe which concludes the bombing did not amount to a war crime.
  • Iraqi officials say a bomb attack targeting Shia pilgrims has killed more than 20 people in northern Baghdad.
  • Turkish warplanes bomb the positions of Kurdistan workers party in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
  • In Syria, a truce takes effect near Damascus and in the northern province of Latakia. Meanwhile, the fight against terrorists continues in Aleppo.
  • Russia slams NATO’s greed for geopolitical space, saying it is NATO that is expanding towards Russian borders, not the opposite.