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Airstrikes pound southern Syria, causing thousands to flee

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Airstrikes pounded rebel-held areas in southweste­rn Syria on Thursday, killing at least 17 civilians in an undergroun­d shelter and driving thousands from their homes as scores of displaced people protested near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, demanding internatio­nal protection.

The Syrian government pressed ahead with its offensive to reclaim the strategic region that extends along the border with Jordan and the Golan Heights that until recently was part of a U.S.-backed and -negotiated truce.

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