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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Children in Syria have often been among the victims of attacks in the country's civil war -- but today, they appear to have been the targets.
Two car bombs went off near an elementary school in Syria, killing 22 people -- including at least 10 children. The first bomb went off as children were leaving school. The second exploded as parents frantically searched for their sons and daughters.
The school is in a government-controlled area of Homs dominated by the Shiite offshoot sect to which President Bashar Assad's family belongs. It was one of the deadliest strikes to hit the area in months.
Meanwhile, airstrikes against the Islamic State militants in Syria haven't prevented deadly clashes overnight near Syria's border with Turkey.
Activists say dozens of militants and Kurdish fighters were killed. And they say Islamic State fighters have beheaded nine Kurdish fighters, including three women, who were captured during the fighting.
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126-c-17-(Diaa Hadid (DEE'-uh hah-DEED'), AP correspondent)-"a front line"-AP correspondent Diaa Hadid reports the fighters killed, including three women, were part of the YPG, the largest Syrian Kurd military group battling the Islamic State militants. (1 Oct 2014)
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123-c-19-(Diaa Hadid (DEE'-uh hah-DEED'), AP correspondent)-"Arab in Arabic"-AP correspondent Diaa Hadid reports gruesome images have appeared on social media networks purported to show Kurdish fighters, including three women, beheaded at the hands of Islamic State militants. (1 Oct 2014)
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APPHOTO XBO109: Narin Mustafa, 26, center, holds her 10-day-old baby girl Merva as thousands of new Syrian refugees from Kobani arrive at the Turkey-Syria border crossing of Yumurtalik near Suruc, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State fighters pressing their offensive against a Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border on Tuesday in an attempt to halt the militants' advance, activists said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) (1 Oct 2014)
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