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             IS Attacks Hospital; 20 Syrian Troops Reported Killed

   by VOA News

   Islamic State militants on Saturday killed 20 government troops during
   an attack on a hospital in eastern Syria, a Britain-based information
   agency said.

   The militants also seized territory in Deir el-Zour, near the border
   with Iraq, which is split between government forces and IS fighters.

   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said six IS
   combatants also were killed in the fighting. It said government forces
   had surrounded the hospital, but the fate of its staff and patients was
   not known.

   Some 200,000 civilians are estimated to still be living in Deir
   el-Zour's government-controlled neighborhoods. It was not clear whether
   civilians were killed or injured in Saturday's attack.

   Meanwhile, in northeastern Syria, a car bomb exploded in the
   predominantly Kurdish town of Qamishli. The observatory said two people
   were killed and five were wounded, while state news agency SANA said
   five were killed and several others were wounded.
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