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Militants Kill 38 in Southern Syria Attacks

by VOA News

   Militants carried out a series of suicide bombings and other attacks
   Wednesday in southern Syria, killing at least 38 people.

   Multiple bombers blew themselves up near a market and a busy square in
   the city of Sweida.

   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes
   in nearby villages between pro-government forces and Islamic State
   fighters.

   The Islamic State group has lost much of the territory it once held in
   Syria and neighboring Iraq, but does still control parts of eastern and
   southern Syria.

   Syrian forces have retaken territory from the militants in recent
   weeks, particularly west of Sweida near the Israeli-occupied Golan
   Heights.