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 Two days of air strikes left women and children among the dead,
including a mother who was killed along with five of her children,
said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which
monitors violence in Syria through a network of sources.
Around a dozen fighters and multiple rebel commanders were also
confirmed killed in the bombardment, which targeted Talbiseh, a town
north of the city of Homs on the country's main north-south highway.
In May, Syrian rebels had abandoned their last stronghold in the
heart of Homs city, which had been an epicenter of the revolt
against President Bashar al-Assad.
 The death toll from the bombardment on Talbiseh - which took place
on Tuesday and Wednesday - is expected to rise because dozens of
people including children were in critical condition, the
Observatory said.
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More than 190,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict and
millions more displaced, according to the United Nations. The
conflict began more than three years ago as a peaceful protest
movement and turned into civil war after a government crackdown.
(Reporting by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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