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Summary We have received at least 20 dead bodies, many were children, doctor said.
An air strike Thursday in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Syria killed at least 20 people, including children, a medic told an AFP correspondent at the scene.We have received at least 20 dead bodies, many were children, doctor Nader Jaffar Sharhoub said, as he rushed to treat the wounded in a makeshift hospital set up in a school. There are some 30 people still missing.The AFP journalist saw 12 corpses wrapped in white sheets, and plastic bags marked body parts.At the moment it seems only three people survived the attack, including a two-year-old child, said Sharhoub. He survived in the arms of his dead father.
