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A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018.

A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018.

(photo credit: REUTERS/BASSAM KHABIEH)

ByREUTERS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018 13:21

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