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Reports: Children among the dead after Syrian rebels clash in Turkish-held Afrin

Clashes between Syrian rebel groups in the northern city of Afrin left at least two children dead Thursday.

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A member of Jaish al-Islam takes a selfie with a mobile phone in the town of Soussian in Aleppo countryside, Syria, Sept. 23, 2018. There was a clash among Jaish al-Islam and two other Turkish-backed militias in Afrin on March 28, 2020. — REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Fighting among Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups in the Turkish-controlled city of Afrin in northern Syria left several civilians dead Thursday, including two children, according to war monitors. 

Fierce clashes between the Hamzat Division and the Ahrar al-Sham and Jaish al-Islam factions erupted Thursday, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Three civilians, including two children, were killed in the gunfire, the monitoring group said. 

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