Syria

An opposition activist group claimed that regime airstrikes and barrel bombs in and around Aleppo over the past two weeks have killed 471 civilians, 34 rebel fighters, and 12 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters. The UN has completed 24 humanitarian flights to Qamishli via Iraq in an airlift that began Dec. 15, delivering supplies to displaced persons inside Syria; the UN is continuing to send 250 trucks a week throughout Syria with aid. The ISIS released video of the execution of an alleged pro-regime gang member.

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