BEIRUT / AP Warplanes struck rebel-held parts of Syria on Saturday killing and wounding scores of people amid clashes on multiple fronts between government forces and insurgent groups in some of the worst violence to hit the country in weeks, opposition activists said on Saturday. The airstrikes, of which some activists said included Russian air raids, concentrated on the …

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