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Chomsky on Syria: We Must Help Fleeing Refugees & Pursue Diplomatic Settlement

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April 26, 2017

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The journalistic monitoring group Airwars says 17 civilians, including nine children, reportedly died in U.S.led coalition airstrikes on the Syrian city of Tabqa in Raqqa province on Monday. The victims reportedly included the 6monthold baby Abd alSalam and the toddler Ali Abu Aish, along with their entire family. Meanwhile, two Democratic lawmakersVirginia Senator Tim Kaine and California Congressmember Adam Schiffsent a letter to the White House Tuesday demanding President Trump provide a legal justification for the U.S. attack on the Shayrat air base earlier this month. On Monday night, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman spoke to worldrenowned linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky at the First Parish Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and asked him what he thinks the U.S. should do about Syria.

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