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lh-title date"><span>Will Morrow</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2018-04-25T05:00:00.000Z">25 April 2018</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="_pr3 w-100"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f4"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2017/06/15/pers-j15.html"><span class="">Washington’s war crimes in Syria</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">UN war crimes investigators found that the US military has inflicted a “staggering loss of civilian life” with its relentless airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Bill Van Auken</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time 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