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Syrian War: Missiles Repulsed, says Government
State media in Syria says a series of overnight missile strikes have been reported over government-held territory.
Syrian state media said government forces near the city of Homs had repulsed an attack on the Shayrat airbase, which was targeted by US cruise missiles a year ago. Three missiles were also fired at the Dumair military airport near Damascus.
Russia is actively seeking to remotely hijack millions of machines that direct data around the internet according to US and UK intelligence agencies.
The civil war in Yemen has ruined the country's medical system and there are warnings of growing cases of drug resistance, recorded and observed mainly by the humanitarian organisation MSF.
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