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Mon, Jun 06 2016 14:46:02
Children drown as hundreds fleeing Fallujah risk lives crossing Euphrates River
Jun 6, 2016 10:25 AM EDT
At least three children and an elderly man drowned in the Euphrates River over the weekend as they attempted to flee the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Some 200 people escaping relentless violence have successfully crossed the river using inflatable rings or makeshifts rafts made up of refrigerators and tires. The…