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Floods kill 5 in Syria, force hundreds of families from camps

LONDON: Flooding across the Syrian Arab Republic has killed five people, including four children, and left five others missing, the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management said on Thursday evening. Search operations continued in rural areas of Raqqa, Deir Ezzor and Aleppo as rescue crews responded to heavy rain and flash floods that damaged roads, bridges and public facilities across six provinces. Syrian Civil Defense teams rescued 25 people trapped by floodwaters or stranded in vehicles