Syria market attack likely by Syrian government forces: U.S.

Air strikes that killed around 40 people in a crowded market in rebel territory in Syria were likely carried out by Syrian government forces, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. "It is our understanding that it was most likely regime forces, but information is still coming in," State Department spokesman John Kirby told a news briefing. Despite the bombing of the market in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, which a monitoring group said it believed was the deadliest single attack since a partial ceasefire began on Feb. 27, Kirby said the United States believed the so-called cessation of hostilities was still largely holding but fragile.

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