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Syria: 'Deadly air strike hits Damascus petrol station' Syria: Deadly air strike 'hits Damascus petrol station'
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Dozens of people have been killed by an air strike on a petrol station in the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, activists say.Dozens of people have been killed by an air strike on a petrol station in the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, activists say.
Damascus residents say they saw burning bodies and a scene of horror after the strike on the petrol station in Mleiha district.Damascus residents say they saw burning bodies and a scene of horror after the strike on the petrol station in Mleiha district.
Unverified video footage showed charred bodies and burnt-out vehicles.Unverified video footage showed charred bodies and burnt-out vehicles.
Opposition groups say more than 44,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in 2011. An activist group said 70 people had been killed and many more wounded. Another group put the death toll at 30.
Activists told Reuters news agency that warplanes had attacked the petrol station as a consignment of fuel arrived. The figures could not be verified.
They said at least 30 people had been killed. Other activist groups put the figure at at least 50. One activist told Reuters news agency that warplanes had attacked the petrol station as a consignment of fuel arrived.
The exact figures could not be verified.
The BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus says Mleiha is not an opposition stronghold, and civilians appear to have borne the brunt of the attack.The BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus says Mleiha is not an opposition stronghold, and civilians appear to have borne the brunt of the attack.
Many of the killed or injured are women and children, she says.Many of the killed or injured are women and children, she says.
Syria is in the grip of chronic fuel shortages, and motorists often wait for hours in queues at petrol stations.
Activists told the Associated Press that a single missile had struck the station.
The strike sparked a huge explosion that engulfed vehicles that had been waiting in line.
Opposition groups say more than 44,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011.