Children wail as schoolhouse destroyed by airstrikes in Syria

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Thursday, December 29, 2016
Children wail as schoolhouse leveled by airstrikes in Syria
Raw video shows schoolchildren frantically escaping after an airstrike leveled their campus in Syria.

DAMASCUS, Syria (WPVI) -- We're getting in new video from Damascus province, where schoolchildren reacted in horror after several heavy airstrikes.

Officials said at least 10 people are dead, and a great many more have been injured.

The Syrian Civil Defense shared the dramatic videos, which show rescuers pulling people out of the rubble in Douma.

Three people were found dead in Irbin, officials said.

Video from the city of Irbin shows children crying in the street as they are forced to flee their school, or face certain danger from oncoming airstrikes.