Islamist rebels continued to make gains in northern Syria Friday, taking over a hospital where government forces had been under siege for weeks.
Islamic State Militants Advance in Syria, Iraq
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Smoke rises from the national hospital, after what activists said was shelling by warplanes loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, May 22, 2015.
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This photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria.