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A heavy sandstorm sweeps across parts of the Middle East, hospitalizing hundreds in Lebanon and disrupting the fighting in neighboring Syria. Mana Rabiee reports.
At least three people are reported dead and 30 others wounded after air strikes blamed on Syrian government forces hit a market in Idlib, setting it ablaze. Mana Rabiee reports.
Syrian government forces launch a volley of air strikes on the city of Raqqa which is under the control of Islamic State militants, killing at least seven civilians. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Emergency crews work overnight amid smoking debris at the site of deadly Israeli strikes on the Iranian consulate in Damascus which killed a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members of the force, according to Syrian and Iranian officials. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).