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BEIRUT, Lebanon — 5 rescue employees with a civil protection institution had been killed in aerial attacks on their headquarters in northern Syria on Tuesday as violence escalated inside the important battlegrounds of Aleppo Province, where government and rebel assaults have killed dozens in current days. The rescuers died after four airstrikes and a surface-to-surface missile hit the headquarters in quick succession in Atareb, in western Aleppo Province, consistent with the institution, the White Helmets, a civilian organization that responds to attacks in rebel-held territory and says it has helped...