Death toll in Syria strike rises to 57, Nusra-run facility hit - monitor

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll in an air strike on a rebel-held Syrian town on Saturday climbed to 57, and the target was a court house operated by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The Observatory identified as Russian the jets that carried out the air strike on Murat al-Numan. The dead included 23 members of the Nusra Front, three women and at least one child. Russia has been mounting air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad since September. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by James Dalgleish)