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Syria rebels 'kill 80 soldiers' in weekend clashes
Source: BBC
4 June 2012 Last updated at 12:46 GMT
Syria rebels 'kill 80 soldiers' in weekend clashes
At least 80 Syrian soldiers were killed by rebels over the weekend in clashes and attacks on security forces checkpoints, an activist group says.
Rebels told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that more than 100 soldiers had died in the suburbs of Damascus and Idlib province.
The Observatory said it had confirmed the names of 80 dead with local medics.
Meanwhile, the European Council's president has said the EU and Russia must combine their efforts on Syria.
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Syria rebels 'kill 80 soldiers' in weekend clashes
At least 80 Syrian soldiers were killed by rebels over the weekend in clashes and attacks on security forces checkpoints, an activist group says.
Rebels told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that more than 100 soldiers had died in the suburbs of Damascus and Idlib province.
The Observatory said it had confirmed the names of 80 dead with local medics.
Meanwhile, the European Council's president has said the EU and Russia must combine their efforts on Syria.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18322412
