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60 Shiites killed in fighting in Syria

Agencia EFEJune 12, 2013 10:30

Cairo, Jun 12 (EFE).- At least 60 Shiites, the majority of them militiamen loyal to the regime of Bashar Assad, were killed in combat with rebels in a town in the northeastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday. Fighting broke out Tuesday in the town of Hatla, which has a Shiite minority, after pro-government militiamen attacked a nearby rebel position, killing two insurgents and wounding eight others, the group said.

Syria civil servant gunned down in capital

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 12:00

A Syrian civil servant was gunned down in an upscale Damascus neighbourhood, a watchdog group said on Friday, adding that six people, including four children, were killed in shelling on a district of Aleppo. Ali Ballane, public relations director at the ministry of social affairs, was shot by four armed men at the Kanun restaurant in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of the capital on Thursday evening, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Mazzeh, in the centre-west of the city, is home to a number of embassies, government buildings and intelligence service facilities.

Rebels launch fierce assaults on Syria troops: activists

Agence France-PresseFebruary 10, 2013 14:30

Syrian rebels launched fierce assaults on regime troops in several parts of the country on Sunday, including near Deir Ezzor where they used tanks to shell an army brigade, a watchdog and activists said. The rebels used tanks to shell Brigade 113 just north of the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, which they have surrounded for weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Brigade 113 and the besieged military airport of Deir Ezzor are some of the last regime holdouts in the city, whose province is largely held by the rebel fighters.

Rebels launch fierce assaults on Syria troops: activists

Agence France-PresseFebruary 10, 2013 10:16

Syrian rebels launched fierce assaults on regime troops in several parts of the country Sunday, including near Deir Ezzor where they used tanks to shell an army brigade, a watchdog and activists said. The rebels used tanks to shell Brigade 113 just north of the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, which they have surrounded for weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Brigade 113 and the besieged military airport of Deir Ezzor are some of the last regime holdouts in the city, whose province is largely held by the rebel fighters.