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Qaeda-linked Syria group kills 21 regime forces: monitor
BEIRUT, March 3, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A Syrian jihadist group linked to Al-
Qaeda killed 21 regime and allied forces Sunday near Idlib province, in one
of the deadliest breaches of a six-month-old truce deal, a monitor said.
“At dawn, 21 fighters from the regime forces or allied militia were killed
in an attack by Ansar al-Tawhid jihadists,” the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1444 hrs