50 dead as Syria rebels take border town
- Published: 7 Oct 2012 at 02.49
- Online news: World
Nearly 50 soldiers and rebels were killed on Saturday in clashes near Syria's northern border, as Turkey hit back against what it said was new mortar fire from inside Syria.
A Syrian rebel runs across a heavily damaged street to dodge sniper fire during clashes with government forces in the Saif al-Dawla district of the northern city of Aleppo.
Damascus, for its part, said four Turks were among a convoy of "terrorists" killed in the heart of Aleppo, just hours after UN condemnation of deadly jihadist bombings in the country's commercial capital.
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