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AMMAN, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Syrian army helicopter bombardment
killed 16 rebels in the southern Hauran Plain, a strategic
region that links Damascus with Jordan, where fighting has
intensified in the last several days, opposition sources said on
Friday.
The significant loss on the rebel side came after fighters
attacked an army roadblock on Thursday near the town of Busra
al-Harir and were pursued from the air, the sources said, adding
that army artillery started also shelling the town in the last
hour.
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by
Anthony Boadle)
