Monitor: Nearly 100 Killed in Intensified Fighting in Syria

Intense clashes in southern Syria have killed scores of pro-government and insurgent fighters in the past week, a group monitoring Syria's war said on Sunday, forecasting even fiercer violence as the weather clears. Syria's army and allied combatants from Lebanon's Hezbollah launched a large-scale offensive in the region last week against insurgent groups including al-Qaida's Syria wing Nusra Front and non-jihadist rebels. The battle is significant because it is one of...

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