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The Syrian regime forces have killed 43 people including 12 children and four women on Wednesday, according to a statement made by the Syrian Network for Human Rights.

The regime attacked cities controlled by opposition forces with missile strikes and barrel bombs, targeting inhabitants of Daraa, Damascus and Homs.

In Daraa, 16 people were killed, in the countryside of Damascus 11 people lost their lives. Seven were killed in Hama, five in Homs, two each in Aleppo and Quneitra.

Moreover, the Syrian Revolution General Commission announced that the al-Nusra front had managed to seize control of the village of Tal Selmo village in Idlib province. The village is located nearby Abo Zohour airbase, which is controlled by Syrian regime forces.

Intensive clashes between the opposition forces of al-Nusra and the Syrian regime forces occurred in the area between Tal Selmo and Abo Zohour.

The Syrian regime forces airstrikes have targeted the opposition forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Daraa, the Commission said.

The Syrian Revolution General Commission represents a unified coalition of Syrian opposition groups that aim to establish a democratic government in Syria. The al-Nusra Front is an offshoot of al-Qaida in Syria.

Since 2011, a brutal civil war pits regime troops against opposition forces in Syria.  .