At least 38 people, including three children and one woman, were killed in attacks staged by the Syrian regime in several cities on Wednesday, activists say..
Assad forces killed 14 in the suburbs of Damascus, 9 in Daraa, five in El Haseke, four in Homs, three in Aleppo, two in Deir-uz Zor and one in Hama, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) says.
According to the Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC), many militants and soldiers were killed in Aleppo where Free Syrian Army troops were attacked by the 80th Brigade supported by Hezbollah and the Liwa Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas brigade.
Meanwhile, in Nakiri, where Iran and Hezbollah militias maintain a significant presence, opposition forces captured 11 Assad soldiers, the SRGC statement said, adding that Assad forces attacked various Damascus regions with cannons.
In the Damascus suburb of Barze, a 500 meter long and 4 meter wide tunnel was smashed, while many armed groups were killed, Syria’s official press agency SANA said.
More than 100,000 people have been killed in almost three years of conflict in Syria and over two million Syrians are now registered as refugees in neighboring countries, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq, according to the UN. The Director for Microfinance Program at United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Alex Pollock, said last week that the total cost of almost 3-year Syria crisis reached $103.1 billion by the first half of 2013.
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