At Least 22 Killed In Clash Between Syria Troops And Defectors -- Haaretz
Syrian activist group says 15 killed in Idlib, 6 in Homs and one in Daraa; prominent Syrian opposition figure claims 10,000 killed since start of uprising in March.
At least 22 people were killed by Syrian security forces on Saturday, the opposition said, hours before the Arab League was to meet to discuss enforcing unprecedented sanctions on Damascus.
In the dissident province of Idlib near the Turkish border, clashes on Saturday between army defectors and the military resulted killing 15 people, three of them civilians, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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