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2013-02-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Over 50 killed in battle for Syria police academy

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Posted by Fred 2013-02-26 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 At least 53 combatants, 23 rebels including a battalion commander and 30 Syrian troops, were killed over the past 24 hours in the fighting outside the town of Khan Assal, the Britannia-based Observatory said.

It said rebels took control of a building where troops were entrenched as warplanes tried to repel them and "took hostage dozens of pro-regime orcs."

These numbers don't make a lot of sense. Attacking forces going up against entrenched opposition will usually take serious casualties unless they have air or artillery support, and the defenders don't.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2013-02-26 16:05|| 2013-02-26 16:05|| Front Page Top

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