Syria: Scores killed in fierce fighting between army and rebels in south of Aleppo
More than 73 people were killed in fighting on Friday between Syrian government forces and opposition rebels south of Aleppo in northern Syria, according to a monitoring group.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that air attacks by government forces and heavy artillery exchanges took place in and around the village of Khan Tuman where opposition fighters from groups including the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham launched an attack on Thursday.
Khan Tuman is strategically important because it is close to the main road between Damascus and Aleppo.
The observatory said 43 of those killed were fighters with the al-Qaeda-aligned Nusra Front, which fights alongside other opposition groups in northern Syria. Thirty were members of Syrian government forces or allied militias.