Scores of Syrian fighters killed in army ambush near Damascus

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2. Good news given that al Nusra fighters were killed. Emblematic of the Syrian conflict that

it is one group of foreign fighters, Hezbollah, ambushed another group of foreign fighters, as Nusra.

Syrian forces 'kill many rebels' in Eastern Ghouta

Syrian government forces have ambushed and killed a large number of Islamist rebel fighters in the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, reports say.

Syrian state media says 175 died.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it has received reports that at least 70 died in the fighting in the Eastern Ghouta region.

The area is a rebel stronghold where Syrian forces are believed to have carried out a chemical weapons attack last year.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26356464