Syrian government forces kill scores of insurgents in the city of Aleppo 0608121

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Saturday, August 4, 2012, 06:51 PM

Syrian government forces kill scores of insurgents in the city of Aleppo.

Syrian government forces clashed Saturday, August 4, 2012, with armed insurgent groups in three districts of the unrest-hit Aleppo province, leaving scores dead or injured, the state-run SANA news agency said. The clashes erupted in Salahuddien, Sukarry, and Hamadanieh areas, SANA quoted an official source as saying.

A Syrian government forces T-72 tank is seen from Salah al-Din neighbourhood in central Aleppo August 4, 2012.

Meanwhile, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a total of 70 people have been killed so far Saturday, including 47 unarmed civilians.

It said the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood in Aleppo is being violently bombarded by regime forces, adding that the initial reports indicate that buildings have collapsed in the neighbourhood as a result of the shelling.

It said the rebel fighters in the Furdous neighbourhood of Aleppo attacked and destroyed the neighbourhood representative's offices.

The Observatory said that violent clashes between rebel and regime forces are taking place in the Damascus suburb of Arbeen.

Meanwhile, Syrian army troops uncovered Saturday a mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Yalda, combining unidentified number of bodies that belong to civilians and army personnel.

The mass grave was dug up when the army entered the area earlier Saturday. The area had been controlled by the rebels over the past days.