27 killed by Assad forces in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria

Syrian regime held operations with heavy weapons in various provinces of the country, leaving 27 people dead, said Syrian Network For Human Rights on Wednesday. 

Regime forces killed nine people in the outskirts of Damascus, six in Daraa, four each in Aleppo and Idlib, two in Raqa, and one each in Hama and Homs, underscored the network. 

Meanwhile, Syrian Local Coordination Committee (LCC) said a great number of homes were damaged as a result of barrel bomb attacks in rebel-controlled areas.

SANA, the Syrian official news agency, announced that the security forces neutralized many armed groups during operations across the country. 

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