DAMASCUS
At least 72 people, including seven children and four women, were killed in air and ground operations carried out across Syria on Tuesday by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime, opposition activists have claimed.
The London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights watchdog said on Wednesday that 25 were killed in Idlib, 13 in the suburbs of Damascus, 12 in Aleppo, 10 in Homs, four in Daraa, three in Deir-ez Zor, two in both Haseke and Latakia, and one in Hama.
Meanwhile, Syrian government's official news agency SANA claimed security forces "neutralized" a large number of armed groups during operations in Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia and Homs.
More than 100,000 people have been killed during the ongoing three-year conflict in Syria, which has also internally displaced more than 6.5 million people, according to the UN.
More than two million Syrians are now registered as refugees in neighboring countries, including Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
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