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Syria rebels kill 78 soldiers, attack checkpoints

By Barbara Surk
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Syria rebels kill 78 soldiers, attack checkpoints

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels killed 78 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said.

The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds more.

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