Syrian group demands investigation into killings

By Zeina Karam

Published February 27, 2014 8:20pm ET

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Syrian group demands investigation into killings — This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows dead bodies of Syrian rebels south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Syrian army troops killed scores of rebels Wednesday state media reported, a major attack targeting mostly al-Qaida-linked fighters as part of a government effort to secure the capital.(AP Photo/SANA) | HOPD

BEIRUT (AP) — The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group demanded an investigation Thursday into an ambush by government forces that state media said killed 175 rebels near Damascus a day earlier.

The Syrian National Coalition disputed the government report, saying the people killed were civilians trying to escape the siege imposed by President Bashar Assad’s forces on suburbs of the Syrian capital.

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