Regime Attacks İn Syria Kill 42, Opposition Says

Syrian opposition activists have claimed that at least 42 people have been killed in operations allegedly carried out by President Bashar al-Assad's regime forces. 



Eighteen people were killed in the suburbs of Damascus, seven in Hama, four in Idlib, four in Aleppo, three in Daraa, three in Deir-ez Zor, one each in Quneitra, Lattakia and Homs the London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights watchdog said Thursday.



Army helicopters dropped several bombs, in Aleppo's Anadan town, and many houses were destroyed, according to a report from the Local Coordination Committee of Syria.



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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