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Dozens Dies In Heavy Fighting Around Khan Sheikoun

August 19 2019

Syria

Fighting continues between Syrian government forces and rebels in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, reports the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

At least 62 rebels, including 46 members of the extremist Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) group, and 35 government soldiers were killed in fighting northwest of Khan Sheikoun the observatory said. 

Government forces are trying to encircle the town from the north and west and retake a key highway that connects the capital,...

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