“More than 50 rebels and jihadists were killed in fighting in northeast Syria’s Hasakeh province as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) overran a town bordering Iraq, an NGO said Sunday. ‘The number of Al Nusra Front and rebel fighters killed in battles [Saturday] against Isil in the strategic town of Markada in the south of Hasake province has risen to 39,’ said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.”
Source: More than 50 Syria rebels, jihadists killed | GulfNews.com
