Syrian soldiers kill militant leaders
Syrian army soldiers have killed two leaders of the foreign-sponsored militant groups in the country during separate mop-up operations in the provinces of Hama and Homs. - On Sunday, Syrian troops repelled a militant attack on a military checkpoint in the Muhardeh district of the western province of Hama, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported. A local militant leader of the terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra, identified as Suhaib Hassan al-Najeb, was killed in the process, SANA said. Unrest has gripped Syria for nearly two years, and many people, including large numbers of security forces, have been killed in the turmoil. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that the government did not start the conflict and the militant groups were the ones killing Syrian citizens and destroying the country’s infrastructure.