Clashes between anti-government fighters and regime forces killed 51 combattants on both sides in northwestern
Syria Tuesday, a war monitor said.
Russia-backed regime fighters have for weeks been chipping away at the edges of the jihadist-run stronghold of Idlib -- a province that borders
Turkey -- after bombarding it for months.
"Violent clashes east of the town of Khan Sheikhun broke out at dawn after jihadist and opposition groups attacked regime positions," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.