(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least eight regime troops were killed Tuesday when rebels attacked their bastion in coastal region, sources said.
The surprise attack took place near the village of Rabea'h in Latakia province. Eights more troops were wounded in the attack.
Last Friday, 22 regime fighters killed in rebels' ambush in the eastern front of Latakia province, Bashar al-Assad’s hometown.
The slain fighters were operating in the Tiger elite forces, led by Brigadier genral Suhail al-Hassan, the most powerful paramilitary group in Syria.
More than 125,000 pro-regime forces have been killed in seven years of brutal war, according to local monitoring groups.
The regime forces seek to uproot rebels from their last stronghold in northwestern Hama province at the gate of Alawite-dominated Ghab Plain.
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