Scores of Assad Troops killed near Morek in Hama Province

Syrian opposition media and EA World View sources claim rebels have decimated a Syrian battalion in the latest fighting near Morek, on the main highway from Hama north to Idlib Province.

The sources say at least 36 Syrian troops were killed — there are claims of up to 100 casualties — and destroyed four battle tanks and heavily damaged three others as insurgents took the regime base:

Partly in response to failure to take the town, Syrian warplanes have dropped chlorine canisters on both Kafrzita to the west and al-Tamaneh to the north on several occasions since early April.

Source: EAWorld View