AlHijjah 16, 1433, Nov 1, 2012, SPA -- At least another 120 people were killed in fighting across Syria on Thursday, opposition groups, including at least 53 soldiers killed in attacks carried out by opposition fighters on military checkpoints, dpa reported. Of the total, 38 were killed in the northern province of Idlib, near the Syrian-Turkish border, which has emerged as the scene of fierce fighting between Bashar al-Assad regime troops and the opposition fighters in recent weeks, reported the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The death toll in Syria has continued to ratchet up all week, following the largely unsuccessful ceasefire over the weekend, as both sides seem prepared to carry on with the conflict, which has claimed at least 36,000 lives since March 2011.
