Syrian activists say Bashar Al-Assad's regime troops have killed at least 75 opposing fighters over 24 hours in battles for control of the capital, Damascus. The death toll reported by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday included 49 fighters killed in an ambush in Damascus' northeastern suburb of Adra early Sunday. The group says an elite unit loyal to Bashar Al-Assad ambushed the fighters as they were trying to push into the city, according to a report of the Associated Press. The Observatory reported that another 17 fighters died in fighting Sunday in central Damascus, while another nine were killed in its suburbs. It was one of the deadliest days for the opposition in the 2-year-old conflict, which has killed 93,000 people.
