Army troops and opposition clash in Syria      • Print this
article   • increase decrease  Syrian troops backed by
helicopter gunships on Friday (September 21st) clashed with
opposition forces near the Hanano army barracks in Aleppo
province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Elsewhere in the province, fighting broke out between troops and
opposition forces near the Meng military airport, the monitoring
group said.  North-west of Damascus, the Observatory reported a
massive explosion believed to have been a car bomb. Heavy
gunfire was heard afterwards but there were no immediate reports
of casualties.  In Damascus, the official news agency SANA said
the army found a mass grave containing the bodies of 25 people
shot execution-style in the Qadam district.  Protesters also
took to the street in Damascus, Deraa, Hama, Aleppo and Hasaka
following Friday prayers, AFP reported.  Security forces fired
on demonstrators in Hama, arresting a number of people, while
demonstrators were wounded in Aleppo.