Syria air strikes kill dozens in rebel town: monitor

Syria air strikes kill dozens in rebel town: monitor Syrian air strikes on a besieged rebel town in the heart of the country have killed nearly 50 people over the past two days, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. “On Tuesday, 25 people, including seven women and a child, were killed in air strikes on Talbisseh, in Homs province,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that a rebel commander was also among the dead. On Monday, air strikes killed 23 people in the town, which has been under siege by the army ever since rebels seized it two year ago. Activists appealed for help on Facebook. “The town’s hospital has received a large number of wounded patients. The hospital has no more medicines or bandages,” said one activist from Talbisseh. A security source in Damascus confirmed the air strikes. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/syria-air-strikes-kill-dozens-rebel-town-monitor/#sthash.XTrcoPev.dpuf