Syria: Syrian army enter Jisr Al-Shughur and clashed with armed groups
Syrian forces Sunday entered the town of Jisr Al-Shughur and clashed with “armed groups”, state television said. “Army divisions entered Jisr al-Shughur and purged the state hospital of armed groups,” the television report said.
“Violent clashes pitched the army divisions against armed groups positioned inside and around the town,” it added. The army entered the town “after defusing dynamite placed on the bridges and roads by the armed groups,” the report said, adding that “two armed men were killed and many more arrested, with machine guns also seized.”