[Iran Press TV] Syrian army units say they have nabbed a number of gang leaders, blamed for violent acts in the northern area of Jisr al-Shughour.According to the Syrian TV, a large number of terrorist group members were also killed and maimed in the ambush, the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA said on Saturday.
Jisr al-Shughour has witnessed violent festivities between anti-government forces and Syrian troops during the past days.
Many residents have decamped from the area towards the Turkish border.
Syrian security forces say the situation in the area has now returned to normal.
Since the beginning of unrest in Syria in mid-March, hundreds of people, including security forces, have been killed. The opposition accuses security forces of being behind the killings. But the government blames armed gangs for the deadly violence, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.
Syrian President-for-Life Bashir
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One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
has vowed to bring those behind the killings to justice.