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where army defectors had taken refuge, and in the coastal province of Latakia the army clashed with rebel fighters, activists said.
Activist Omar Hamza said the Damascus killings occurred after a group of soldiers defected and were pursued by forces loyal to
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into the village of Bakha north of the capital.
Four rebels and six non-combatants were killed, Hamza said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also put the corpse count at 10, but said they were all defectors..