Syria Forces Kill 30 Defectors In Ambush Near Damascus, Say Rebels

Reports: 30 Syrian Army Defectors Killed In Ambush
A horse runs in a pasture next to an old Israeli tank in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on the border with Syria, Friday, March 8, 2013. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in 1967 Mideast war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A horse runs in a pasture next to an old Israeli tank in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on the border with Syria, Friday, March 8, 2013. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in 1967 Mideast war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

AMMAN, March 12 (Reuters) - Loyalist Syrian forces killed at least 30 army deserters in an ambush on the Damascus Airport road on Tuesday as opposition fighters were guiding them on foot to a rebel-held district, opposition sources said.

"They were crossing the highway to Eastern Ghouta when they were ambushed," a rebel commander in the region said on condition of anonymity. He was referring to a part of the eastern outskirts of Damascus that is held by the opposition. (Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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