Rebels kill 27 soldiers in Syria

Friday, December 16, 2011

BEIRUT -- Army defectors killed 27 government forces Thursday in apparently coordinated attacks that were among the deadliest by rebel troops since the uprising began nine months ago. The escalating unrest prompted Canada to advise thousands of its citizens in Syria to leave.

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