Worst violence in Syria since Assad fall as dozens killed in clashes
A group that has been monitoring the civil war said 71 people died in clashes between the two sides.
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It is the worst violence in Syria since rebels toppled Assad in December and installed an Islamist transitional government.
A war monitoring group, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said more than 70 people have been killed.
A curfew has been imposed in the cities of Homs, Latakia and Tartous, where the fighting has broken out.
BBC Verify confirmed the location of two videos posted online that showed gunmen shooting repeatedly at a building, igniting a fire inside, in Homs on Thursday evening.
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