Syrian troops kill several militants in Aleppo

Syrian Army soldiers have killed several foreign-backed militants fighting government forces in the flashpoint city of Aleppo.

The Army killed and wounded many members of a “terrorist group” in the fighting in Aleppo, the official SANA news agency reported on Monday.

Government troops also repelled a militant attack on a police academy in the northern city.

In addition, the security forces engaged militants on the outskirts of Damascus and killed several armed men on Monday. The Syrian troops also destroyed their hideouts and confiscated weapons.

On Sunday, the Syrian Army killed a large number of militants in the cities of Daraya, an-Nabk, Homs, Hama, and Douma.

And a unit of the Syrian armed forces ambushed militants in the town of Tebat al-Imam in the countryside near Hama and seized weapons.

An Army unit also confiscated weapons and munitions from militants who were travelling in a vehicle in the town of Nawa in the countryside near Daraa.

The cache included sniper rifles, assault rifles, bullets, detonators, and wires for explosive devices.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of security personnel, have been killed in the violence.

The Syrian government says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants fighting the Syrian government are foreign nationals.

And several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored militants of committing war crimes.