'80 police killed' in Syria clash
Eighty Syrian policemen and security force members have been killed in an ambush and gun battle in a tense northern town, according to state TV.
The fighting occurred in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, near the Turkish border, where Syria’s military has been conducting operations for days as part of a crackdown on an uprising calling for an end to President Bashar Assad’s regime.
