73 killed as rebels take village from Syria govt
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 73 people were killed when Syrian rebels seized a village near Aleppo from government forces. The rebels included the al Qaeda-linked Nusra front. The dead included 43 rebels and 30 government forces. Notably, a ceasefire was brokered in Aleppo this week, where around 300 people were killed in the last two weeks.  