Syria: 'Al Qaeda' Rebels Killed In Ambush

Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in an ambush by forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al Assad, it has been claimed.

It took place near the town of Adra, which is situated around 22 miles east of Damascus, and is the gateway to Eastern Ghuta, a farming region where a large number of rebels are based.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group opposed to Mr al Assad, said 62 rebel fighters had been killed. It did not give a number for any loyalist casualties.

Syrian state news agency Sana also did not specify how many rebels were killed, but it did say the fighters were part of the jihadist al Nusra Front, an opposition group linked to al Qaeda.

It said the group was attempting to infiltrate Eastern Ghuta and attack a military post.

And it reported that machine guns and rocket propelled grenades were retrieved at the scene.

President Assad vowed last week to stamp out 'terror'

Loyalist forces have been on the offensive around Damascus since a rebel surge into towns and villages on the outskirts of the capital last year.

The army has increased its efforts to secure the city and its links to the western coast, while rebel fighters have overrun much of the north and east.

Elsewhere on Wednesday, fierce clashes reportedly broke out on the edge of the northern city of Aleppo, a day after rebel fighters occupied a nearby air base at Minnigh.

An explosion was also said to have ripped through the northern city of Raqa, killing three people including two children, according to the Observatory.

Meanwhile, UN inspectors tasked with looking into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria are expected to arrive in the war-torn country next week.

The team, led by Swedish expert Ake Sellstrom, will visit three sites where chemical weapons attacks have allegedly taken place to determine only whether they have been used - not who was behind the assaults. 

Some 13 suspected chemical weapons attacks have been reported to the United Nations in total. Both sides have been accused of using banned nerve agents.

More than 100,000 people have died in Syria's civil war and millions have been displaced since the conflict started in March 2011.

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