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France convicts 3 who tried to fight in Syria

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07-03-2014 | 06:44

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Syrian activists say at least 17 rebels have been killed in a battle with government troops for an opposition stronghold near the border with Lebanon.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the opposition fighters died in overnight clashes with troops loyal to President Bashar Assad near Yabroud.

The town is the last rebel stronghold in Syria's mountainous Qalamoun region that stretches to the border with Lebanon.

The Observatory says government aircraft carried out six air strikes on rebel positions on the outskirts of Yabroud on Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the attacks

Backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters, Assad's troops have been on a punishing offensive there since November to cut off supply routes to rebels from Lebanon.

On another note, a Paris court convicted three young men who tried unsuccessfully to travel to Syria to join militant fighters.

The court handed down prison terms ranging from two to five years on Friday for criminal association with the intent to commit terrorism.

The three men, aged between 21 and 26, were arrested in 2012 before they could board their plane in France.

A 14-year-old girl was stopped last week in Lyon before boarding her flight to Turkey, according to the prosecutor's office in Grenoble, her hometown. Turkey is the common route to Syria.

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