ng government troops backed by warplanes for control of at least two villages in the heavily wooded and mountai**us terrain, activists said. Rebels were battling government troops in the Latakia villages of Qastal Maaf and Nabaain, activists said. (AP Photo)" border="0" />MISHERFEH, Syria (AP) ?
Syrian forces on Thursday bombarded rebel positions with artillery and
warplanes in the Mediterranean coastal province of Latakia, trying to push back opposition fighters who over the past week made rare territorial gains in President Bashar Assad's ancestral heartland.
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