Outlaw groups kill 16 in Syria

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Sixteen civilians and security personnel have been killed in attacks by "outlaw groups" in southern Syria, authorities said. Damascus countryside police chief Hussam al-Tahan said on Wednesday that armed groups attacked security posts on the outskirts of Ashrafieh Sahnaya, a mainly Druze town 12 kilometres from the centre of Damascus. He said 11 security personnel were among those killed. The violence, according to