Activist: Clashes in Syrian western town kill 8

A leading Syrian activist says at least eight people have died in ongoing clashes in a western border town that has become the latest place targeted by the regime's crackdown.

The human rights activist says eight people were killed in Talkalakh on Wednesday, raising the number of those killed in the town since Saturday to at least 34. He says 19 Syrian soldiers have also died there. (AP)