Report: Syrian troops kill 27 in village raids

Troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Asssad killed 27 youth when they raided villages in a northern provice, an opposition activists' group said on Wednesday.

The young men, all civilians, were mostly shot in the head or chest in their homes or in streets in the villages of Idita, Iblin and Balshon in Idlib province near the border with Turkey, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said. (Reuters)