Residents react as they stand upon the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Ain Tarma in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria April 26, 2015. REUTERS/Amer Almohibany
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian jets killed at least 34 people in air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shughour in northwestern Syria on Sunday, a group monitoring the war said, one day after it was seized by Islamist fighters closing in on government-held territory by the coast.
Syrian state television said the military had ambushed some militants close to Jisr al-Shughour, which was captured on Saturday for the first time in the four-year conflict by a hardline Islamist alliance including al Qaeda.
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