( CNN ) -- A fire broke out at Damascus International Airport when two mortar shells fired by rebels hit a kerosene tank and a parked plane Friday , the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said . The blaze was controlled and air traffic returned to normal operation , the agency said . The United Nations estimated in February that more than 70,000 people had died since the Syrian conflict began a little more than two years ago . At least 32 people died in violence across Syria on Friday , the opposition Local Coordination Committees said . Meanwhile , the death toll after a Thursday raid by government troops in the Syrian coastal region of Banias could be as high as 150 people , activists said Friday . Syrian state television said security forces raided the village of al-Bayda to capture terrorists . Footage on state television showed a seized cache of weapons . Activists say the incident as another example of the regime 's fierce clampdown on civilians . CNN can not independently verify reports of casualties in Syria because access by international media is heavily restricted . CNN 's Hamdi Alkhshali and Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report .
Syrian government says the raid targeted terrorists . Opposition says the violence was aimed at civilians . Dozens of people are killed in a village in the coastal region , activists say .