The government-owned Syrian Arab News Agency reported a series of clashes between security forces and `` armed terrorist groups , '' while intense fighting near the Syrian-Turkish border in recent weeks has pitted loyalist Syrian forces against the rebel Free Syrian Army . NEW : By Thursday , another 76 people had been killed in the fighting , opposition groups say . Rebels say a Syrian airstrike hits near Aleppo hospital . Turkey requests Patriot missiles amid concern over `` threats and risks '' from Syrian crisis . Comment:
NEW : By Thursday , another 76 people had been killed in the fighting , opposition groups say . Rebels say a Syrian airstrike hits near Aleppo hospital . Turkey requests Patriot missiles amid concern over `` threats and risks '' from Syrian crisis . Comment: