DHAKA: Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra following its recapture from the Islamic State (IS) group.

Syrian state news agency Sana reports, says the BBC.

The grave containing the bodies of men, women and children was uncovered on the north-eastern edge of the city.

Some had been beheaded while others had been shot, a military source told the media.

Meanwhile fighting between rebels and state forces has erupted south of the city of Aleppo, monitors said.

The rebels, including the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, captured strategic territory from the government, according to UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

A nationwide ‘cessation of hostilities’ has been in place for over a month but it excludes both the Nusra front and IS.

BDST: 1220 HRS, APR 03, 2016
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