BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 28, 2024 (bss/AFP) - A war monitor said on Thursday more than 200 people, mostly combattants, have been killed in fighting after jihadists and allies launched a major offensive on government-controlled parts of Syria's northwest a day earlier.

The toll in ongoing battles "has risen to 182 (combattants), including 102 fighters from HTS", a jihadist group, 19 from allied factions "and 61 regime forces and allied group", said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.