BEIRUT - Clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters killed 14 rebels in a flare-up overnight along a strategic corridor between Damascus and the Lebanese border, activists said Thursday. The fighting in Zabadani — a town near Damascus and the last rebel stronghold in the area — is part of the larger battle for control of the mountainous Qalamoun region, stretching from the Syrian capital to the border with Lebanon. President Bashar Assad's forces, backed by Lebanese militant Hezbollah fighters, launched an offensive in Qalamoun in mid-November, ousting rebels from the area and cutting their supply routes from Lebanon. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which gathers reports from opposition activists on the ground, the latest bout of clashes killed 14 rebels and an unknown number of soldiers.
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