Syria fighting rages in Assad's home province

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Fighting raged Saturday between rebels and loyalist forces in Syria's northern Latakia province, a day after 34 people were killed as Islamists sought to seize a border crossing into Turkey, an NGO said. The fighting has prompted President Bashar al-Assad's government to complain to the United Nations that Turkey was providing cover to rebels crossing the border from its territory. Latakia province, which includes Assad's family village, is considered a regime stronghold, and many of its residents are from his Alawite minority. Large parts of Latakia have remained relatively insulated from three years of fighting in Syria, but the province was shaken Friday as three Islamist groups battled to seize the Kasab border crossing.

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