Syrian government battles rebels

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Syrian government forces and rebels battle outside city of Hama

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Syrian state media said troops had pushed back rebels north of the city, but rebels denied losing ground.

Hama is 110km ( 70 miles ) south of Aleppo, which rebels captured last week .

Monitoring group says government forces have retaken several villages in counter-attack.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that more than 600 people have been killed, including 107 civilians.

HTS and its allies said last week they had launched an offensive to deter aggression’ But it came at a time when the government’s allies were preoccupied with other conflicts.

The Iran -backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has suffered recently from Israel 's offensive in Lebanon .

Russia has also been also distracted by the war in Ukraine .

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