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Idlib mosque blast toll up to 31 -- SOHR

AMMAN, July 4 (KUNA) -- The death toll rose to 31 members of Jabhat Al-Nusra and other associated groups killed in an explosion targeting a mosque in the city of Ariha, northwest of Syria, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Saturday.
In a statement, the SOHR confirmed the bombing killed five Syrian and Arab leaders of Jabhat al-Nusra, adding that no information was available on who was behind the attack.
Several anti-regime factions have executed eight people on charges of insurgency, SOHR added.
In addition, Aleppo city neighborhoods are witnessing violent clashes between regime forces, Lebanese Hezbollah and their allied gunmen, while both sides' causalities are being reported.
The SOHR pointed out 29 gunmen, including group leaders, were killed in clashes with security forces at a mosque on outskirts of Al-Zahra neighborhood. (Pick up previous) tk.hs