More than 100 Assad fighters killed in clash with US in eastern Syria

Failed assault on US-controlled base comes as regime continues to bombard eastern Ghouta The United States has said it killed more than 100 fighters loyal to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad as it repelled an assault on a US-controlled base in eastern Syria, the most serious clash between the alliance led by Washington and government forces in the country. News of the battle emerged amid another bloody day in Syria that signalled the complete unraveling of a shaky nationwide ceasefire. Syria...