Syria conflict: Nusra Front rebels attack Idlib

Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants and other Syrian rebel groups have attacked the government-held city of Idlib, seizing several official buildings.

The Nusra Front said its fighters killed dozens of government soldiers before being pushed back.

The Syrian government has maintained control of Idlib city in the country's north-west since it was taken over by rebel groups in 2012.

Syria's civil war, which is in its fourth year, has claimed more than 200,000 lives.

Meanwhile, a video recording believed to have been produced by Islamic State militants’ purports to show the abducted British journalist John Cantlie in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane.

In the video, Mr Cantlie refers to events from the last fortnight, including a US air drop of weapons and ammunition intended for Kurdish fighters in Kobane.

BBC