VIDEO: More killed as Syrian cease fire teeters on brink of irrelevance

Dozens of people were killed in Syria over the weekend, including reports of at least 23 Syrian soldiers, as the army and rebels continue to spar despite both saying they'll adhere to a United Nations-backed cease fire.

In Rastan, near the key city of Homs, at least 30 people were killed in one particularly violent clash. According to the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, speaking with the BBC, three troops carriers were destroyed in the fighting, killing the Syrian soldiers. The clash, which if born out, would be the deadliest for Syrian forces since the clashes began in early 2011.

The Syrian Observatory told the BBC that Rastan was under artillery bombardment by Syrian forces, an effort to put down the protests that have continued unabated since the Arab Spring began last year.

Clashes Erupt in Syria's Rastan
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