ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Video obtained by Reuters shows clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in and around the Idlib province town of Ariha on Monday (September 9).<br/> <br />The town, in the Zawya mountain, is considered strategically important as it connects the provinces of Latakia, to the south and Aleppo to the North.<br/> <br />Rebels and Syrian government forces have been fighting for control of several towns and military bases in the Idlib province.<br/> <br />An opposition group said last week, on September 3, that Syrian forces had seized the town in a move that would open the supply line between the coastal stronghold and pockets of army control in a region that is largely rebel controlled.<br/> <br />Other activists, however, said the battle was not over and that rebels were still fighting the regime in Ariha, located near a major highway in the northern province of Idlib.
