Video obtained from a social media website purports to show a massive explosion at a government building in the north Syrian city of Idlib.<br/> <br />Official media said government forces had cleared "armed terrorists" from the city, which is near the Turkish border.<br/> <br />Turkey says over twelve hundred refugees have crossed into the country in the last 48 hours - mostly women and children.<br/> <br />Refugees are processed by authorities before being taken to nearby camps.<br/> <br />Another video taken from a social media site - purportedly shot in Homs, but which Reuters cannot independently verify - shows a group of men trying to retrieve a body lying in the street whilst gunfire rings out.<br/> <br />The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three soldiers were killed in Homs on Friday, along with 45 civilians in Idlib.<br/> <br />Turkey is considering setting up a security zone along its Syrian border, and has called on all Turkish citizens in Syria to return home as soon as possible.<br/> <br />Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
