Syria says killed 300 insurgents to free besieged soldiers in Idlib‬

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian army air strikes killed at least 300 insurgents and wounded hundreds more during a military operation to free besieged troops at a hospital in northwestern Syria, state television said on Sunday. Dozens of Syrian troops, who had been holed up since April in the Jisr al-Shughour hospital in Idlib province, were freed on Friday. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; editing by David Clarke)