The fighters, ambushed outside Damascus, are said to have been part of the al Nusra Front, an opposition group linked to al Qaeda.
Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in an ambush by forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al Assad, it has been claimed.
It took place near the town of Adra, which is situated around 22 miles east of Damascus, and is the gateway to Eastern Ghuta, a farming region where a large number of rebels are based.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group opposed to Mr al Assad, said 62 rebel fighters had been killed. It did not give a number for any loyalist casualties.
Syrian state news agency Sana also did not specify how many rebels were killed, but it did say the fighters were part of the jihadist al Nusra Front, an opposition group linked to al Qaeda.
It said the group was attempting to infiltrate Eastern Ghuta and attack a military post.
And it reported that machine guns and rocket propelled grenades were retrieved at the scene.
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