Activists said that more than 20 pro-Assad militants were killed on Wednesday evening when rebels blew up a booby-trapped house in the village of Arza in rural Hama, alongside barrel bomb attacks on the town of Kafr Zeita northwest of Hama. Clashes continue to rage between rebel fighters and regime forces on the outskirts of Halfaya, alongside artillery shelling on the village of Hawija. Three civilians were killed and many others wounded in artillery shelling on the village of Housh Hijo north of Homs. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Smart News)