<span style="color: #222222;">In Syria, at least 13 people were killed today in a fight between government forces and insurgents in the country's northwest. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government media said the exchange of a barrage of rockets during the fight also hit a government-run hospital killing five people there.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The insurgents' fire came amid heightened tensions following days of government fire on villages and towns on the edge of the enclave.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The violence strained a fragile months-old truce negotiated between Russia and Turkey that averted a government offensive on Idlib and surrounding areas, the last major rebel stronghold in the country. </span><br />