Syrian border guards killed a large number of "terrorists" who attempted to cross into the country from neighboring Turkey

Syrian border guards killed a large number of "terrorists" who attempted to cross into the country from neighboring Turkey on Sunday, the official SANA news agency said.

"The border guards managed to kill a large number of terrorists in the Ain Bayda area near Jisr al-Shughur, and the rest fled back into Turkey," SANA quoted an unnamed official as saying.

The incident occurred in Idleb province, the agency said, adding that elsewhere in the same region "several terrorists' cars, fitted with machineguns, have been destroyed, and weapons have been confiscated."

SANA said regime forces had foiled a similar attempt on Saturday, this time from Syria's border with Lebanon.