At least 87 Syrian soldiers killed—NGO

In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon against Syrian Army positions in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

BEIRUT—At least 87 soldiers in the Syrian army have been killed in the day’s fighting — the heaviest toll since the start of the conflict, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday.

“More than 70 percent of the deaths today are soldiers, that shows the intensity of the fighting,” said the Observatory’s president, Rami Abdel Rahman. The group compiles its figures from a network of contacts on the ground.