ALJAZEERA: Syrian rebels have captured an air defence base east of Aleppo as government forces battled fighters on several fronts across the country, activists say.
The air defence base seized by the rebels was located in al-Tana village by the Koris military airport on the road east from Aleppo to al-Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.
Clashes were also taking place at a military barracks close to Maarat al-Nuaman, a town on the main highway to the
northwestern city of Aleppo, which was seized by rebel forces earlier this week, the Observatory said… (more)
