Looks like the Syrian Opposition Army has seized an Army base.
Rebels Seize Syrian Army Base in a Blow to Assad
By ANNE BARNARDJUNE 9, 2015
Commanders of a coalition called the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army, which includes elements trained and armed by the United States and its Arab allies, declared that they had seized the sprawling base in a six-hour lightning advance. That suggests that the group still has some bite, even as the Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s arm in Syria, and its rival, the Islamic State, amass power and territory.
If it holds, the advance could invigorate Syrian insurgent groups that have increasingly been squeezed into irrelevance. Groups that once called themselves the Free Syrian Army have been caught in some areas between government forces and the extremist Islamic State, and, in other areas, operate with Nusra out of choice or necessity.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/world/middleeast/rebels-seize-syrian-army-base
Rebels Seize Syrian Army Base in a Blow to Assad
By ANNE BARNARDJUNE 9, 2015
Commanders of a coalition called the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army, which includes elements trained and armed by the United States and its Arab allies, declared that they had seized the sprawling base in a six-hour lightning advance. That suggests that the group still has some bite, even as the Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s arm in Syria, and its rival, the Islamic State, amass power and territory.
If it holds, the advance could invigorate Syrian insurgent groups that have increasingly been squeezed into irrelevance. Groups that once called themselves the Free Syrian Army have been caught in some areas between government forces and the extremist Islamic State, and, in other areas, operate with Nusra out of choice or necessity.
Continue reading at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/world/middleeast/rebels-seize-syrian-army-base