SYRIA: Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows Syrian rebels in control of a military base in the northern town of Daret Ezzah after fierce fighting with government troops

Record ID: 281109

  • Title: SYRIA: Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows Syrian rebels in control of a military base in the northern town of Daret Ezzah after fierce fighting with government troops
  • Date: 26th June 2012
  • Summary: DARET EZZAH, ALEPPO PROVINCE, SYRIA, (JUNE 24, 2012) (AMATEUR VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) SIGN READING: DARET EZZAH ROOFTOPS OF BUILDINGS IN EZZAH VARIOUS OF TARGETED STREET REBELS SIGN WARNING AGAINST APPROACHING OR FILMING MILITARY ZONE DAMAGED MILITARY VEHICLES SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDING AND REBELS ENTERING BUILDING VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDING REBELS SEARCHING I
  • Embargoed: 11th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA5QDLJYNWB1T32LR7CJOOYGR69
  • Story Text: Syrian rebels gained control over an military base in the northern town of Daret Ezzah after heavy fighting with government troops.
    Amateur video obtained by Reuters, shot on June 24, showed the headquarters of the air defence battalion on fire. Bodies of said to be three Syrian army soldiers could be seen lying in the ground.
    Rebels said they attacked the battalion after co-ordinating with a group of defectors from inside the battalion 49 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Aleppo province centre.
    "The free army battalions in western rural Aleppo liberated the battalion 1041 in the area of Jabal al Sheikh Barakat in the town of Daret Ezzah. Thank God, we have full control over the location with the help of defecting soldiers from inside the battalion. We seized all artillery including anti-aircraft systems and light personal weapons," army defector Abu jehad said.
    Military hardware and weapons including loaded rocket launcher and radar systems were seized by the rebels, rebels said.
    The United Nations has said more than 10,000 people have been killed by government forces since the outbreak of protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule in March 2011. Syria says at least 2,600 members of the military and security forces have been killed by what it calls foreign-backed "Islamist terrorists."
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