After seizing strategic airbase of Taftanaz, rebels turn to their main target: Presidential palace in Damascus. 'With Allah's help, we are headed in your direction Bashar,' websites affiliated with rebels state
Roi Kais and AP Published: 01.11.13, 21:40 / Israel News
VIDEO - Syrian rebels celebrated one of their greatest accomplishments on Friday: After months of fighting, in a significant blow to the government of President Bashar Assad, they managed to gain control of the strategic airbase of Taftanaz.
The Taftanaz air base in the northern Idlib province is considered the biggest field in the country's north for helicopters used to bomb rebel-held areas and deliver supplies to government troops.
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"With Allah's help, we are headed in your direction, Bashar," the rebels said in a statement published on rebel-affiliated websites, which celebrated the takeover.
"We should enjoy this victory," one website wrote. "A first airport has fallen in the hands of rebels of the Jabhat al-Nusra Jihad fighters."
Another website said, "We bring you the good news of the liberation of the military airport of Taftanaz and its complete purification. This airport is the biggest helicopter base in northern Syria and the second biggest in all of Syria, and is the gate for the liberation of the Idlib province with the help of Allah."
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