Syria: Major airbase falls to rebels, Syrian troops driven from Idlib province
Syrian government troops have lost control over a major military airbase in the northwestern province of Idlib.
The troops pulled out of the Abu al-Duhur base after a two-year siege by Islamist-led rebels, according to a news flash broadcast Wednesday on Syrian state television.
The rebels have now secured control over nearly all of Idlib province – but it is still not entirely clear which faction controls the province.
It is believed the fighters who seized the base are members of the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra (Al Nusra Front) group.