Syrian Rebels’ Car Bomb Explodes Inside Aleppo Airbase
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Car bombs ripped through a military airbase in Aleppo and a pro-government area of Damascus, while suicide bombers tried to storm two police stations elsewhere in the capital. At least 25 people were reported killed in the escalating battles to control Syria’s top two cities.
Violence in Aleppo claimed at least 12 lives, the U.K.- based opposition group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said in an e-mail. The bombing at Minnigh Airport, carried out in conjunction with a missile strike, destroyed several buildings at the base, which is partially under rebel control, the group said. Syrian forces, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, launched an offensive earlier this month to retake Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and commercial center.