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After two-year siege, rebels conquer Syrian airbase in Idlib
DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. September 9, 2015, 1:06 PM (IDT)
Syria’s state-run television station announced on Wednesday that government forces had withdrawn from the Abu al-Duhur air force base in Idlib province, located in the northwestern part of the country, and abandoned it after a long battle and a siege of about two years. Besides the base, fighters from the radical Ahrar-al-Sham militia also occupied the nearby city of al-Mastouma and thus completed the rebel takeover of most of Idlib province.
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Source: http://www.debka.com/newsupdate/12617/After-two-year-siege-rebels-conquer-Syrian-airbase-in-Idlib
