Rebels captured a government military base Monday on the outskirts of Aleppo, the hotly contested Syrian metropolis that has seen more than a week of bloody clashes.
The base had about 200 Syrian troops and appeared to be under attack by rebels from three sides overnight.
"The battle lasted around nine hours," said Fazad Abdel Nasr, a rebel commander working in the northern Aleppo suburbs. Nasr said six regime soldiers and four rebel fighters were killed.
The rebels also gained heavy equipment to supplement the lesser weapons they had been fighting with.
"We captured four tanks in good condition, and they are now in the hands of the Free Syrian Army. Two were destroyed," Nasr added.
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The government appears to be reduced to using stand off weapons and apparently lacks the ground forces to take and hold the real estate within the city. The troops maybe tied down trying to hold areas they reclaimed in Damascus. The taking of the base near Aleppo suggest government forces are in the defensive in many areas and lack the fighting power needed to defeat the rebel.
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