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<blockquote data-quote="LoveBeingAMuslimah" data-source="post: 68590482" data-attributes="member: 323708"><p>It went up to about $188,400. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/syrian-rebels-seize-government-air-base-idlib-nusra-150909081332853.html" target="_blank"> rebels captured Abu az-Zuhur military airport</a> on 9/9/15! </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #808080">Obai Shahbandar, a defence analyst, told Al Jazeera that the loss of the base was a blow to the Syrian government. ....."This was certainly a military and political embarrassment for Bashar al-Assad," Shahbandar said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #808080">...the group had taken advantage of an <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/sandstorm-envelops-lebanon-syria-150908095341326.html" target="_blank">ongoing sandstorm</a> in the region to advance on the base. "The regime couldn't shell around the area because their planes could not shell accurately and they couldn't see," the source said.</span></p><p></p><p>Another<a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/09/10/Key-Syrian-airbase-in-Idlib-province-falls-to-rebels/4741441892845/" target="_blank"> source</a>: </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #808080"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34196438" target="_blank">The rebels now control almost the entire province</a>, which borders Turkey, with the Syrian army completely driven out, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.</span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/syrian-rebels-seize-government-air-base-idlib-nusra-150909081332853.html" target="_blank">The rebels' success at the Abu al-Duhur airbase</a>, though, was a coalition effort organized under a unifying mission called "Army of Conquest," funded with a new receipt of cash and weapons from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.</span></p><p></p><p>A bit about the airport (article from late July) that has been besieged by the rebels for the past 2 years: </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #808080"> In the countryside of Idleb, the regime still holds Abu az-Zuhur military airport – <strong>the only airport in the province still in regime's hands</strong>. The airport is located in the desert between the southeast of Maraat an-Numan and the east of the city of Saraqeb in the countryside of Idleb. </span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #808080">Regime forces previously used the airport in former military operations to bomb areas in the countryside of Idleb... </span></p><p><span style="color: #808080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #808080">Opposition forces managed to enter the airport in May 2013, disabling the movement of warplanes after destroying the runway. "The disabled airport now receives supplies via helicopters", confirmed opposition military sources. </span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/29541/Last_Regime_Strongholds_Idleb_Within_Rebel_Sights" target="_blank">Last Regime Strongholds in Idleb within Rebel Sights</a></p><p></p><p>Other rebels also liberated the village of Markabah in northern Hama on the same day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoveBeingAMuslimah, post: 68590482, member: 323708"] It went up to about $188,400. :) The[URL='http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/syrian-rebels-seize-government-air-base-idlib-nusra-150909081332853.html'] rebels captured Abu az-Zuhur military airport[/URL] on 9/9/15! [COLOR=#808080]Obai Shahbandar, a defence analyst, told Al Jazeera that the loss of the base was a blow to the Syrian government. ....."This was certainly a military and political embarrassment for Bashar al-Assad," Shahbandar said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#808080]...the group had taken advantage of an [URL='http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/sandstorm-envelops-lebanon-syria-150908095341326.html']ongoing sandstorm[/URL] in the region to advance on the base. "The regime couldn't shell around the area because their planes could not shell accurately and they couldn't see," the source said.[/COLOR] Another[URL='http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/09/10/Key-Syrian-airbase-in-Idlib-province-falls-to-rebels/4741441892845/'] source[/URL]: [COLOR=#808080][URL='http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34196438']The rebels now control almost the entire province[/URL], which borders Turkey, with the Syrian army completely driven out, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. [URL='http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/syrian-rebels-seize-government-air-base-idlib-nusra-150909081332853.html']The rebels' success at the Abu al-Duhur airbase[/URL], though, was a coalition effort organized under a unifying mission called "Army of Conquest," funded with a new receipt of cash and weapons from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.[/COLOR] A bit about the airport (article from late July) that has been besieged by the rebels for the past 2 years: [COLOR=#808080] In the countryside of Idleb, the regime still holds Abu az-Zuhur military airport – [B]the only airport in the province still in regime's hands[/B]. The airport is located in the desert between the southeast of Maraat an-Numan and the east of the city of Saraqeb in the countryside of Idleb. Regime forces previously used the airport in former military operations to bomb areas in the countryside of Idleb... Opposition forces managed to enter the airport in May 2013, disabling the movement of warplanes after destroying the runway. "The disabled airport now receives supplies via helicopters", confirmed opposition military sources. [/COLOR] [URL='http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/29541/Last_Regime_Strongholds_Idleb_Within_Rebel_Sights']Last Regime Strongholds in Idleb within Rebel Sights[/URL] Other rebels also liberated the village of Markabah in northern Hama on the same day. [/QUOTE]
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