Syria's Al-Qaeda offshoot and other rebel groups advanced Friday towards a military airport that is the last remaining government-held facility in the **rthwestern province of Idlib, a monitor said. Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front and other Islamist groups "seized the entrance" to the Abu Duhur airport after carrying out several suicide bombings on motorbikes and "seizing several positions on its outskirts," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The so-called "Army of Conquest," a collection of Islamist and jihadist forces, captured the Idlib provincial capital in March and has since driven Syria's military from most of the province.
08-30-2015, 05:39 PM
Qaeda-led forces advance on Syria airbase: monitor
Syria's Al-Qaeda offshoot and other rebel groups advanced Friday towards a military airport that is the last remaining government-held facility in the **rthwestern province of Idlib, a monitor said. Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front and other Islamist groups "seized the entrance" to the Abu Duhur airport after carrying out several suicide bombings on motorbikes and "seizing several positions on its outskirts," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The so-called "Army of Conquest," a collection of Islamist and jihadist forces, captured the Idlib provincial capital in March and has since driven Syria's military from most of the province.
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