Syria rebels target regime air power (28)

Channel NewsAsia Singapore 2012.09.01 23:57
TAFTANAZ, Syria: Rebels launched deadly attacks on Syria's military Saturday in a campaign increasingly targeting its air power, as Russia said it was "naive" to expect its traditional ally not to fight back. Opposition forces captured the main air defence building in Albu Kamal on the Iraqi border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding reports suggested they had seized ground-to-air missiles.
OBSERVATORY, REBEL, DAMASCUS, ALEPPO, ENVOY, SYRIA, Syria, DZ, United Kingdom, New York, Turkey, IQ, Iran, LB, Russia, JO