08:52, 21-Jan-2018
Syrian Conflict: Gov't forces capture key air base in Idlib
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State television in Syria is reporting that government forces have fully controlled a key air base in the country's northwest.
Footage show troops fighting their way into the Abu Zuhour air base on the border of Aleppo and Idlib provinces. The base was lost to rebels in 2015. The capture is a significant one for the Syrian army. However, the United Nations say the advance has displaced more than 200-thousand civilians.