Syrian rebels tighten hold on east
Syrian rebels strengthened their hold on an oil-rich province bordering Iraq today, activists said, capturing a key military base which was considered one of the last bastions for President Bashar Assad’s loyalists in the strategic region.
The reported fall of the Mayadeen base, along with its stockpiles of artillery, caps a series of advances in Deir el-Zour including last week’s seizure of a military airport.
