Syrian rebels capture military base

An Islamist faction of Syrian rebels captured an infantry base in the northern city of Aleppo, its fighters said, as rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad advance on the country’s largest city.

It was the second major army installation the rebels overran in a week in Aleppo, as the civil war closes in on Assad’s troops and fighting intensifies in and around the capital, Damascus. The fighters have also seized air bases near both cities in recent weeks.