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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Taftanaz

Rescue workers and bystanders surround a building damaged by a rocket attack, that killed at least 12 people, in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday (photo credit: AP/SANA)
January 23, 2013, 5:24 pm
6 family members killed in Syrian rebel stronghold
No plans to evacuate tens of thousands of Russian citizens from war zone after 77 leave for Moscow Wednesday
Smoke rises due to heavy shelling in Taftanaz, Idlib province, northern Syria, on Thursday, January 10, 2013. (photo credit: Shaam News Network/AP)
January 11, 2013, 2:21 pm
Syrian rebels say they seized key air base
Taftanaz, near Idlib, considered Assad’s biggest field in the north of the country
Smoke rises due to heavy shelling in Taftanaz, Idlib province, northern Syria, on Thursday, January 10, 2013. (photo credit: Shaam News Network/AP)
January 11, 2013, 1:34 am
Syrian rebels seize parts of strategic air base
At stake is the biggest field for helicopters used to bomb rebel-held areas in the north and deliver supplies for regime forces
By Zeina Karam
A Free Syrian Army fighter stands on a vehicle as he holds his weapon in Taftanaz village, Idlib province, northern Syria, January 3, 2013 (AP/Shaam News Network)
January 3, 2013, 1:49 pm
After being repelled, rebels renew battle for strategic Syrian air base
Heavy fighting also reported in suburb outside Damascus
Journalist James Foley in Aleppo, Syria, in November, 2012. (photo credit: Nicole Tung/AP/freejamesfoley.org)
January 3, 2013, 4:20 am
American journalist kidnapped by gunmen in Syria
James Foley’s abduction over a month ago highlights growing risk to reporters seeking to cover war-ravaged country
This video image shows Syrian rebels with a captured helicopter at an air base near the capital Damascus in November, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
January 2, 2013, 1:11 pm
Syrian rebels renew assault on northern airbase
Opposition forces have stepped up attacks on military airports in recent weeks in an effort to whittle-down the Assad regime’s air superiority
By Bassam Mroue
Syrian rebels confront government troops in Aleppo in late October (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)
November 3, 2012, 1:05 pm
Syrian rebels fight government troops for control of airbase
Strategic site located between Damascus and Aleppo
By AP and ToI Staff
Syrian opposition fighters taking video or photo images of Syrian forces parachuting (photo credit: screenshot)
August 30, 2012, 7:48 pm
Rebels claim to down Syrian jet
Purported video of incident shows two people parachuting to the ground as men chant and fire their rifles
By Greg Tepper and AP
August 29, 2012, 12:59 pm
Syrian rebels claim to capture Assad airbase, destroy 10 choppers
Opposition sources in Aleppo reportedly find stash of gas masks for chemical weapons strike
By Ilan Ben Zion
This citizen journalist image obtained by AP shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed in the shelling in Taftanaz, Syria. AP cannot independently verify the location, content, or authenticity of the photo. (photo credit: AP)
June 18, 2012, 10:37 am
Massacre haunts Syrian town, two months on
Destruction in Taftanaz nearly decimated town; two-thirds of residents have fled
By Ben Hubbard
Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during a funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, April 7, 2012 (photo credit: AP)
April 7, 2012, 8:39 am
Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves
Thousands stream into Turkey with stories of massacres and burned-out homes
This citizen journalist image obtained by the Associated Press on Friday, April 6, 2012. purportedly shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed in recent shelling in Taftnaz, Syria. (photo credit: AP)
April 6, 2012, 7:11 pm
Syria steps up offensives ahead of cease-fire
As troops shell restive areas, stream of refugees fleeing to neighboring Turkey picks up considerably
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