Syrian Rebels Take Air Defense Base
Unlikely to use some of the captured weapons
Syrian rebels say they captured an air defense base with a cache of missiles outside Damascus, a rare advance in a city where President Bashar Assad's forces have them on the back foot.
A video posted on YouTube shows dozens of rebels dressed in army fatigues celebrating as black smoke rises from a military installation behind them.
A middle-aged man holding an assault rifle says the assault on the base, in the Eastern Ghouta area was carried out by a rebel battalion from the town of Douma—both places are a few miles east of the capital.
