Syrian Rebels Turn Captured Tank on Assad's Forces

Rebels stepped up an offensive against government troops Thursday, using a captured tank to bomb a military air base in the commercial capital Aleppo as regime forces in the capital, Damascus, unleased new raids against them.

Rebels stepped up an offensive against government troops Thursday, using a captured tank to bomb a military air base in the commercial capital Aleppo as regime forces in the capital, Damascus, unleased new raids against them.

President Bashar al-Assad’s troops retaliated in Aleppo by pounding the strategic Salaheddine district with tank and artillery fireas rebels tried to consolidate their hold on areas they have seized.

The Britain-based syrian human rights organizations say government forces shelled a neighborhood in the city, killing seven civilians. Fighting in Syria’s most populous city, Aleppo, continues to rage on after two weeks of clashes. Fighting in Syria’s most populous city, Aleppo, continues to rage on after two weeks of clashes.