BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels retook most of a military base in northern Syria from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday after two days of fighting in which at least 60 people have been killed, a monitoring group said.
The heavy fighting reflects the strategic importance of the 80th Brigade army base, a few hundred metres (yards) from Aleppo airport on the eastern approaches of the disputed city.
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