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Rebels seize control of al-Mastouma camp, Assad's main stronghold in Idlib
2015-05-20
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Syrian Salafist tough guys on Tuesday have seized full control of regime's powerful stronghold of of al-Mastouma camp in Idlib province, for the first time since the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, activists said.

The alliance of Islamist groups, including the Nusra Front, who seized large parts of al-Mastouma town days ago, has taken full control of Bashir al-Assad mail stronghold in Idlib province.

Rebels have held captive 10 Army soldiers ad their comrades fled to Ariha town.

Army of Fatah, a reference to the conquests that spread Islam across the Middle East from the seventh century, has seized swathes of territory northern Syrian since late of March 2015 including Idlib city and Jisr al-Shughour town.

On Sunday, fighters of Fatah Army has captured 12 checkpoints after a huge boom-mobile targeted al-Mastouma camp as weel they captured al-Muqbela, the neighboring village of al-Mastouma.

In relevant development, a new chlorine attack has taken place in Mishmishan village in the Syrian north-western province, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said Tuesday.

SNHR said at least 19 victims suffocating due to chlorine gas attack on Mishmishan village near the captured town of Jisr al-Shughour.

Last Friday, chlorine gas bomb on Mishmishan killed two children and left 20 suffocation cases recorded.

The chlorine attacks come amid significant gains made in northern Syria by Fatah Army, an alliance of Islamist groups that seized Idlib, the strategic town of Jisr al-Shughour and military bases.

Syria's four-year-old war has killed more than 220,000 people and forced millions out of their homes.
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