VICTORY MARCH
A group of Syrian pro-government fighters walk in the village of Sheikh Ahmad near the Kweyris military air base, east of the Syrian province of Aleppo on November 10. Syrian regime troops broke a siege by IS fighters at the major military air base that lasted more than a year, and reached government forces inside the base. AFP PHOTO
A group of Syrian pro-government fighters walk in the village of Sheikh Ahmad near the Kweyris military air base, east of the Syrian province of Aleppo on November 10. Syrian regime troops broke a siege by IS fighters at the major military air base that lasted more than a year, and reached government forces inside the base. AFP PHOTO
KWEYRIS, Syria: Syria’s army broke a more than year-long jihadist siege of a military air base in the country’s north Tuesday, scoring its first major breakthrough since Russia’s air campaign began.