The Nusra front - a Syrian branch of al Qaeda claims it has taken control of a base next to the country's main north-south highway.<br/> <br />Until now, forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had managed to repel numerous attacks on the base, which has been surrounded by insurgents for two years.<br/> <br />Footage shows a rebel fighter speaking of the spoils of war as he stands in front of an armored vehicle.<br/> <br />The video, which can not be independently verified by Reuters, comes as the European Union backs a UN plan for peace in northern Syria.<br/> <br />EU foreign ministers threw their weight behind a U.N. plan for a truce in Aleppo on Monday.<br/> <br />The hope is to freeze the fighting in Aleppo in an effort to try to get humanitarian assistance into the city that is split between opposition fighters and government troops.<br/> <br />Here in Idlib province few signs of peace in a war that has raged for more than three years killing some 200,000 people.
