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Forty-eight hour battle for two Syrian bases leaves 180 dead

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In the northwest Syrian city of Idlib, rebels show off their spoils of war.<br/> <br />Video posted on Tuesday, that Reuters can't independently verify, purports to show the rebels after they seized heavy weaponry and tanks inside a military camp.<br/> <br />The voice in the video says 'The tanks are everywhere, thanks to God almighty.'<br/> <br />Rebels say they've captured the camp from government forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad.<br/> <br />It's been a two-day battle for control of this and another, larger, military camp.<br/> <br />A monitoring group says 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed in the fighting, and around 120 soldiers were captured.<br/> <br />More video purports to show Islamic State fighters entering the camp.<br/> <br />The insurgent fighters reportedly included al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra front.<br/> <br />The larger military base they took on Monday sits on the country's main north-south highway that links Aleppo with the capital Damascus.

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