TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**<br/> <br />A key Syrian military base in the hands of rebels --- and a warning to President Bashar al Assad from the rebels' leader.<br/> <br />Rockets are now directed at the presidential palace. Give up your throne or else, Captain Abdullah Babhoh says to the camera in this latest video posted to a social media website.<br/> <br />Pointing a surface to air missile, he says we will liberate Damascus in 24 hours.<br/> <br />Three soldiers taken prisoner.<br/> <br />Reuters cannot independently verify the content of this video or reports rebels seized the base with help from those inside.<br/> <br />Their hold on the base was short-lived, however. Rebels looted the installation of machine guns and bullets, but no missiles were fired before the army rained down artillery and forced the rebels out.<br/> <br />The action comes amid reports of yet another massacre -- this latest one in al Haffeh. Parents in the predominantly Sunni village are in mourning after what locals say has been seven straight days of heavy shelling by government forces.<br/> <br />Deborah Gembara, Reuters
