Scrambling for position ---rebels in northern Syria launched rockets at a military base as both sides battle for control in this latest video posted to a social media website whose content Reuters cannot independently verify.<br/> <br />The fighting comes a day after President Bashar al Assad delivered a critical speech --- his first in almost seven months.<br/> <br />Safwan Okashah, a member of Syrian opposition dismissed Assad's speech.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Safwan Okashah, Syrian Opposition activist, and Member of the National Coordination Body saying:<br/> <br />"There will not be an international agreement on such an initiative because it does not respond to the inspirations of Syrian people and because it does not form a realistic base to resolve the problem in Syria. The international agreement will be on an initiative that will take us to the solution and not complicate the current situation."<br/> <br />Since his (Assad) last address, rebels have made critical advances in the north and in the east and are moving in on the capital where Assad is entrenched.<br/> <br />Tension on the border is also high. U.S. cargo planes carrying parts of patriot missiles began arriving in neighboring Turkey on Monday --to help bolster security as the civil war inside Syria threatens to spill out of the country.
