150 regime troops captured by Free Syrian Army in Aleppo and Idlib

Free Syrian Army soldiers flash v-signs and raise their rifles in Azaz, north Syria. (Reuters)

By Al Arabiya with Agencies
 

Syrian rebels captured 150 troops in Aleppo and Idlib on Friday, Syrian activists said.

Syrian rebels captured 50 troops, including 14 officers, in the town of Maaret al-Numan in the northwestern province of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

“After clashes that lasted 12 hours, rebels destroyed a military security post and captured 50 regime troops, including 14 officers,” Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the Britain-based Observatory, told AFP by phone.

Meanwhile, Syrian rebels said they have captured 100 regime soldiers and militia members during fighting in the city of Aleppo in the north of the country, according to a video distributed by Syrian activists on Friday. 

The video, which shows dozens of men in civilian clothing seated in a courtyard, was filmed by a man who describes himself as a member of the rebel Free Syrian Army.

The captured men tell the camera that they are members of the Syrian army and the “shabiha” pro-regime militia.

“I am Colonel Mohammed Rashid Mohammed al-Mhmeid... I was arrested at the entrance of Aleppo,” one of the men says.
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