Syrian troops reach besieged airbase in Aleppo

Syrian troops on Tuesday reached the fences of a key airbase besieged by rebels since December 2012 in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitor group reported.

The Syrian troops backed by the Lebanese Hezbollah group and Iranian fighters managed to storm one of the fences of Kweiris airbase and opened a pathway between the army units and the Syrian soldiers trapped inside the airbase, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Meanwhile, a source told Xinhua that the Syrian units have yet to enter the besieged airbase, adding that "nothing is militarily preventing the army from entering the base, as the most important part of the operation has been achieved and what is left is no more than technical details."

He said families of the soldiers, who have been besieged inside the base, are awaiting the good news.

The Syrian army backed by the Russian airstrikes unleashed a wide-scale offensive in October in the southern countryside of Aleppo in hope of breaking the siege on the airbase and securing the international road connecting Aleppo with the Syrian coast and southern provinces. Endit