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                        Syrian Rebels Capture Army Base

   by VOA News

   Syrian rebels say they have captured an army base in the eastern
   province of Deir Ezzor.
   Rebels and Syrian rights activists say the Mayadeen military base and
   the surrounding countryside are under rebel control Thursday after days
   of fighting.
   The news to the east comes as activists say Syrian warplanes destroyed
   a building next to a field hospital in the northern city of Aleppo,
   killing and injuring more than a dozen people. Images showed the
   building was reduced to a mountain of rubble Wednesday night.
   Earlier Wednesday, NATO said it will consider a Turkish request to
   deploy Patriot surface-to-air missiles on its territory to protect its
   border with Syria and prevent a spillover of the civil war in that
   country.
   Turkey's border villages have been hit by artillery fire from Syria as
   forces loyal to Damascus battle rebels seeking to oust President Bashar
   al-Assad's government.
   NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the deployment would
   augment alliance member Turkey's air defense capabilities and "would
   contribute to the de-escalation of the crisis along NATO's southeastern
   border."
   Rasmussen has said that any missile deployment would be a defensive
   measure to counter mortar rounds, and not to enforce a no-fly zone over
   Syria. Syrian rebels have called for a no-fly zone as they are almost
   defenceless against Syria's air force.
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