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• Iran starts producing new missile system
• Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap
• Syrian rebels launch counteroffensive in Aleppo
• Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo airport

Iran starts producing new missile system Posted: 09 Nov 2013 10:12 AM PST Iran's Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan on Saturday inaugurated the production line of an anti-missile system dubbed the Sayyad-2 (Hunter 2), media reported. "In order to counter aerial attack, we have put the production of the Sayyad-2 missile system on the agenda," Dehqan said on state television during the inauguration ceremony. "This solid-fuel missile system is able to destroy different kinds of cruise missiles, bombers, drones and helicopters," he added. In his speech at the parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-88 war with Iraq, President Hassan Rouhani insisted that the weaponry was purely defensive.

Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap Posted: 09 Nov 2013 09:59 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Behind a veil of secrecy, at least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Syria — held and threatened with death by extremists or taken captive by gangs seeking ransom.

Syrian rebels launch counteroffensive in Aleppo Posted: 09 Nov 2013 09:55 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels launched a counteroffensive in the northern city of Aleppo, recapturing a base near its international airport hours after the army advanced into the area, activists said Saturday.

Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo airport Posted: 09 Nov 2013 08:27 AM PST Islamist rebels retook most of a military base in northern Syria from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday after two days of fighting in which at least 60 people have been killed, a monitoring group said. The heavy fighting reflects the strategic importance of the 80th Brigade army base, a few hundred meters (yards) from Aleppo airport on the eastern approaches of the disputed city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting continued on Saturday around the base, one of several locations to the east and southeast of Aleppo where Assad's forces have been challenging rebel control. The army has recaptured the town of Safira, where one of Syria's main chemical weapons facilities was housed, and has advanced to attack the rebel-held towns of Tel Arn and Tel Hasel which are closer to the southeastern edge of Aleppo.

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