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Bring in the Borkan

Bring in the Borkan
10.03.2015 13:00
With a range of almost two miles and four tubes attached to a loader, these are the homemade cannon being built by rebel fighters in Syria.

The ‘Borkan’ ('Volcano') weapons are built from gas canisters before being placed inside the loader, which can fire four shells at a time.

Photos revealed al-Shamiyah Front fighters in Aleppo launching the missiles towards forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad yesterday.

The Front was formed more than two months ago after rebel groups fighting in Syria's northern Aleppo province agreed to form an alliance.

The images emerged as a group monitoring the war reported gunmen killed at least 12 Islamic State militants in al-Mayadin, Syria, overnight.

The unidentified gunmen on at least two motor bikes first opened fire on an ISIS patrol before attacking militants guarding a nearby court.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a second group of gunmen attacked an ISIS checkpoint in the town, near the Iraqi border.

Meanwhile, today, two activist groups said Syrian government airstrikes on a rebel-held suburb of the capital had killed at least ten people.

The Local Coordination Committees activist collective and the SOHR said today’s air raids targeted the Arbeen district, east of Damascus. 

(dailymail.co.uk)

ANN.Az
 





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