Rebel´s new offensive with higher-than-usual degree of planning

[Bleipriester]

The west counts the dead when Syrian government forces took a "Sunni" village Friday. How many dead we have when the rebels took a gov´t held town near Aleppo Friday?

The new offensive targets at strategic facilities, mainly airbases.

Activists say the attacks on air bases are in response to the growing use of aircraft by the regime, possibly to bolster its firepower as troops are stretched thin due to fighting on a multitude of fronts. The rebels have no effective weapons against the regime's fighter jets and helicopter gunships, except for antiaircraft guns that they mostly use against ground troops.
"The regime's air power is severely restricting the movement of the rebels on the ground," said Saeed, the Aleppo-based activist.

Rebels said they shot down a fighter jet Wednesday in Idlib, and Al-Yassin said it was hit by gunfire shortly after it took off from Abu Zohour. The two pilots bailed out; one was captured and the second was killed by rebels when he tried to resist, he added.
Video posted online by the rebels showed a body in olive-drab pilot's fatigues with what appeared to be a head wound. A white parachute lay nearby.
The video could not be authenticated.

In an interview with a privately owned Syrian TV channel shown Wednesday, Assad said his military needed time to win the war, but claimed the conflict has drawn regional and international powers to the side of the rebels. Syrian authorities often cite Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the rebels' main backers.

Syrian rebels launch major offensive in Aleppo