A Syrian rebel group has claimed to have captured Yemeni troops who were sent to the country to assist the Syrian government in putting down the uprising.
A video posted by the al-Nusra Front, who are currently fighting government forces in Syria, showed five men, reportedly Yemeni military personnel, calling on the Yemeni government to cease assisting the Syrian government. One man said in the video,
"I ask the Yemeni government to cut all logistical and military ties because Bashar al-Assad's regime is a regime that is killing its people and that is what we saw with our own eyes when we came here."
Yemen was one of only three Arab League states who supported Syria last year in a vote to suspend the country from the organisation.
The reported capture comes as a suicide bomber attacked a Syrian security compound in the north-east of the country, with opposition activists claiming at least 8 government security agents were killed.
Meanwhile, the historic central souk, or marketplace, in the city of Aleppo was set ablaze during heavy fighting between the Syrian government and rebel forces. The UNESCO World Heritage Site marked the centre of the old city and was not only one of Syria’s largest cities, but also one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited.
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