Image copyright ReutersA coalition of Syrian Islamist rebel groups has said it stormed an artillery base in the strategic city of Aleppo to try to end a government siege.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said part of the base had been taken.
But the Syrian army said it had repelled the assault, inflicting heavy casualties on the rebels.
Some 250,000 civilians live under siege in Aleppo"s rebel-held areas since government forces cut them off in July.
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The rebel coalition, which includes an al-Qaeda affiliated group, said it had managed to take part of the base, which lies about 1.6km (one mile) from the besieged rebel areas of the northern city.
Video footage released by the rebels purports to show fighters inside the facility, inspecting captured weapons and equipment.
Syria"s state-run media said the attack had been foiled and many insurgents had been killed.
Rebel groups are trying to reconnect an encircled area in the east with insurgent territory in the west.
The Syrian army has been fighting the rebels with the help of Russian air strikes.
Earlier this week, Russian state television ran pictures of civilians and fighters reportedly leaving the city through humanitarian corridors announced by Moscow.
But some rebel groups described the Russian initiative as a ploy to recapture all of Aleppo.
Aleppo was once Syria"s commercial capital and also boasted a rich architectural and archaeological heritage.
Much of it has been destroyed or looted during more than five years of war.
Syria Aleppo siege: Rebels storm artillery base
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