In Syria, a vast underground hideout housed rebel base

Lataminah: Tunnels run for hundreds of metres, connecting caves strewn with mattresses that formed what the Syrian army and its Russian allies say was a vast rebel underground network.
The road leading to the entrance of the tunnels in Lataminah in northwestern Syria is lined with the charred shells of cars and armoured vehicles.
According to the Russian army, which organised a press tour of the site for dozens of journalists, the network of caves dug into a rocky outcrop could shelter up to 5,000 people.
“We think this network was dug about four years ago with sophisticated machinery, of a kind which is not available in Syria,” a Syrian army colonel said as he led reporters into the tunnels, escorted by Russian demining experts.
The red-brick entrance to this underground base still bears the scars of the battle that saw Russian-backed regime forces retake the area in the province of Hama earlier this year.
“Those who fought here retreated to the north. First to Khan Sheikhun and then further into Idlib province when our forces took the city,” the colonel said.