Cairo, Rajab 20, 1433, Jun 10, 2012, SPA - Rebels fighting Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday seized control of an air defence battalion in the centre of the country, according to an opposition group. Some troopers from the battalion, on the outskirts of the restive province of Homs, have defected, said the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in a statement quoted by DPA. --SPA 13:49 LOCAL TIME 10:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1006200